Citing the freezing Florida forecast, the founder of the annual Surfing Santas event predicted “we’ll be lucky to get 300 surfers.”
Author: Rick Neale, Florida Today
Splashdown! Here’s how NASA will recover the Artemis I Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean
The Orion recovery team includes Navy amphibious specialists, NASA engineers and techs, Air Force weather specialists and Lockheed Martin personnel.
Florida parade boats with messages criticizing Biden and profanities draws complaints
A handful of boats during the Cocoa Beach Boat Parade carried messages with profanities and criticizing President Biden.
‘Orlando’ word war: Melbourne airport may rearrange its name to settle lawsuit with rival
The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority sued its Melbourne counterpart, claiming trademark infringement and false advertising for using “Orlando” in its name.
‘Truly incredible’: Missing Florida boater found alive clinging to capsized vessel 86 miles offshore
A 62-year-old boater who was stranded alone at sea Sunday morning roughly 86 miles east of Port Canaveral, Florida, was found alive.
Officials expect up to 250,000 day-trippers for Saturday’s SpaceX launch in Florida
Thousands of spectators are expected as four astronauts are set for liftoff on Saturday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center.
Florida’s Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach require masks for indoor public locations to slow virus
“People need to take responsibility for not infecting other people and they may not even know they have it,” Cocoa Beach Vice-Mayor Mike Miller said.
NASA’s first female launch director to lead countdowns during Artemis missions to the moon
NASA’s Artemis program aims to send two American astronauts — a man and a woman — to the moon’s south pole by 2024.
As many evacuate for Dorian, a ‘hurricane bar’ caters to those who stay
The Hunkerdown Hideaway calls itself “the hurricane bar.” There locals who aren’t evacuating have gathered during major storms for years.
Hurricanes may pack more of a punch due to climate change, scientists say
Climate scientists fear man-made global warming will spawn stronger hurricanes, packing heavier rainfall, higher storm surge and greater winds.