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Florida's Fuel Dwindling as State Braces for Hurricanes: Energy

2014-05-08 05:13:27| Energy - Topix.net

Florida, the biggest gasoline market on the U.S. East Coast, is enduring a supply squeeze and higher prices just a month before the start of the hurricane season.

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Calamitous climate plays part Floridas record rainfall

2014-05-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CIR: As severe weather marched northeast on Wednesday, Florida residents are drying out after ludicrous levels of overnight rainfall. The National Weather Service called the event historic. The official rain gauge at Pensacolas airport measured an astonishing 5.68 inches in a single hour before it failed around 10 p.m. Tuesday. An analysis by the NWS office in Mobile, Alabama, estimated that single hour to be a 1-in-200- to 1-in-500-year event. The official rain gauge and weather radar both gave...

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Oil Industry Gets An Earful As It Eyes Florida's Everglades

2014-03-13 22:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: As oil production goes, Florida isn't much of a player. The state produced less than 2 million barrels last year, which is how much oil Texas pumps from its wells each day. That's about to change as the revolution in oil drilling technology comes to Florida. One of the areas targeted for oil drilling is at Jaime Duran's doorstep in the southwestern part of the state. A retired engineer, Duran lives in a cottage with his wife, Pamela, and the chickens they raise on a 5-acre plot. Last year,...

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Take our survey: Is Southwest Florida's real estate market in a bubble, boom or bust?

2014-02-17 22:27:17| Real Estate - Topix.net

The News-Press is asking business owners, particularly those in the real estate industry, to answer six questions about how they see the market today.

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