The video feeds told the story long before the official numbers came in: the double whammy of Helene and Milton gave neighborhoods across Florida a real thrashing. Tens of thousands of homes were destroyed or damaged by Helene alone, causing billions of dollars in damage. But there wasn’t even time to total that up before […]
Nearly every year, social workers turn out to protect and assist Floridians from one of the most awesome exercises of raw power that Mother Nature produces: hurricanes. The state got whacked with a doozy early in the season in 2024, a two-for-one special that saw Hurricane Helene smash the peninsula in the Big Bend area
In some ways it all started in early 2022 when House Bill 1557 passed both the Florida House and Senate and was signed into law by Governor DeSantis. The bill, formally titled, the Parental Rights in Education Act, had already acquired its popular name by then: “Don’t Say Gay.” The stated purpose of the Don’t
