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We're joined by WJHG Chief Meteorologist Chris Smith for our annual talk for Hurricane Season. What you need to know, how to prepare and best advise to make it through the season without fear or clickbait. It's two old friends talking weather and more on this edition of Sweet Home PCB.
Francis Scarcella - Miranda Barbour: Inside the Mind of a Teenage KillerJan 11, 2024The Satan worshiping teen charged with murdering a 42-year-old man she lured through Craigslist claims two other men responded to her ad but failed to show up.Miranda Barbour, 19, and her husband, Elytte Barbour, 22, are accused of stabbing and strangling Troy LaFerrara in Pennsylvania, after he responded to her ad for 'female companionship' in November.However Barbour now claims that two other unidentified men narrowly escaped death by failing to keep their appointments.'I tried it a few times but it never worked out,' Barbour told The Daily Item in her second jailhouse interview in six weeks.'I knew we (Elytte Barbour) were going to do this since the day we met, and we tried, but the others just didn't show up.'Barbour claimed in her first jailhouse interview on February 14 that she killed at least 22 other people over six years in a cross-country murder spree motivated by her satanic cult beliefs.During her second jailhouse interview at the State Correctional Institution in Muncy, a maximum security women's prison, Barbour repeated her claims and said the FBI have not questioned her.She said she was prepared to show authorities where she hid the bodies.'I said before I would talk to them (FBI) about all of this, but they never came to see me,' she told The Daily Item.'They are looking for full bodies. They won't find any. But they will find body parts.'The Daily Item reported that local investigators in three murder locations named by Barbour are taking the claims seriously, but said they have no unresolved homicides they know about.Barbour said she dumped some body parts in Big Lake, Alaska, and also in Mexico Beach, Florida where she worked as a 15-year-old go-go dancer.She also said she dumped a body off Interstate 95 near Raleigh, North Carolina.Barbour lived in Alaska, Florida and North Carolina before moving to Selinsgrove last fall with her husband.Sunbury police say the couple murdered LaFerrara the day of their three-week wedding anniversary and Elyette Babour's 22nd birthday.Elytte Barbour had allegedly told police he and his wife wanted to kill together.In her sensational first jailhouse interview in February, Barbour claimed she killed 22 people in the past six years in Alaska, Texas, North Carolina and California.Explaining that she adopted a murderous alter ego she dubbed 'Super Miranda' when she killed, Barbour said that she kept a favorite knife that had notches on - one for each of her victims.Speaking to TMZ about the horrifying admission from Barbour, Daily Item reporter, Francis Scarella said that he omitted the frightening and unsubstantiated number from his story.However, he confirmed that like the fictitious serial killer Dexter, Barbour said she only killed bad people - those who abused children or owed money and that her satanism controlled her murderous rages.Indeed, Scarella told TMZ he spoke with an ex-roomate of Barbour's who said that the abused teen possessed two vials of semen belonging to her husband and that she used them to masturbate in a satanic ritual.Claiming that she only killed 'bad people who do bad things' in her self-confessed nationwide murder-spree, Barbour has been compared to the fictitious 'moral' serial killer played by Michael C. Hall on the Showtime cable network.Amid these gruesome claims, the tiny Alaskan town of North Pole has become the center of the outlandish story about satanism and serial killers that Barbour claims began at the behest of a cult leader.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
Francis Scarcella - Miranda Barbour: Inside the Mind of a Teenage KillerJanuary 11The Satan worshiping teen charged with murdering a 42-year-old man she lured through Craigslist claims two other men responded to her ad but failed to show up.Miranda Barbour, 19, and her husband, Elytte Barbour, 22, are accused of stabbing and strangling Troy LaFerrara in Pennsylvania, after he responded to her ad for 'female companionship' in November.However Barbour now claims that two other unidentified men narrowly escaped death by failing to keep their appointments.'I tried it a few times but it never worked out,' Barbour told The Daily Item in her second jailhouse interview in six weeks.'I knew we (Elytte Barbour) were going to do this since the day we met, and we tried, but the others just didn't show up.'Barbour claimed in her first jailhouse interview on February 14 that she killed at least 22 other people over six years in a cross-country murder spree motivated by her satanic cult beliefs.During her second jailhouse interview at the State Correctional Institution in Muncy, a maximum security women's prison, Barbour repeated her claims and said the FBI have not questioned her.She said she was prepared to show authorities where she hid the bodies.'I said before I would talk to them (FBI) about all of this, but they never came to see me,' she told The Daily Item.'They are looking for full bodies. They won't find any. But they will find body parts.'The Daily Item reported that local investigators in three murder locations named by Barbour are taking the claims seriously, but said they have no unresolved homicides they know about.Barbour said she dumped some body parts in Big Lake, Alaska, and also in Mexico Beach, Florida where she worked as a 15-year-old go-go dancer.She also said she dumped a body off Interstate 95 near Raleigh, North Carolina.Barbour lived in Alaska, Florida and North Carolina before moving to Selinsgrove last fall with her husband.Sunbury police say the couple murdered LaFerrara the day of their three-week wedding anniversary and Elyette Babour's 22nd birthday.Elytte Barbour had allegedly told police he and his wife wanted to kill together.In her sensational first jailhouse interview in February, Barbour claimed she killed 22 people in the past six years in Alaska, Texas, North Carolina and California.Explaining that she adopted a murderous alter ego she dubbed 'Super Miranda' when she killed, Barbour said that she kept a favorite knife that had notches on - one for each of her victims.Speaking to TMZ about the horrifying admission from Barbour, Daily Item reporter, Francis Scarella said that he omitted the frightening and unsubstantiated number from his story.However, he confirmed that like the fictitious serial killer Dexter, Barbour said she only killed bad people - those who abused children or owed money and that her satanism controlled her murderous rages.Indeed, Scarella told TMZ he spoke with an ex-roomate of Barbour's who said that the abused teen possessed two vials of semen belonging to her husband and that she used them to masturbate in a satanic ritual.Claiming that she only killed 'bad people who do bad things' in her self-confessed nationwide murder-spree, Barbour has been compared to the fictitious 'moral' serial killer played by Michael C. Hall on the Showtime cable network.Amid these gruesome claims, the tiny Alaskan town of North Pole has become the center of the outlandish story about satanism and serial killers that Barbour claims began at the behest of a cult leader.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
Francis Scarcella - Miranda Barbour: Inside the Mind of a Teenage KillerJanuary 11The Satan worshiping teen charged with murdering a 42-year-old man she lured through Craigslist claims two other men responded to her ad but failed to show up.Miranda Barbour, 19, and her husband, Elytte Barbour, 22, are accused of stabbing and strangling Troy LaFerrara in Pennsylvania, after he responded to her ad for 'female companionship' in November.However Barbour now claims that two other unidentified men narrowly escaped death by failing to keep their appointments.'I tried it a few times but it never worked out,' Barbour told The Daily Item in her second jailhouse interview in six weeks.'I knew we (Elytte Barbour) were going to do this since the day we met, and we tried, but the others just didn't show up.'Barbour claimed in her first jailhouse interview on February 14 that she killed at least 22 other people over six years in a cross-country murder spree motivated by her satanic cult beliefs.During her second jailhouse interview at the State Correctional Institution in Muncy, a maximum security women's prison, Barbour repeated her claims and said the FBI have not questioned her.She said she was prepared to show authorities where she hid the bodies.'I said before I would talk to them (FBI) about all of this, but they never came to see me,' she told The Daily Item.'They are looking for full bodies. They won't find any. But they will find body parts.'The Daily Item reported that local investigators in three murder locations named by Barbour are taking the claims seriously, but said they have no unresolved homicides they know about.Barbour said she dumped some body parts in Big Lake, Alaska, and also in Mexico Beach, Florida where she worked as a 15-year-old go-go dancer.She also said she dumped a body off Interstate 95 near Raleigh, North Carolina.Barbour lived in Alaska, Florida and North Carolina before moving to Selinsgrove last fall with her husband.Sunbury police say the couple murdered LaFerrara the day of their three-week wedding anniversary and Elyette Babour's 22nd birthday.Elytte Barbour had allegedly told police he and his wife wanted to kill together.In her sensational first jailhouse interview in February, Barbour claimed she killed 22 people in the past six years in Alaska, Texas, North Carolina and California.Explaining that she adopted a murderous alter ego she dubbed 'Super Miranda' when she killed, Barbour said that she kept a favorite knife that had notches on - one for each of her victims.Speaking to TMZ about the horrifying admission from Barbour, Daily Item reporter, Francis Scarella said that he omitted the frightening and unsubstantiated number from his story.However, he confirmed that like the fictitious serial killer Dexter, Barbour said she only killed bad people - those who abused children or owed money and that her satanism controlled her murderous rages.Indeed, Scarella told TMZ he spoke with an ex-roomate of Barbour's who said that the abused teen possessed two vials of semen belonging to her husband and that she used them to masturbate in a satanic ritual.Claiming that she only killed 'bad people who do bad things' in her self-confessed nationwide murder-spree, Barbour has been compared to the fictitious 'moral' serial killer played by Michael C. Hall on the Showtime cable network.Amid these gruesome claims, the tiny Alaskan town of North Pole has become the center of the outlandish story about satanism and serial killers that Barbour claims began at the behest of a cult leader.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.
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Episode 50: WJHG NewsChannel 7 Chief Meteorologist Chris Smith on what is predicted to be an active hurricane season. Cutting through the fear and focusing on the facts to keep you ahead of any storm we may see this season. Also, tips on Preparation for Your Home and Insurance Tips You May Have Forgotten. How prepared are you?
Bonny Paulson's home, with a rounded shape that looks something like a ship, shrugged off Category 5 winds that might otherwise have collapsed it when Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle five years ago. Her house lost only a few shingles, with photos taken after the storm showing it standing whole amid the wreckage of almost all the surrounding homes. Some developers are building homes like Paulson's with an eye toward making them more resilient to the extreme weather that's increasing with climate change, and friendlier to the environment at the same time. A person's home is one of the biggest ways they can reduce their individual carbon footprint. Buildings release about 38% of all energy-related greenhouse gas emissions each year. Some of the carbon pollution comes from powering things like lights and air conditioners and some of it from making construction materials, like concrete and steel. Deltec, the company that built Paulson's home, says that only one of the nearly 1,400 homes it's built over the last three decades has suffered structural damage from hurricane-force winds. But the company puts as much emphasis on building green, with higher-quality insulation that reduces the need for air conditioning, heat pumps for more efficient heating and cooling, energy-efficient appliances, and, of course, solar. Other companies are developing entire neighborhoods that are both resistant to hurricanes and contribute less than average to climate change. To reduce vulnerability to flooding, home sites are raised 3 feet above code. Roads are raised, too, and designed to direct accumulating rainfall away and onto the ground where it may be absorbed. Steel roofs with seams allow solar panels to be attached so closely that it's difficult for high winds to get under them, and the homes have batteries that kick in when power is knocked out. Paulson, in Mexico Beach, says she's now enjoying energy costs of about $32 per month, far below the roughly $250 she said she paid in a previous home. “I don't really feel that the population is taking into effect the environmental catastrophes, and adjusting for it,” she said. “We're building the same old stuff that got blown away.” This article was provided by The Associated Press.
August 15, 2023Episode 96 Hurricane Michael, the Rebuilding Continues with Al CatheyPicture the quaint beach town of Mexico Beach, Florida, now forever changed by the devastating impact of 2018's Category 5 Hurricane Michael. With former mayor, Al Cathy, we navigate through the harrowing aftermath and the resilience of the community in the face of utter destruction. Al's personal insights reveal the Herculean task of rebuilding, and the emotional toll a disaster like this has on a community. Important information from Homeowners Be Aware:We are excited to be listed in Feedspots 40 best Homeowner podcasts : https://podcasts.feedspot.com/homeowner_podcasts/ Here are ways you can follow me on line:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homeownersbeaware/ Website: https://homeownersbeaware.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-siegal/ If you'd like to reach me for any reason, here's the link to my contact form: https://homeownersbeaware.com/contactHere's the link to the documentary film I'm making Built to Last: Buyer Beware.
Whether you live on the coast fulltime, own a vacation home or are considering a move to the coast, you know that there is an annual risk from hurricanes for homeowners, particularly along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Our guest today is George Siegal, a filmmaker and podcaster, who directed the documentary "The Last House Standing." He says knowledge is power when it comes to protecting your home. Listen to understand the questions you need to ask when talking to your realtor or contractor about preparing your house. We want to hear from you! Have a question for the meteorologists? Call 609-272-7099 and leave a message. You might hear your question and get an answer on a future episode! You can also email questions or comments to podcasts@lee.net. About the Across the Sky podcast The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team: Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Adobe Premiere and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: Welcome back, everybody, to another episode of the Across the Sky podcast brought to you by Lee Enterprises. I'm meteorologist Joe Martucci. I am here with meteorologist Sean Sublette, meteorologist Matt Holiner. Kirsten Lang is not here today as we talk about hurricane preparedness in your house, we are going to use the heat of hurricane season really starts to ramp up in August, the peak of about ten stands and interest will drop through mid-October. So I think we're in a second quarter of hurricane season here. But as we get into the peak, we have George Siegal here to talk to us about it. He does a lot of work in home preparedness year. We think it's very valuable as we go into the season, especially for those of you who are living on the East Coast or on the Gulf Coast. I have a second house there. So let's hop on into it and we'll talk to George Siegal on the Across the Sky podcast. Okay. We are here with George Siegal . George is currently in the Tampa area in Florida. He is a filmmaker, a podcaster and a former local news reporter. And Weather Castor will talk about that as well. But we really have him on today to talk about hurricane preparedness in relation to owning a home. You know, as we get into August and September and October, especially if you live in Florida or if you live on the coast, you're thinking about hurricane season, what you need to do to prepare yourself now and what you need to do when we do get into those hurricane and tropical storm watches and warnings. George also directed the documentary The Last House Standing has a podcast as well. So we welcome John George to our Across the Sky podcast. Thanks so much for joining us here today to talk about hurricane. Hey, thank you for having me on. I appreciate it. Yeah, you're very welcome. So, you know, first I want to talk a little bit about your weather career here. First, what got you interested in weather and where across the country have you been forecasting a lot? You know, probably easier to tell you where I haven't been. You know, it just it was a fluke how I ended up doing it. I used to I grew up watching Pat Sajak when he was a weatherman in Southern California, and I went to audition for a job in Bakersfield for a sports job. And the guy said, Oh, can you do weather? We have an opening for a weather guy. I said, Sure, I can do weather. And I didn't know anything about weather, but I was good at talking. And so I got the job and, you know, I did it for the next 14 years. Couldn't get away from that job. You know, I never I wasn't a meteorologist. I learned how to do, you know, read the maps and do forecasting. I was doing it more for entertainment value. But it was it was a lot of fun. You got to meet a lot of interesting people. I've worked with some really talented people at different stations around the country. I worked from San Francisco to Seattle. I started in Bakersfield, went to Fresno, Detroit and San Antonio. So I got to live some fun places. And it was it was a good experience. So, you know, you said, you know, entertainment of, you know, couple of seconds to go there. But now you're really working on, you know, more serious topics, right? So now that you get closer to hurricane season, it's more about what can I do now to be prepared? Absolutely. Make check your insurance policy. Make sure that you have the coverage that you think you have. Have somebody explain it to you. You know, the insurance policy is 50, 60 pages long. Sometimes most people read the first page where their name is and they sign something. And so you really need to understand it is are there exclusions for storms? But most insurance policies aren't going to cover flooding at all. And if you need to get an inch flood insurance policy, it takes 30 days for that to go into effect. So when you look at the hurricane maps now and you see something cooking in the tropics and you go, that could be ten days away, that could be 15 days away, you're not going to have flood insurance for that. So then you have to go, okay, well, what are the things I can do right now? Take pictures of everything in your house and document it so you know what you have. Yeah. I'm curious about when you get into this short time span. I mean, within a week and you're in the cone. And of course, there's still uncertainty where the worse impact everybody you know, for people in Florida, anywhere in the US East Coast, once you're in the cone and you're down to a week before a potential landfall, what should people really focus on? Because there's so many things suddenly that you feel like you have to do, but what are the most important things people should do now to prepare their home for a potential hurricane or tropical storm making landfall? Well, first of all, you really have to know how your home is built to withstand something like that. So, for example, you know, we were talking before we went on about Saint Petersburg. A lot of Saint Pete would be underwater in a major storm. So you have to know what is the flooding potential for where you live, whether you even want to stay there, if you've ever seen those videos of people getting rescued off the roof of their house or I have a guy I interviewed for my podcast who was in Tin City, which is down in Naples, and they had 20 homes in their community and they all flooded during it. And he evacuated. One of his neighbors did not. And she was killed in the hurricane. She drowned. And it's just frightening to see those things. So you really have to know where I'm living. What is the risk here? And then you have to know when to go in Florida because it's a peninsula. If you wait too long, you could be sitting on the highway when the storm is hitting. The gas could all be out between here and wherever you're going. So you have to know when to leave and you have to know what you're leaving behind. And how safe is your house going to be there. It's like, you know, are people going to break in and steal everything you have? What if your roof is leaking and you have to stop it from leaking? But the commitment has to be to protect your life and your family first. That has to be the number one thing. And when the experts tell you to go, I mean, as critical as I can be of weather forecast, I think those guys do a phenomenal job and I think first responders do a terrific job. But when you stay behind and are caught in a storm and they have to come get you, now, you're risking their life. So it's a whole level of responsibility. But the main thing is understanding what what you think your house will do in a storm, what your neighborhood will do, what's the flood potential like? We did something in our house. We have a double front door with I have a newer house, but those double front doors are pretty worthless if it's really strong wind because they'll just blow right in. So what I did is I bought a Kevlar blanket that's made where they screw it in around the frame of the door, and you could try to shoot a cannon through that and it wouldn't open. So I know my front door is safe. I know we're at ten feet elevation. So when Ian was coming, we were told it's going to be higher than ten feet. And, you know, that was a really scary time. And I just wanted to go back to the forecasting thing. I don't want to keep beating on that, but the forecasters had everybody here so scared, okay, this is going to be bad. This is the worst case scenario, blah, blah, blah. And then when the storm turned, they all acted like, well, they usually turn when they approach Florida like that. And it's the news media mentality of they always give themselves attaboys even when they're wrong. I my boss used to say, don't ever tell him to tell people. Tell people why the forecast was wrong. Don't talk about it. So when it would rain on that picnic on Saturday, on Monday, the anchors would go, George, you nailed another one. That was great. And I used to go crazy. I go, People aren't stupid. The people that just got poured on at that festival hate me at this time. Why don't I go on the air and explain what happened? Why don't I explain the convergence zone shifted or this storm developed quickly, You know, tell them why. And we weren't allowed to do that. So you see a lot of patting on the back and the most accurate forecast, even when it's wrong. I think in recent years that that mentality has shifted. I feel like with the advent of just democratization of news, that you need to kind of be honest with yourself because people will, like you said, they'll realize that the forecast is wrong. You go somewhere else. It is really interesting by Ian. No, I mean because, you know, to your point, right, it did look like, you know, Tampa, Clearwater, St Petersburg was ground zero. But as we know, Fort Myers was still always at a risk or it just wasn't in the center of the cone like you saw. So what are your ideas about, you know, making sure when you're talking about a hurricane forecast cone that we could say, you know, in the case of Ian, hey, look, if you're in Fort Myers, you still got to pay attention to this, even though Tampa is Saint Petersburg. Clearwater was, you know, three, four days out looking to be you know, they were in the center of the cone, but that didn't mean that they were doing to thoroughly, you know, the worst case scenario for it either. You know, that all boils down to how people don't think anything bad is going to happen to them. We all we you know, every year we see when and whenever a hurricane is headed towards New Orleans, all the people partying on Bourbon Street, you see the people that put up signs saying it's not going to affect me, the storm's not going to hurt us. I think people just live with that. So when you're in the corner of the cone, you have this false sense of security. And those people absolutely should have been preparing. But then places like Sanibel Island and Captiva, there's one way off of that island. So if you think you need to get out, you don't wait till the last minute or you're not getting out. And we saw how bad Sanibel and Captiva were damage. We used to go down there every year and it's heartbreaking. All right. Well, we have George Siegal here on the Across Sky podcast. We're going to take a brief break and the other side will have more. Welcome back to the Across the Sky podcast. Ah, Lee Enterprises National Weather Podcast. New episodes come out every Monday. Wherever you get your podcasts, we are joined with George Siegal again here. We're talking about homeownership, hurricane preparation. One talk a little bit about what you've been up to. You have a documentary set that's been on Netflix or trying to get it on Netflix. You've been on PBS as well. The last House standing here. And what I like on the cover here is you say hope is not a strategy and that is certainly true. So tell us about the last House standing where people can find it. And, you know, how relates to the work that that you're trying to convey out to the public. Sure. The film is about how we blindly buy homes and build homes in places without truly understanding the consequences. And then we seem surprised when they get wiped out every year. And the house we themed it around was on Mexico Beach from Hurricane Michael. It was truly the last house standing in that area. And I actually came up with that name from watching Talladega Nights, the Ricky Bobby movie, where if you're not first, you're last. And it's like, okay, sometimes you want to be last. I want to be the last house standing. I've actually had people argue with me. I wouldn't want to be the only house left if everybody else was wiped out. So what's wrong with you? You'd rather just be wiped out to now build a safe house? And that's what the film is about. And we explore tornadoes and tornado zones, hurricane areas, fire areas. And with the hurricanes that we saw and it's what do you have to build that will survive the hazards in that area? And there's always something you can do to be safer. And so that's what the film focuses on. It's on to be TV, which most people have with if they have a newer television, you can get to be as you have to sit through some commercials. But it's a great way to watch a lot of different films. And it's also on my website, The Last House Standing, Dawg, where you can go on there and rent the film. And it really is a wake up call for people, and it's all part of the theme of what drives my podcast about Tell us how to make it better. It's what can we do to improve our chances? Because if we're waiting for somebody to change the building code or to come in with some master save for us, it's not going to work out too well because we can't even agree as a country what's what color the sky is. So to say, Well, let's change the building code. That's tough to do. It happens. We have some examples in our film, but it doesn't happen easily. And you know, people have houses where the builder goes, He boss said. The house is built to code and I've interviewed architects on my podcast, but they say a good builder is building for the future. Not to code to code should be a four letter word. It's like, well, code is not good enough. In Mexico Beach where they were wiped out, they're not even rebuilding to the standard that would survive another hurricane. Michael And that's the same story with with the rebuilding for me. And so that the film is designed just as a wake up call and I hope people check it out. We're working on another version of that. So hopefully in the next six months or so called Built to Last Home buyer Beware. And it's just about all the things that go on behind the scenes in the houses that we end up in that we don't know about. And, you know, there's a whole lobbying industry that builders have to keep the code as low as possible. Right. Following up on that, George, I was going to ask you this. I mean, everybody loves being near the coast, right? We just kind of intrinsic it's a intrinsically human kind of thing, right? But but aside from the idea of like, well, is just not going to happen to me, what do you think needs to be done? And I don't I want necessarily mean physically, financially or socially. What do you think can be done to convince people, you know, have you're running to build things at the shore. You do have a risk, you know, to to emphasize to people, yeah, this legit can happen to you instead of just going, yeah, well, you know what happens to other people? Is there anything we can do? Messaging code, stronger code, obviously, but anything else that comes to mind to to really drive home this point. In a brief short answer that that's depressing is no, there's probably not much because people have freedom in this country. They want to do what they want. Nobody wants to tell you where to live and what you can do. So now people are flocking to those areas. What we're seeing in Florida, you know, I live in Tampa and we want to switch homeowners insurance. We can't even find a company that'll cover us and that happens to most people. And so you look at where the risk is the greatest. All those people that live right by the water, we're paying for that when we don't live by the water. So who should share that risk? And I think once it gets down to the point where you can't get insurance for living there, maybe things would have to change because right now that risk is spread out for everybody and it's hurting everybody because you can't get homeowner's insurance. Auto insurance is leaving Florida like crazy. I'm sure that situation exists in other states. Building code is key. South Florida has the toughest building codes probably in the country, and you see a lot less damage down there when there are hurricanes. They saw those from in in southwest Florida. The newer structures did a lot better than the older ones. Even the ones that weren't necessarily flood proof are strong enough. Newer is better than older, but we have a huge, older building stock in this country and you see it clean places out like Mexico Beach. You see what it did to Sanibel Island where all those things were would right on the water that just got obliterated by Ian. And that's kind of a way of, okay, now you have a chance to rebuild. How are you going to rebuild? And they the example I told you about in ten City in Naples, they didn't do anything differently, but they fixed 20 houses in that neighborhood. Now, their flood insurance went way up. But if there's another hurricane this year, it'll flood again because there's nothing new that was done. So I don't know what it's going to take, but I'm willing to stand on the Hill and keep screaming, Wake up. But it's it's it's it feels futile sometimes because it's hard to get people to change and accept it. But I want to go at this from the perspective of a home buyer. If you're in the market and you want to be prepared or a hurricane, you know you're in a place that might be vulnerable. But also, you know, we're just seeing a lot of severe thunderstorms, too. And the wind, high winds that come with severe thunderstorms. And is your home prepared? I mean, we're not just about tornadoes. We're just high winds from a strong a thunderstorm. You know, what are the questions that a prospective homebuyer should be asking the builder or the seller about? How is this home prepared for severe weather? The questions that you should be asking to see how well that house is prepared to handle severe weather? You know, the first question I would ask them is what disaster did you consider when you were building this house and what have you done to cover those? I think you'll eliminate a lot of people real quickly with that, because I think the answer first of all, some of you may not even know, but they're going to look at you with a blank look and say, well, we built this house is built to code. And it's like, okay, but are the is the roof bracketed to the walls? Are the walls bracketed to the foundation? Do you have hurricane windows? Are these double pane windows? Are they what wind rating does this house have? What is there foam sprayed in the attic that can give you that extra barrier of protection for wind? What's the garage door rating? What's the door and the front door rating? You know, we had a friend when we first moved here. We went to their house and the door opened out. Not in. And I looked at I'm like, Why would you do this? This is so unwelcoming. And then I did a little research and realized those doors don't blow in. Brilliant. But most builders don't want to do that because it doesn't look good when the door opens out into the face of the person that's knocking on your door. So there's a lot of things that you can ask and ask questions. And I got to tell you this for someone who made a film, I don't even know who the owner of the company who built my house, that's how bad a job I did because I dealt with the salesman and then the foreman, the guy that was out there working with us. So I didn't get to ask a lot of those questions. So I'm somebody who knows these things now. I'd love to go back and do that because those knuckleheads couldn't answer any questions. They probably don't know anything. And then when you go in and you find things I had a guy on last week or he's on my podcast this week is a home inspector and he found a couple in the foundation that they left when they poured it and he pulled the cup out. So now there's a little hole there that's not going to destroy the integrity of the house. But if the trash was that obvious, right by the end of the foundation, that entire house is probably filled with garbage. And if they didn't clean it and do that, what other lack of detail went on on that job site? So if you're buying a house, first of all, go around the neighborhood and see that builders, other job sites, see what their work looks like, how clean it is, how thorough they look, because most builders will give you a list of three or four happy customers that they have and say, talk to these guys. They love me. They have a great house. Nobody gives out the bad guys. They're not going to say, Yeah, go talk to Phil. He sued me and I just had to pay them $1,000,000. You're not going to get those. You have to do your work. You have to ask questions. Don't get lulled into the eye, Candy, of the granite countertops and the wood floors. Ask about the safety features and beat them over the head with it. If they don't want to deal with you, don't deal with them. Don't reward mediocrity. And that's what we always do, because we need a house quickly or we fall in love with it because it's a great backyard for our kids. Another thing I like to do and a lot of people don't have access to this, but I would ask you, the subs worry that worked on the House and find out if those guys were any good because your house is only going to be as good as the total of all those people that worked on it. So I know the pool builder that my builder hired probably couldn't blow up an inflatable pool. This guy was a moron and we have problems with it all the time. You want to know who these people were? When you have somebody come to to look at your electrical and they go, Wow, that doesn't look right, then you have to think about all that other stuff. So ask a lot of questions and get access to the people who can answer them. And if they don't go find something else. Good info, George. Yeah, I agree with you there. You know, I think we're going to wrap it up. I mean, we had a lot in a short period of time, but I just want to leave the floor open to you. Your message to our podcast listening audience here across the country about hurricane and home threat and how we can follow you. Before we wrap it on up. My main message is ask questions and be as prepared as you can. Don't be quick to make a deal and do your work because people aren't going to do it for you. And ultimately, it's only your fault if your realtor doesn't tell you something. Well, you could have researched it if your builder doesn't tell you something that maybe you didn't ask enough questions. So I want people to ask more. Be inquisitive. You can. I told you where you could watch the last outstanding. You go to the last outstanding, dawg. And my podcast is Tell us how to make it Better and that's it. Tell us how to make it better. Dot com. And it's warning signs and solutions for homeowners. And I have guests every week to talk about things you should be paying attention to for your house, things you should know about, things you should be involved with in the building process and the design process, because your knowledge can make all the difference in the world. And I'm telling you, I'm guilty of lack of knowledge. Don't make mistakes that I've made. So I try to point out things to people because, you know, you want to avoid those mistakes. My dad used to always lecture me and I go, Why are you telling me this? Because. Because I don't want you to make the same mistakes I did. And I realize how smart he was. I see that blank look on my kids faces when I tell them that. And you go, Come on, just take some of this knowledge. It can only help you. It's not going to hurt you. And that's what I want people to come away with. Awesome. Well, George, thanks so much for the time and the insight here as we get into the heart of Hurricane season. Thanks a lot again, We really appreciate it. Thank you for having me on. We'll be right back. Thanks again, George, for hopping on here. You know, he lives in the Tampa area, so he sees a lot of this firsthand, at least the threats for hurricanes firsthand. I do really like what you said about asking questions. I'm currently in the trying to buy a home market. And now I'm thinking as I look for houses, I should probably be asking more questions that I am already. Sean, I think you how do you know? Bought a house, looked at the houses. Have you asked a lot of these kind of questions when you go into homeownership? I really kind of feel like a little afraid to ask these guys. It's just, you. Know, it's it is hard. I mean, you do want a house. You're excited about being a homeowner for the first time or second time. And you're I've never bought one that was new. I've always bought one that somebody had been living in. And you double check that it's up to code, which is what he alluded to. But no, by my own admission, I haven't looked that deeply into this rating or that rating right. So it's true. I mean, it's a hard it's hard to sit there and ask those questions. But if you do live in a place that is especially vulnerable. Now, having said that, if I were to be fortunate enough to start looking at property near the coast, I mean, with actually near the coast, I don't mean oceanfront, I mean within five or ten miles of the coast, I absolutely have to stop what I'm doing and think about that because only that there's insurance like he said, homeowner's insurance. Suddenly you're having trouble getting that in Florida in the first place. We've also seen that in California because of fires. And this goes back to the whole climate thing, which you alluded to, Matt. So, yeah, it's there's a lot to unpack as the as the expression goes. I just want to say one thing too. You know, with the insurance, you know, in Atlantic City, New Jersey Shore where I cover, you know, day in and day out, a lot of talk is about discounts on your FEMA flood insurance. There is something called the community rating scale where, you know, it's a combination of paperwork done actual things in the towns that help you accumulate points and get discounts on your FEMA flood insurance. You can get up to 45% off on your FEMA flood insurance if you live in a town that takes these tests seriously about mitigating coastal flooding. We have a town here, Avalon in New Jersey. Beautiful area, beautiful town. They get 35% off. And that's the only town in the state that gets that kind of percentage off and that saves, you know, across the whole town over $1,000,000 a year just by the the increase in the rating there. You know, so they it's called the community rating scale. You can check it out. It goes from level ten, which is no percent off the level one, which is 45% off. But if you live along the coast thinking about buying along the coast or along a waterway, rivers, check that out because you know your town, you know, you may want to talk to your elected officials a little bit more about, hey, maybe we should be doing some of this, you know, as you go forward. Well, one of the things that stood out to me is, you know, you can ask the question, was this house built to code? And the answer is yes. But then the follow up question is, well, what is the code? And, you know, I think that's something that has to be looked at because are we building homes the right way? Are we building them to withstand increased extreme weather? And extreme weather is happening more frequently. It's becoming more likely that your home is going to be impacted by a hurricane or impacted by a severe thunderstorm. And so the code that we were building to may not be up to par now. I think we really have to look into that. But the problem is in order to build a safer house that can withstand strong winds, it's going to cost more. And we already know there's a big problem with the cost of housing. And so when you tell people, well, now we have to increase the home costs to build it safer, but that shouldn't be we shouldn't compromise safety, you know, for cost. So I think what we need to look at is ways to improve the safety of homes and make them be able to withstand extreme weather better, but not have this huge inflated cost, because that definitely will turn a lot of people. Well, you don't want people to say, well, no, I'm going to pass on that. I'm going to build a little less safe house just to save money. You don't want it to come to that. So that's something we really have to look at moving forward, I think is making sure that we keeping things affordable, but also improving the quality of. Yeah, absolutely. All right. Well, another episode in the books here. We will be back with you next Monday as well. And before we do that, we want to tell you you can, if you have any questions, whether question the climate questions, questions about us, you cannot give us a shower all on social media. You can find us there or if you are interested, we still have our hotline that you can check out. That phone number is 609272. I keep forgetting this 7099. So you check us out there and you can give us a phone call as well as we get an email. I'm sorry. Podcast. Podcast. Sadly, dot net you want to send in. There you go. If you don't feel like calling it is 2023. People always feel like calling you. You can go to podcast. Yes, I leaked that as well. Taking a look at what we have down the road. We got a nice mix of people. We have. We have Zeke, Hoss, Father Sean. They say that right. As Father Yep. House Father We're talking about the near record or record warm ocean waters. The August summit episode is going to be Bruckner Chase, who does a lot of stuff nationally based in my home market here, here, Atlantic City, about ocean and coastal safety. And we have Sally Warner talking about warming of the deeper oceans from hurricanes here. And then on August 21st, heat and football. So we have you scheduled out with plenty of Across the Sky podcast episodes for the next couple of weeks. So plenty of listening to you. I hope everyone's enjoying what it's putting out for you over summer and tell friends old friend, about our podcast. 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Today, we're continuing the conversation with mark McQueen, City Manager, Panama City, Florida. Last week we discussed Mark's leadership journey from 2nd Lieutenant to Two Star General in the United States Army. This week Mark is talking to us about Hurricane Michael. He had been on the job less than two weeks when Hurricane Michael came ashore in Panama City. [00:00:09] Tommy Thomas: On October the 10th, 2018, Mark's life along with countless thousands of lives on the Florida Panhandle was changed forever. Hurricane Michael made landfall! [00:00:21] Tommy Thomas: Rather than get in the way with too many questions, I'm going to let Mark walk us through Michael's approach, landfall and recovery. [00:00:29] Mark McQueen: Thank you Tommy. That certainly was a a fateful time in this community October 10th, 2018. And what was interesting about that on that day is Nobody really saw it coming. [00:00:39] Mark McQueen: It the formulation of the storm happened exceptionally rapidly. I can remember it was coming back from Auburn on Sunday afternoon after attending my niece's wedding on Saturday, on Sunday afternoon, my wife and I were driving back home in on the radio as we were coming through Dothan. We heard, hey, there's a little tropical wave down in off the coast of the Yucatan. I was like, okay, that's interesting. No big deal. Tropical depression, excuse me. Down off the coast of the Yucatan, no big deal. Nothing to really think of. By Monday there was of a little bit of scuttlebutt. It might turn into a hurricane category one. didn't think anything much of that because, this community's gone through storms after storm, just like most of Florida has. [00:01:20] Mark McQueen: Then by Tuesday it was like, okay, this is going to be a hurricane, might be a two, could grow to a three. And so that starts getting folks attention. And I can remember it was that Tuesday morning we had a a commission meeting. It was my very first commission meeting and there it was. Very few people there. By that morning, . Sure enough, it was growing very rapidly. And the county our county government had declared a state of emergency and evacuation. So it, it had gone from this little tropical depression on a Sunday afternoon by Tuesday morning. It was mandatory evacuations and multiple places within the city and Bay County here in the panhandle of Florida. Sure enough the next day we had Hurricane Michael hit us and hit us pretty hard. And it was it was mostly a wind event, although there was a significant tropical or excuse me, significant rain and storm surge that took place particularly to the east of the eye of the storm hitting our dear sister, city of Mexico Beach very hard with about. 17- or 18-foot storm surge and wiped off the face of the earth that entire city. And they're having a, they're doing a phenomenal job of rebuilding. But the point I guess I'm trying to make is that for, it was like an F five tornado that sat on top of the city for about four hours and we lost all water, all sewer, all power, all communications. It was total blackout and that lasted for at least two weeks before we got power restored. In the interim what was interesting Verizon is the. Predominant cellular carrier in the area. I think they had it somewhere between 85-87% of the market share for this area. And they took it on the chin because they're a fiber based type of communication system. And we found out that there was a. At and t and some of the others sprint and T-Mobile had some ability to continue to operate, but very few people had those phones. So communicating with citizens, communicating with staff, communicating with each other, and other governments other city governments and county governments was very difficult. [00:03:29] Mark McQueen: Extremely difficult. And like I said, it was just pitch black at night and no water, no sewer, no nothing. And a as we emerged from that storm we had about a million trees that were da uprooted and all over the city. And we're talking large trees, a hundred, 150, 2000-year-old pine trees that were here and a hundred year old Oak Century Oaks all over the place. [00:03:53] Mark McQueen: And we had trains that were laying on their side, railroad trains that were laying on their sides. It was just massive destruction to. . And as I shared earlier that it felt like for me being on another deployment, in a war-torn country, and that was okay. We've gotta get on with this. We've got to find a way. First and foremost is meet the needs of our citizens. Safety and security, getting them food and water helping them in their current condition because their homes were decimated. Their lives were totally. Different than they were just four hours earlier. And that became the focus of what we did to meet the immediate needs. But as you're meeting the immediate needs of your citizens, the same thing as you've got to start charting simultaneously and unparallel, where are you going? What is your future direction for how you're going to recover the city? [00:04:45] Mark McQueen: And working out of a very grateful to Verizon that gave us a a emergency trailer that we could work out of. The mayor and I and a couple of the staff, we started banging out what our vision would be for the city is we wanted to emerge from the storm. And so eventually the whole point was to create this strategic campaign strategy for how we were going to rebuild the city while simultaneously meeting the immediate needs of our citizens. That was very difficult. Very difficult because our city employees were. also harmed by the storm. And so for the city employees that are essential workers, you depend on all of your city employees. Doesn't matter what your municipality is, but for your water lines, your sewer lines, your police, your fire all of the functions that city government does. All of those employees were, their homes were destroyed and uprooted and lives were forever changed. And so helping them, To get in temporary lodging so that they could help the citizens was so important so that we could start the recovery efforts and clearly very fortunate Governor Scott at the time. And then within a few weeks we had a statewide election and Governor DeSantis, who is just in a phenomenal job of helping us in recovery from Hurricane Michael. There was an enormous commitment from the state to bring in outside resources to help. So please fire emergency services and then the benevolence of nonprofits organizations, faith-based organizations that would pour it into this community. [00:06:17] Mark McQueen: To help us in our great time of needs. It was classic neighbors helping neighbors and doing it for the absolute right reasons. Not for attention, not for any notoriety, not for any game. It was just people coming from all over the United States coming to this community to help us in our darkest hour. And so as a result of that, it was just a, it was really. Transformative time for the city and forever changed the direction that the city was going on going in pre-storm to post storm. Coming out of the storm we had the desire to become the premier city in the Panhandle of Florida. [00:06:56] Mark McQueen: That's our stated objective. And why not? We're the largest city between Tallahassee and Pensacola. We have attributes going for us in terms of the industrial base, the intercoastal waterway, the medical capacity, financial institutions, education institutions commerce corridors, and nonetheless are citizens, the great asset of this community and And so from that we focused on four things, and this is very akin to a lot of the campaign strategy that we used in the military. So, number one, priority, safety and security of our people, their property and the environment. We worked really hard to maintain that safety and security, and we continue to do to. [00:07:33] Mark McQueen: So to this day, the second thing we focused on is the infrastructure, the key and vital infrastructure, the water, the sewer, storm drain systems, the roadway networks all of those things that are vital to create the connective tissue and support of the essential services in support of our citizens and businesses. The third thing we're focusing on is the economy. Making, rebuilding an economy to make it more robust and resilient, to be that creating that irreversible momentum of the economy to continue to grow in. The fourth is gonna be quality of life that which knits people together, enriches people's lives and all the dimensions of that, whether it's parks and recreation to marinas, to walkability, bikeability, the arts, the history, the culture houses of worship, all of those things are necessary to set the conditions for becoming the premier city in the panhandle. [00:08:22] Tommy Thomas: As you think you had to deal with FEMA and the federal and state government drawing back on your military experience what was the lessons that you brought forward as you had to go make your appeal for the funding and probably face rejection? I'm sure two or three times along the way before you begin to get it. [00:08:42] Mark McQueen: Yeah. The US Congress established through the Stafford Act, the funding mechanism for FEMA to be able to exist, and I will tell you that FEMA is full of great Americans that are committed to helping rebuild communities after an emergency declaration. What's interesting, I did learn is that there, there are roughly about 50 to 60 federally declared disasters across the United States and all of its territories every single year. And so, it's a massive effort that FEMA has to deal with. Every year to support the citizens of this great nation, and they are great citizens. I think that over time the bureaucracy has just grown to become such a behemoth that it's not very efficient or effective in getting things done nimbly. and with agility. You asked what was the difference between this experience and my military experience? And in many cases, you could rebuild foreign countries faster than you can build, rebuild your own community in the United States of America. And it's not because of anything else other than the massive amount of bureaucracy and review and process that has to be employed by FEMA to ensure that. correctly and appropriately being good stewards of the federal taxpayer's dollars. I'm not throwing a rock at them, it's just, it's massively bureaucratic, which, here we are four, four years post storm and we're clearly still in recovery and will be for probably four or five more years to be able to rebuild our city. [00:10:22] Mark McQueen: And it's, wildly expensive. But with, again, if the people have no vision, they will perish. And we had to strike that vision. That's why we're gonna be the premier city in the Panhandle Florida. And the four lines of efforts of everything we're doing is pouring into rebuilding our city to be that premier. [00:10:42] Tommy Thomas: What was the nearest thing in your military experience that, that approximated Michael? [00:10:47] Mark McQueen: Just been in three areas. Certainly Bosnia. After to implement the Dayton Peace Accords. So you had the warring factions there. Been over to Afghanistan, certainly Iraq very much very akin, very different environment. But nonetheless, when you have communities that have been destroyed through war. or through natural disasters, the end result is chaos and disruption of life. And there's a lot of parallels there. Fortunately, bullets aren't flying here in the United States and certainly not in Panama City. What we're doing is we're fundamentally rebuilding, and that's a very akin to what I experienced being in those deployments Additionally, I shared earlier about one of the things we were involved in was humanitarian assistance operations. And that was very formative in my military career and certainly coming out of Hurricane Michael. Certainly, in the initial months it was about humanitarian assistance. How do you meet the immediate needs of people in their greatest time of need? And how do you help? International organizations now non-profit organizations, private volunteer organizations, faith-based organizations to help them to get resources to people in their time of need. It's it was challenging to be sure but clearly the experience in the, my journey, my walk, my experience in the United States Army certainly helped me personally to be aware of some of the issues that may come up and how you can help better meet the needs of your citizens, not only their immediate needs. [00:12:17] Mark McQueen: Their long-term needs, which would be having a society in a city that would be able to help them to get their kids back in school, help them to be able to get their businesses back up and running. Help them to be able to get their homes reestablished, getting their lives back to a sense of new normal that they would be experiencing. [00:12:38] Tommy Thomas: So, is there a playbook now or anything that y'all have developed post mihael that that you would turn to? the next time [00:12:46] Mark McQueen: around. It's it is funny you asked that, Tommy, because just about five or six weeks ago, our dear neighbors to this in South Florida were hit by Hurricane Ian, an incredible storm that had catastrophic damage to the peninsula of the southern p southwest corner of the state of Florida and certainly the peninsula. And went on up into the car, Georgia and the Carolinas. And the mayor and I were asked to go down to Fort Myers Beach and help that community. That got hit pretty hard because of Hurricane Ian. And that's exactly what we did, Tommy, is we took our playbook and said here are lessons that we've learned. Here are things that we're recommending that you look at doing that worked well for us that will help you to set the conditions for your success in recovery. And we spent a lot of time helping them in those initial weeks and have continued to do so in the in. Lee County area. In fact there was a team from my police department that here we are, like I said, six weeks after the storm, I think it may be seven weeks. And we're still sending folks down there. We sent a team of our law enforcement teammates to go on down to Sanibel Island to help them as they opened up the island to allow citizens to start getting on with recovery on of their homes and their businesses. Yeah, there is a playbook and it establishes a framework for how to rebuild after a catastrophic event such as a hurricane. And not that it's a cookie cutter, but it sure gives you a framework and some general guidelines of how you may want to consider recovering. And we absolutely wanted to share that with our dear neighbors to the South that suffered so badly from Hurricane Ian. [00:14:23] Tommy Thomas: I can relate to Mark's comments about have we, we're not expecting a huge hurricane. My wife, Nancy and I had moved to the beach a couple of weeks before. For hurricane Michael hit. I remember Nancy coming in one afternoon saying we should evacuate. At first, I didn't take her very seriously, but as we listened to the radio and talk to people in the area, we decided that was best. The nearest pet friendly accommodations were at the Hampton Inn in Auburn. So we packed up a few clothes. But Bella and snowball into the truck and drove north. Words can't describe what we returned to. The Florida Panhandle is four years into rebuilding from Hurricane Michael. There are still scars from the damage that Michael inflicted on the area, but we are recovering. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Mark and the other government and civic leaders who stepped up big time in the aftermath of Michael. Next week we continue the subsidiaries. The Coaches in my Life our guests are Dr. Linda Livingstone, the president of Baylor university and Shelby Livingstone (her daughter) who is the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Liberty University. Both women excelled in intercollegiate athletics in their undergraduate days, they will be sharing with us some of the life and leadership lessons they learned from The Coaches in Their Lives.
Vice Chairman Christian Ziegler of the Republican Party of Florida joined VERONICA LIVE to discuss his run to be RPOF's next Chairman. He also updated us on Republican politics in the Great State of Florida.General Mark McQueen our Panama City City Manager and a regular on VERONICA LIVE joined Veronica with an update on what's been going on in his very busy city.Doug Baber, City Administrator of Mexico Beach joined Veronica for the first time on the show with and update on how his city has been working hard to get Mexico Beach back on track following Hurricane Michael that destroyed the city four years ago. The city's future is so bright now.
Doug Baber, Mexico Beach City Administrator joined the VERONICA LIVE show for the first time to discuss how Mexico Beach continues to move forward following the Hurricane Michael's devastation. The city's future is on track with wonderful leadership leading the way.
Doug Baber assumed the role of City Administrator of Mexico Beach in 2021, three years after the City was nearly destroyed in Hurricane Michael. Doug shares his experience in this interview recorded shortly after Hurricane Ian caused devastation on the west coast of Florida.
Episode 48July 26, 2022 Here's Why You Need to Prepare for a Hurricane with Aris PapadopoulosResilience expert Aris Papadopoulos was part of putting together a report on what the recovery was like for victims of Hurricane Michael in the Florida panhandle in 2018. The results will make you realize why we all need to do more to prevent this damage.Here are some important moments with Aris from the podcast: At 5:54 What is the primary problem you have identified, and what are you doing to make it better?At 11:23 Why do you think we aren't rebuilding to a standard that would survive anothercategory 5 hurricane in the Florida panhandle?At 17:43 What are some problems that people in Mexico Beach faced that we might not have heard much about?Here are some ways to reach Aris or download the Wharton study featured in the podcast:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aris-papadopoulos-bb3584141/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ResilienceAFWebsites: https://www.buildingresilient.com Link to the study: https://www.buildingresilient.com/featured/new-study-reveals-major-post-disaster-impact-to-us-households/Important information from Homeowners Be Aware:We are excited to be listed in Feedspots 40 best Homeowner podcasts : https://podcasts.feedspot.com/homeowner_podcasts/ Here are ways you can follow me on line:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homeownersbeaware/ Website: https://homeownersbeaware.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-siegal/ If you'd like to reach me for any reason, here's the link to my contact form: https://homeownersbeaware.com/contactHere's the link to the documentary film I'm making Built to Last: Buyer Beware.
Nuclear Exchange with Russia? (2) (Audio) David Eells - 6/5/22 Hurricane Michael Sign Michelle Rogers - 11/20/18 (David's notes in red) On October 10, 2018, Hurricane Michael hit the Florida panhandle as an “unprecedented” category 5 storm with sustained winds of 161 mph. The storm left a path of destruction along the coastline with some of the worst damage in Panama City and Mexico Beach. Before it hit, I felt a quickening in my spirit that the Lord wanted to show me something, and that I was to pay attention to it, in addition to praying. (Psa 19:1-2 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge.) The name of the storm was Michael and it means “God-like, or Who is like God.” It made landfall directly over Tyndall Air Force Base. Online radar photos showed the base directly under the eye of the storm like a tiny iris in the middle of an eye. The news reported that every single building on the base sustained major structural damage. The name Tyndall is associated with the Tyndall effect, which is a scientific phenomenon in which light is scattered by particles of matter in its path. It enables a beam of light to become visible by illuminating particles such as dust or water molecules. A video demonstrating the Tyndall Effect shows how a beam of light shining through a beaker of water cannot be seen at all, but once certain particles are introduced into the water, the beam is illuminated. It is the scientific phenomenon that causes a lighthouse beam to shine through the fog, and it creates the beautiful rays of sunshine that beam out from behind the clouds. (I saw the introduction of particles representing the introduction of storms and hard times causing the light to shine more brightly in the midst of the darkness. The dust particles of hard times will only serve to reveal the Light of the World in the midst of it all as demonstrated by the Tyndall effect.) The storm also created a great deal of destruction to the homes on Panama beach. Panama means “straw hat.” (At first I could not see what would be significant about a straw hat, but then I immediately thought of the helmet of salvation. I felt He was saying that those who did not have their thoughts covered by the hope of His salvation were wearing straw hats on their minds that would be shredded in the power of the coming storms. (A hat also deflects the light of the sun/Son. We had a dream that the gulf coast of Florida went under water and people were found floating with wide brim straw hats. I believe at the time this represented that the sun had become very fierce. UV rays are off the charts now.) Every thought must be covered by His helmet of salvation, which is the victory of the cross of Christ that overcomes the old man, and the power of the sin and death, darkness, and spiritual oppression of every kind. The helmet covers our minds so that we can wield the sword of the Spirit, and raise the shield of faith. Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.) 1 Th 5: 7-9 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. (Someone who is asleep and not sober is like a person wearing a straw hat in a storm. ) Psa 62:1-2 My soul waiteth in silence for God only; From him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved. In the days following this unprecedented storm, one house made national headlines. This one home was the only house standing on Mexico beach after the storm hit. It was designed by two Christian doctors, Dr. King, and Dr. Lackey, who built it above code to survive the “big one” according to the article. The names of these two doctors are very informative as well. Dr. King is obvious. Lackey comes from the word, Lacquey according to the Oxford English Dictionary, and is a “uniformed manservant. The modern connotation of servile follower appeared later, in 1588.” The dictionary goes on to say that the word may have originated from the Medieval French word, Laquais, which means foot soldier, servant. In the German language the word is Lakai and denotes a liveried manservant in the services of a monarch or prince. (So, taken together, the two names bring to mind a “bondservant of the King”, or the King's manservant, or servile follower of the King.”) (The point can be made that the well built house will not give way to the storm.) Luke 7:24-26 Everyone therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof. The storm also hit on 10/10/18. (10 is the number for law, and this storm hit on double 10's, so I felt that it was pointing to coming judgment that is needed to bring people to the Lord, and to wake up those who are sleeping like any good father would do. Heb 12:8 But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.) (... The warning that was coming through loud and clear back in 2018 still rings true, although the time is late: I am putting all of this together and hearing another alarm sounding. I hear an unmistakable clarion call to be ready! ... It is time to seek God with all of our hearts! If we are distracted we are wearing straw hats. If we are halfhearted and compromising we are not wearing the helmet of salvation. The darkness is getting darker, and only those who are abiding in the secret place will stand, just as the house stood on Mexico Beach. Those who are serving the Lord, and nothing else, will be able to withstand the winds. I think the winds are not only disasters but darkness, hatred, strife, temptation, pressure and anything the enemy wants to throw at us, because his time IS short.) Michelle was not associated with UBM when she had this revelation and about a month earlier Eve had a dream about this same storm. Hurricane Michael and Operation Warp-speed Eve Brast - 10/16/18 (David's notes in red) I dreamed that I was talking to David about the "Hurricane Michael" event that wiped out Mexico beach, Panama city, and Tyndall AFB in Florida. (Michael means, ‘Who is like God?' and the storm that is upon us is bringing God's judgment upon the US especially, but also the rest of the world. As goes the US, so goes the world.) (In that hurricane, which did not act like any previous hurricane, large buildings were wrecked with many DS jets of different kinds were destroyed. I saw the pictures of this back then.) Suddenly, Father began showing me what really happened. He took me up into the atmosphere and shrunk me down on a molecular level to the size of the molecules. (In hindsight I believe the storm was Operation Warp-speed, which Trump signed off on, which appears to have brought a vaccine induced plague and resulting vaccine mandates and medical tyranny upon the world.)(… I read that Trump says they deceived him. They say that if Trump did not sign off on that vaccine that the House was going to make it compulsory and many more people would have died. Also, he had a vaccine made that was not deadly. But, Cyrus is doing his job and the Lord always spoke well of that job in His Word. Let the truth come out Lord no matter who it catches.) This strange place had the colors of a rainbow like an aura. I saw particles that had been discovered by scientists, but their existence had not been disclosed to the public. They were white but had the appearance of "mother of pearl" at different angles. (Doctors have described seeing rainbow colors and translucent particles in vaccine droplets under the microscope.) Father spoke behind me in a deep booming voice that made everything in this place shudder and move all around with excitement. He said, "They have modified and weaponized these particles.” (These injections aren't vaccines; They are binary bio-weapons that are currently killing tens of thousands of people and now that people have gotten the boosters they will kill hundreds of thousands. (update: millions are reported to have already died.) He brought me up close to one of them and it had a fluidity to it and was similar to a jelly fish. It would change from a mushroom shape to a bullet shape with very short tentacles at it's end. It seemed to have intelligence and could change shape to propel itself through space. (These are the Hydra Vulgaris Immortal that we saw under the microscope in the video linked here which the drug companies have put into these so called vac/ci/nes.) I watched as the particle started out in a mushroom shape but changed into a bullet shape as it was drawn into a narrow slit all around the circumference of a large, metallic, man-made, saucer shaped weapon in the atmosphere. It was then compressed down with millions of like particles in some sort of centrifuge funnel or barrel and then directed and streamed to the earth. (Centrifuges are used in labs to spin down and separate fluids from suspended particles. They are able to arisolize these spike proteins and spray them from the air upon population centers or conventions where people are gathered. These spike proteins have been proven to be able to penetrate the skin (Video link) and enter peoples bodies that way also.)  Father spoke again and said, "President Trump has been briefed on and knows about this technology and had signed off on its use upon the state of Florida.” (The name Florida means, “full of flowers” and is representing a plan for global population reduction i.e. all flesh on earth. 1 Pe. 1:24 For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth.) I then had an open vision of President Trump, with one of his Generals standing over him on his left. He was signing off on the orders to use this technology on the "state of Florida". (It's looking like Father was showing us a parable, through the storm of Hurricane Michael, in this dream of the mass vac/cin/ation campaign and mandates that are being forced on the entire population of the world.) According to Wikipedia: On May 15, 2020, President Donald Trump officially announced the public-private partnership. The purpose of Operation Warp Speed was to coordinate Health and Human Services-wide efforts, including the NIH ACTIV partnership for vaccine and therapeutic development, the NIH RADx initiative for diagnostic development… (Did they deceive Trump or was he involved? We pray the truth comes out no matter who is responsible.) Goals: According to the Department of Health and Human Services' fact sheet, the main stated goal of Operation Warp Speed was to "produce and deliver 300 million doses of safe and effective vaccines with the initial doses available by January 2021, as part of a broader strategy to accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics”. Specific targets, as outlined in various media, included: support pharmaceutical companies... of seven different vaccine candidates simultaneously and certain therapeutic compounds. support several vaccine manufacturers for rapid scale-up of manufacturing capacity. support organization and facilitate simultaneous FDA review of Phase I-III clinical trials on several of the most promising vaccine candidates. (Phases 1,2, & 3 in which phase one is the placebo, phase two is the low dose of spike protein and phase three is the full dose of the spike protein, are all being rolled out simultaneously. This is why some people have no side effects because they received a placebo and others have varying degrees and severity of side effects.) facilitate manufacturing vaccine candidates while they remain pre-approved during pre-final clinical research to prepare for rapid deployment, if proven to be safe and effective. coordinate with the Department of Defense for vac/cine supply, production, and deployment around the United States, and track every vaccine vial and the injection schedule for each American receiving a vaccination. (This is what was happening in the dream with the General standing to Trump's left. Here is a link to a bit chute video showing how the vaccinated are emitting Bluetooth codes.) (We pray the tracking of these deadly bioweapons is made widely known.) Back to Eve's Bio-weapon attack dream: Then I was back in our physical realm trying to explain to David what Father had just shown me, but he couldn't understand the technology or what I was trying to describe and couldn't believe that Trump would do such a thing to the American people. (I have read all the verses of God's opinion of Cyrus and it is all good. Do I believe that he could be deceived by their witchcraft? YES, I have seen it happen with the faction.) Then I woke up. (This dream is much clearer now that when I first had it since Hydra has now been discovered in the vaccine vials.) (David's note in 2018: Time will tell concerning this dream above. I believe both sides have these weapons and more exotic ones, as Eve saw. and God will make use of them to bring a chastening to America and the Church, but revival will come afterwards. As we have seen in the type of Jesus ministry, Jesus in the Man-child will bring the revival. I believe the DS is using threats from the earthquakes and a new plague to stop the Alliance from rounding these criminals up for prosecution and execution and bringing in the new economy which effectively cuts out the DS.) I asked Father for a word by faith at random concerning Trump's signing of the order to use this technology on Florida and my finger was on,"remove thy way far from her" in Proverbs 5:8 (in context 4-14) (The American Harlot is still a Harlot no matter how much you love her and want to see her restored. Her ways will still bring you down to death if you aren't sanctified.) 4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol; 6 So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, and she knoweth it not. 7 Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth. 8 Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house; 9 Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien, 11 And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; 13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 14 I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation. I asked Father for a word by faith at random concerning the Hurricane Michael event and my finger was on, "All things come alike to all" in Ecc. 9:2 (in context 1-3) 1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them. 2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Link: Preserved From the Beast (15) America and the Titanic Michelle Rogers – 2007 (David's notes in red) I awoke one morning in 2007 and I immediately saw the Titanic. It was tipped over with the stern of the ship high in the air and I heard these words, “This is America.” I asked the Lord to confirm that this word was from Him, and the next day when I went to church, the pastor preached on the sinking of the Titanic. He was challenging the congregation to be one of those people who courageously risked their lives to help others. I accepted this as confirmation and believed that the Lord was saying that the Titanic was also a prophetic sign for America. (America will not be saved but the elect will.) Much later, in 2019, the Lord spoke to me from Ezekiel 16 about America in general, and more specifically about the spiritual idolatry of Christians in America. It was a continuation of this word about America sinking like the Titanic although Americans tend to believe that this nation is unsinkable. Here are some of the key scriptures to try to capture what He was saying… Eze 16:8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine…. Eze 16:17-19 Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them; and thou tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them, and didst set mine oil and mine incense before them. (Americans have idolized presidents and Christians have idolized preachers. We know this because they take the word of these men over God's Word.) My bread also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savor; and thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah. (The Lord was impressing on my heart that He has given many gifts and blessings to His people. He has tenderly saved, healed, and delivered them, but due to a love for the world, the beauty that He bestows, that should be stored up for Him alone, is poured out on other “lovers”. We are to be a garden enclosed for Him (Song 4:12). These lovers are things like seeking the praise of man, living for money, mixing with the love of the things of the world, and drifting from our first love.) I felt the Lord's grief over this idolatry as well as His grief over the correction that is needed (and that He must send), especially as expressed in these verses in Isa 48:17-18 Thus saith Jeovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Isreal: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way by the way that thou shouldest go. Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: (I felt the Lord was saying that the coming judgments were for correction, and I was comforted by these final verses in this tragic chapter. Eze 16:62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth anymore, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.” Businesses Closed; A Crash is Coming Marie Kelton - 5/25/22 (David's notes in red) I had a dream that I was driving my car at night. (Representing the dark days that are fast approaching.) I was at the intersection of the light that goes past my job at Food City. (An intersection represents the crossroads that we are currently at in History. Many will have to choose which direction they will go.) My job was closed as there were no lights on inside and the parking lot was empty. (The businesses will be shut down soon. Those who are "settled on their lees" will be disturbed and distressed. There will be mass unrest and food scarcity. Zep 1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.) I had the right of way because the light was green. As I was driving , an old fashioned, light brown car, that was leaving my workplace parking lot, hit me on the driver's side of my vehicle. (The light brown car represents the factious, leftist Nazis in the government and the "Church" who try to force their criminality on others.) It was trying to turn in front of me even though it didn't have the right of way. Then I woke up An Angel Measures out Double Judgment on the “World Rulers" Don Laughlin - 5/28/22 (David's notes in red) I (Donald means “world ruler” and I believe he represents the world wide rulers of the earth.) I had a dream that my wife (Merlene which means "bird of prey” like the American eagle.) and I were laying on our sides on the quilt on the bed facing each other, about two feet apart. Then a person, who was wearing light clothing and an old style apron, walked in carrying a large black pitcher. (As we will see, this represents an angel sent by God to pour out judgment between the eagle of America and the world ruling elites.) Then the person stopped about Merlene's middle and stretched over Merlene with an arm and quickly poured what looked like syrup into a two cup Pyrex measuring cup which was equal distance from each of us. (The 2 cup measure represents a double portion of judgment.) It could not have taken more than six seconds. (Speaking of Babylon God said in Isa 47:9 but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, in the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.) Then the person turned to their right and left the room. I don't know the gender of the person and did not see their head. Excerpt from: Vision of the End of the World Given to Sarah Hoffman After her suicide in 1979, the Lord sent Sarah back to Earth to repent and share a warning of the end of the world... This panoramic view of Earth came into view and then came closer and closer like I had been out into space and was flying toward it…. As the world zoomed up to me I saw the whole world and then the various countries. I don't know the countries of the world very well, but as I looked at these lands I instinctively knew what countries they were. I was looking at the Middle East and watched as a missile flew from Libya and hit Israel with a big mushroom cloud. I knew that the missile was actually from Iran but people from Iran had been hiding it in Libya and fired it. I knew that it was a nuclear bomb. Almost immediately missiles started flying from one country to another, quickly spreading to all over the world. (Since this dream was given Have the saints through prayer changed any of this nuclear world war. Possibly so. There is at least a world war between the Alliance and the DS but at this time it has not become nuclear. In a much more recent dream Garrett below saw a limited exchange. The Alliance has said there would be a fake WW3 and we can see the stage being set. I have said for months that this could end up being a real World War and that the DS is professional at getting in the middle and shooting both ways to start wars. Indeed, in Rev. chapter 6 we see the second seal brings a world war. A covenant is being put together as NESARA/GESARA.) Rev. 6:1-8, And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come. 2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer. (Jesus in the Man-child ministries, like Moses judged Egypt) 3 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come. 4 And another horse came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. (World War) 5 And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat thereon had a balance in his hand. 6 And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not. (This shows food is scarce, famine) 7 And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come. 8 And I saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority over the fourth part of the earth (It is clear that the depopulationists ultimately get their way. Mike Adams and Steve Quayle interview warn about the planned and orchestrated extermination of the human race.), the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, (Footnote for “death” here in the Numeric says "or pestilence") and by the wild beasts of the earth. (The "sword, famine, and pestilence" were used several times when the scriptures speak of Babylon taking down the apostates and their system.) I also saw that many nuclear explosions did not come from missiles but from ground bombs of some kind. I knew that in the future there would be a nuclear war throughout the world… (This is certainly true at the end of the tribulation but is it still true at the beginning of the trib?) ...There was no communication or anything anywhere in the country. (They are bringing the internet down to switch over to the new internet connected through Starlink satellites, but the switchover could be interrupted by the pandemic and nukes.) Nothing worked, no radios or TVs. (Because the electricity didn't come up.) I watched people throw rocks and break windows to steal TVs, which I thought was really crazy because they wouldn't work. Immediately, as I watched this happen in the United States, I jumped back to the Middle East and saw the same thing in Israel, the same sores, and I realized that it was the same types of disease or sickness happening there. I knew somehow that whatever diseases had been used in the United States were also being used in Israel. This lasted for only an instant and I was back in the United States. There was a tremendously long winter that lasted into summer. (We just had a long winter that and it is still getting cold as of the end of May.) It caught everyone by surprise and started the full famine. Actually, I realized that the long winter actually just increased the famine greatly to its full measure, because the famine had already been in progress because of the storms, droughts, floods and other plagues that had been happening over the few years leading up to the long winter. It seemed then that the year following the long winter was when everything started to go down hill very quickly or things piled up one on top of the other without any breaks. The sense of time was not very clear because I was seeing several things that seemed to happen all at the same time or very close together. (This sounds like our current media news cycles. Note, the book of Revelation is not a series of consecutive happening from beginning to end. In several places the same time periods are being spoken of. This revelation is likely the same.) During and after the long winter, the disease spread everywhere and increased in severity. The economy was completely gone and the electricity was also gone. There was complete chaos and anarchy all over the United States. There was no government, just a total breakdown. There was no food at all. I saw people trying to get food and were completely panicked because there was no food. I saw people digging in the ground for worms and eating them because they were so hungry. (At this point at the end of May 2022, the plan is; crash the economy, the electricity, the internet, and the food supply. So this vision has been extremely accurate. We must ask God for mercy for those He has chosen.) Also, during this time I became aware that there was very little water and that almost all of the water had become poisoned so that if a person drank the water they would get the disease and die. Many did drink the water, knowing that they would die, because they were so thirsty. Some of the people seemed to go crazy(ier) and went around in gangs killing people just for the sake of killing. Others killed for food or for things but the people who killed just to kill were absolutely terrible. ... Husbands would kill their wives and children for food or water. Mothers would kill their children. It was absolutely horrible beyond description. (It's here that the New Age people will discover that man is not inherently good, but is capable of the worst. Ecc 3:19 ... yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity. Not to mention, that the tribulation came and not their 1000 years of peace because “there is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord.") The air seemed to be filled with smoke as many buildings and cities burned and no one put them out. As I looked upon the scene of chaos, destruction and smoke, I noticed that there were these little pockets of light scattered all over the United States. There were, I would guess, about twenty or thirty of them. I noticed that most of these places of light were in the western part of the United States, with only three or four in the East. These places of light seemed to shine through the darkness and caught my attention and so I concentrated on them, asking, "What are these things?" I could then see that they were people who had gathered together and they were on their knees and they were praying. The light was coming from them and I understood that it represented their goodness and love. I understood that they had gathered together for safety and that they cared more for each other than for themselves. Some of the groups were small, with only a hundred people or so, but in other groups there were what seemed several thousand. I realized that somehow many, if not most of these cities of light had been established just before the disease attack and that they were very organized. It was like they had known what was coming and had prepared for it. I didn't see who or what had organized them, but I saw many people struggling to get to them with nothing but what they could carry. (These cities of light are where the Woman Church's refuge is prepared from the dragon/serpent.) These cities of light had food and were sharing their food with those who joined them in their groups. There was peace and safety in the groups. ... (Then the nuclear war which had started when in this dream the Iranian missile was fired at Israel from Libya and then the invasion of the US by Russia and China and other nations towards the end of the tribulation began.) As I was looking at the cities of light, I then saw missiles coming and hitting some other cities and mushroom clouds started happening all over the United States. Some were from missiles that I knew came from Russia and others were not from missiles, but were from bombs that were already in the United States. They were hidden in trucks and in cars and were exploded. I specifically saw Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York hit with bombs. New York was hit with a missile, but I think that Los Angeles was hit by a truck bomb or actually several, because I didn't see any missile. I also saw north of Salt Lake City have a mushroom cloud, a small one, but no missile... Almost right on top of these mushroom clouds I saw Russian troops invading the United States. I saw them parachuting into a lot of places, primarily from the East Coast. I saw them parachute into Salt Lake City. I also saw Chinese troops invade from the West Coast, near Los Angeles. (This is what we've known would come at the end of the tribulation by many revelations.) The people who were still alive started fighting them with their own guns. I didn't see any military. This was the nuclear war that I had seen earlier and I knew that it was also happening all over the world like I had seen previously. I did not see much of this war, but I was impressed that it was not very long and the Russians and Chinese lose, but I don't know how exactly. (This reminds me of George Washington's vision when the angels came to help.) (This revelation appears to cover from just before the tribulation to the end in the great and terrible day of the Lord. However this next revelation appears to bring us back to the beginning and only covers that. It stops short of a World Wide full Nuclear war so Maybe God has had mercy through the prayers of the Saints.) Nuclear Exchange Russia and U.S. Garrett Crawford - 4/29/22 (David's notes in red) ...I remember watching the war in Ukraine taking place over my dad's house, like an open vision, but it was something tangible that I was actually experiencing. (Like the death angel that passed over the houses of the Israelites, this “war” and its fall-out will pass over the overcomers of God.) I saw that America had been assisting Ukraine. I even saw America launching attacks to aid Ukraine, but there was a grave mistake made and an American missile had been launched accidentally and it hit a Russian target. (This is only officially accidental. The D.S. has been provoking the nuclear option and would love to escalate this conflict into a world war to continue to deflect attention away from the declass of all their evil crimes that are coming to light and to depopulate and to try to derail the 2022 midterm elections so that they can hold on to power. Also it was admitted that the U.S. helped the Ukrainians sink the Russian flagship Moskva and it was an American missile. No one would admit this unless they wanted the Russians to retaliate.) This ‘accident' caused the whole world to stop. Everyone wondered what Russia would do, but no one expected that Russia would retaliate against America. (Putin has come out publicly and warned that any attack on Russia by NATO or U.S. and Western forces during this Ukraine conflict would be reciprocated, presumably against the D.S. cities.) Then I watched what appeared to be a large missile silo open and a projectile came out and was fired at America. The missile hit America inside her borders and everyone was in a state of shock. No one actually believed Russia would retaliate but they did and with fierce wrath. (Putin and Russia have been fighting the D.S., along side U.S. and China, and they would know this missile is coming from the DS and would pick their targets accordingly. Once again I say that God's elect should leave the sin cities.) The weapon they used made 7 waves of fire blast throughout America like fiery shockwaves. The sound of the weapon was like a siren. Every blast was accompanied by the most ominous siren sound; seven blasts and seven sirens. (This seems to be a multiple warhead missile. Also could seven blasts announce the approach of the seven trumps of the Tribulation?) After the last blast I looked outside and America was on fire. (I asked Garrett and he said, "It could have been multiple warheads".) Just 1 missile was launched from each side and after Russia struck with their missile they did not continue. It was like an eye for an eye. I felt in the dream that America (i.e. the DS) was playing a dangerous game with Russia that backfired.) (Even though the military has moved interceptor missiles to the coast in the night, they evidently didn't intercept this. Their missiles have multiple warheads that spread out to different areas and are considered by many to be unstoppable due to their evasive maneuvers and speed.) Everyone in America was in complete disbelief. I heard a man say, "I can't believe they did it, I can't believe they actually attacked us!”. After the blasts I surveyed the damage and my dad's house was still standing. Both my dogs were in the house with me and survived. I opened the front door (Jesus) and my cat was there. (Many of the rebellious who are ultimately God's elect will return to the Father's House of Bread which will still be standing.) He had survived the carnage even though he had been outside of the house. Then I woke up. (For many years I have gotten dreams of an impending June Judgment of a Nuclear Strike on New York City. They have started to begin again recently. As I look at all of them together and I lay them on top of each other like projector transparency sheets I finally see the whole image. I feel like the picture is now complete. I believe I know the appointed season this judgement will occur. For all who are listening and reading please know it is even at the doors. Like the children's game "Mouse Trap" there are things in motion right now that cannot be stopped.) This is better than a world wide nuclear conflagration but let's pray and ask mercy of the Lord on this. Rev 6:2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer. 3 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come. 4 And another horse came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. (By nuclear, plagues, weather and tectonic warfare) US is preparing to approve advanced long-range rocket system for Ukraineas Russia warns of Crossing a 'red line' CNN Politics - 5/27/22 - Link Washington (CNN) The Biden administration is preparing to step up the kind of weaponry it is offering Ukraine by sending advanced, long-range rocket systems that are now the top request from Ukrainian officials, multiple officials say. (Because they want to be able to strike inside Russia. The DS controls Ukraine.) The administration is leaning toward sending the systems as part of a larger package of military and security assistance to Ukraine, which could be announced as soon as next week. Senior Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, have pleaded in recent weeks for the US and its allies to provide the Multiple Launch Rocket System, or MLRS. The US-made weapon systems can fire a barrage of rockets hundreds of kilometers — much farther than any of the systems Ukraine already has — which the Ukrainians argue could be a game changer in their war against Russia. Another system Ukraine has asked for is the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as HIMARS, a lighter wheeled system capable of firing many of the same types of ammunition as MLRS. Russia has in recent weeks pummeled Ukraine in the east, where Ukraine is outmanned and outgunned, Ukrainian officials have said. The Biden administration wavered for weeks, however, on whether to send the systems, amid concerns raised within the National Security Council that Ukraine could use the new weapons to carry out offensive attacks inside Russia, officials said. On Friday, after CNN first reported the news, Russians warned that the United States will "cross a red line" if it supplies the systems to Ukraine. "The US intends to discuss the issue of supplying Ukraine with these weapons as soon as next week," Olga Skabeeva, a prominent Russian TV host, said on her high-profile show on the state network Rossiya-1. "At the present moment, the issue is being addressed by the US presidential administration. So now, we are not even talking about tactical weapons anymore, but about the operational-tactical weapons." She continued: "The US MLRS can launch shells over 500 kilometers. And if the Americans do this, they will clearly cross a red line, and we will record an attempt to provoke a very harsh response from Russia." (If Russia strikes New York while they are in Ukraine they would have to hurry North to their land to defend it from NATO. No doubt it will pick up allies along the way as this next revelation shows.) Huge Bear and Alliance pointed North - Nato? Barry Klinke - 5/24/22 (David's notes in red) In this dream I was in the bedroom of a house in the country, in a mountainous area. I looked out a window to the east and saw a huge brown bear running furiously down a steep mountain headed in a northerly direction. (Russia coming down off of the kingdom of Ukraine going to defend their homeland?) The bear was very large, healthy and seemed as if he was very determined to get somewhere quickly. I went to another window looking north and the bear had joined up with a group of large animals at the edge of a wooded area, on a gravel road. (They are in Ukraine now and going North would be to Russia. The other large animals will ally with them.) The group he met with was composed of a very large black bear, a huge head of cattle (maybe a bull) and two huge African elephants with big white tusks. There may have been some other animals, but I can't recall them. End of dream. (I think that the brown bear represents Russia. The bull represents India. The elephants represent American white hat Republicans and their tusks represent weapons, strong tools or machinery. (India has joined Russia and US against the DS NATO forces.) It would seem that Russia is the driving force, allied with the other countries mentioned, in a coming conflict, perhaps against the deep state.) Huge Bear and Alliance pointed North - Nato? Barry Klinke - 5/24/22 (David's notes in red) In this dream I was in the bedroom of a house in the country, in a mountainous area. I looked out a window to the east and saw a huge brown bear running furiously down a steep mountain headed in a northerly direction. (Russia coming down off of the kingdom of Ukraine going to defend their homeland?) The bear was very large, healthy and seemed as if he was very determined to get somewhere quickly. I went to another window looking north and the bear had joined up with a group of large animals at the edge of a wooded area, on a gravel road. (They are in Ukraine now and going North would be to Russia. The other large animals will ally with them.) The group he met with was composed of a very large black bear, a huge head of cattle (maybe a bull) and two huge African elephants with big white tusks. There may have been some other animals, but I can't recall them. End of dream. (I think that the brown bear represents Russia. The bull represents India. The elephants represent American white hat Republicans and their tusks represent weapons, strong tools or machinery. (India has joined Russia and US against the DS NATO forces.) It would seem that Russia is the driving force, allied with the other countries mentioned, in a coming conflict, perhaps against the deep state.) NATO's Breakup Michelle Rogers 3/8/22 (David's notes in red) A few months ago I dreamt of the word, NATO and the Strong's number 1770 (Hebrew). In my dream, I heard the words: “They go together.” At that time I had only a vague understanding of NATO from my school days. As I logged online to learn more about NATO, the words, “All eyes on NATO” popped into my head, so I put that phrase into the search box. To my surprise an article written just five days prior popped up in the search engine. In a nutshell, the article entitled, All Eyes On NATO, is claiming that according to scripture, China and Russia will break up the NATO alliance. In addition, it says that China (This would be the CCP as opposed by the new republic of China) will also move against America, and that the alliance will not observe Article 5, and that no one will come to our aid. (I don't doubt that some NATO countries will not stay with it to come against Russia and China because of the division in NATO between the earth Alliance and the DS.) The number that “goes together” with NATO is 1770. In the Hebrew language it means, “dig, to fish for, catch” and it is found in one verse in the Bible in Jer 16:16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks. (Reading the article and considering this verse together, I felt it might mean that NATO would be attacked, or "fished for and caught" according to this scripture in Jeremiah.) Here is the article: All Eyes are on NATO! By Peter Salemi: www.British-Israel.Ca - 3/4/22 The war rages on in the Ukraine, all eyes are on NATO! Many are speculating how NATO is going to handle this conflict. Russia has one of the largest armies in the world with a large nuclear arsenal! The way that is raging on right now it is right at NATO's door step! And this comes at a time when the United States-the leader of NATO, has the weakest leader in its history! (And a DS leader) Vladimir Putin says that he is now going to test the "resolve" of the western powers to see if they are really united and will they act! Why the test? (To break up NATO) United States is Weak Under the leadership of Joe Biden, this administration has proved itself to be weak and unwilling to fulfill its obligations around the world, and the Afghan pullout proved that! That display back in 2021 of the pullout from Afghanistan showed the world that a new leader was in power-a new weak leader with no plan or foreign policy! "The United States looked blundering and inept, and it dragged its allies down with it." (Jen Kirby Vox article: NATO allies are preparing for a future without America's “forever wars” emphasis added). The United States is a shell of its former self. The main reason is leadership! Now, while the United States army is promoting inclusion, diversity and other woke ideas into the military; and while the President and the Democrats are promoting the mythical utopia of wind and solar energy-killing our OIL & GAS sector, the one thing we need to defeat our enemies; Russia, China, Iran and others are making huge strategic moves to solidify their power and to be the global leaders in today's post modern liberal globalist world…(Again this is not recognizing that Russia and China are an allies of the Alliance including the US. The DS CCP is the enemy here.) China Preparing for “D-Day” INVASION of the Continental United States? Mike Adams (Natural News) - 5/20/22 (David's notes in red) Leaked audio that appears to have originated from a meeting of China's top war generals (This is not the Republic of China but the Chinese Communist Party Generals. The Alliance claims to have a plan to destroy the CCP which is the Chinese D.S.) reveals elaborate plans for a land invasion in the near future, waged by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and augmented with cyber warfare, orbital space weapons and the activation of CCP civilians currently embedded in corporations and governments around the world. (On the other hand, Operation Disclosure said on 6/3/22 "Star-link Satellites were Particle Weapons that track every Nuclear Silo on earth, plus in two seconds can vaporize and destroy every Nuclear Rocket that was launched." If this is so, we don't know much about the success of the CCP's plan to invade the U.S. Also they apparently could not stop a Russian Missile dreams say is coming to the US in retaliation. In his podcast, Mike Adams says that the United States is not specifically mentioned in the transcript and could possibly be their plans to invade Taiwan or both countries. We have prophesies of China and Russia invading America and we know that this will happen at the end of the Tribulation period when once again the US will have a murderous liberal government. However, the CCP does have a plan to invade Taiwan now and may have a plan to invade the U.S. now but I believe it would be to their downfall. At this time, the CCP, allied with the DS, has plans to invade Taiwan and possibly the U.S. Many don't know about the earth Alliance of nations that includes the "white hats" and the republic of China headed by Xi along with the Russians. These have a plan to take down the CCP and the DS.) This is the bombshell that has emerged from the leaked audio out of China, for which a full English translation and transcript has now been published by whistleblower Jennifer Zeng at this link. (The English translation is somewhat rough but still very useful.) ... Readying large numbers of ocean transport vessels for the invasion From the leaked audio transcript, you can see China's preparedness activities involving ocean vessels and how they're being readied for war: Commanders! Regarding the formation of the fleet and the distribution of personnel and equipment, we are prepared to arrange it in this way. First, equip the ships with strong cadres. According to the different support items and specific uses, they are formed into 3 brigades, 45 squadrons, and 135 detachments. We have prepared 231 cadres to accompany the ships, 3 of them are in regimental positions, 45 battalion positions, and 183 other military cadres. Second, optimize the ship's militia. Equip them with the main crew, veterans, and equipment in a mixed-mode. The transportation ships are mainly manned with defense forces, medical personnel, and correspondents. Ten thousand-ton ships are equipped with a platoon, thousand-ton ships with a squad, and hundred-ton ships with a squad. Each group of the militia is mainly composed of defense forces and main equipment operators. Third, load the ships with high-tech equipment. Follow the latest task needs of the maritime militia, and equip the militia with a variety of unmanned equipment, radar, sonar, and other high-tech equipment. Altogether there are more than 2,000 sets. The transcript also makes reference to elements of drone warfare, cyber warfare and space weapons, specifically mentioning Huawei as a large company whose resources are needed to support China's war efforts: As to the 2,000+ pieces of high-tech equipment, 480 drones and 70 unmanned boats are currently secured in place. We need to seize the moment to transfer. Superiors asked us to mobilize 21 network attack and control detachments, we've mobilized 15, with a current shortage of 6 detachments and 60 people. We also lack 32 attack and control system industry network expert talents. Our advice is to mobilize Qianxin, Huawei, Tencent, and other key high-tech enterprises, and enhance the corresponding distribution to meet the needs of the troops. (We can see here that the division of China between the republic and the DS CCP has weakened the CCP. It is very doubtful they would succeed in taking down the US but Taiwan is another story.) In Shenzhen, we can find all satellite supporting enterprises. Can we take the initiative to take advantage of this area to contribute to the participation in the war to support the front? (Note the uncertainty.) Commander, at present we rely on Zhuhai Orbita, Shenzhen Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Co., Foshan Deliya and Ji Hua Laboratory, and have formed four satellite detachments. We have in total 16 low-orbit satellites, with 0.5 to 10 meters global remote ultra-high optical resolution sensing and imaging capabilities. In addition, China's war leader make strong reference to the psychological operations that will be waged by their government to control the population as they wage war against the West: (We have heard from Alliance people earlier that Taiwan will unite with the Republic of China but retain its military and government. Is the CCP headed for a trap? Their hatred of Xi and their right wing is well known.) First, we need to strengthen the protection in political field. Look at the recent several regional wars, especially the Russian-Ukrainian conflict war situation. If you look at the big picture, the United States and the West will try everything to slander us, smear us, in an attempt to confuse right and wrong, to shake our will to win a just and decisive battle. We must give full play to public opinion, legal struggle, psychological war and militia teams to strengthen the guidance of public opinion and psychological protection, and cohesion of patriotic support for the positive energy of the military front. End of report! (Mike Adams is convinced the CCP's plan is to invade the US. All historic enemies of the US have formulated plans to invade the US. And the US has formulated plans to invade them. This only proves one thing that you cant wait till a war starts to formulate a plan!. So let us ask for wisdom from the Lord on these things.)
Captain Kevin Lanier is a highly experienced charter captain, very fun to talk to, and tells it like it is. In this episode of PartsVu Xchange Talks Boating, host Tonia Becker asks ranging questions and gets some fun and surprising answers.After withstanding the stress of being an air traffic controller for more than 30 years, Captain Kevin Lanier decided to live his true passion and launched KC Sport Fishing. The company operates out of Port Saint Joe and Mexico Beach, Florida, and conducts fishing charters, cruises, including sunset cruises and captain's services. Captain Kevin holds a Master 50-ton Captain's license from the US Coast Guard. He's an experienced Charter Captain with many hours on the water and is certified to operate towing vessels. We discussed:The most unusual request he has gotten as a captainBattle of the sexes - are men or women better anglers?Most interesting thing he's seen on the waterNumber one questions clients askWhat people should know about the etiquette of charteringCheck out Captain Kevin Lanier's podcast -FISH ON! with Captain Kevin: A Sportsman's Guide to Saltwater Fishing.Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyIf you're looking for a charter out of the Port Saint Joe and Mexico Beach, Florida area (not far from Panama City), contact KC Sport Fishing - www.kcsportfishing.comPartsVu is here to support all of your boating needs. Customers particularly value our Yamaha outboard service kits, Mercury outboard service kits, Mercruiser service kits, and Suzuki outboard service kits.Use coupon code PVTALKSBOATING for free shipping for your next www.partsvu.com order.Follow PartsVu on Facebook and Instagram (@partsvu4u)
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On today's episode we talk with Capt. Jordan Todd of Saltwater Obsessions out of Port St. Joe, FL. He tells us about a tarpon trip he took last week, he also tells us about an encounter with some monster bull sharks as well as big black drum and speckled trout. The fishing is getting into the time of year when there is a lot to chose from, especially when red snapper open up the end of the week. It's time to get out there!
Becky visits with Kimberly Shoaf, President of Mexico Beach Community Development Council. Find out what progress has been made post-hurricane along with what's open and ready for business.Keep up with Mexico Beach on social media: IG @mexicobeachfla and Facebook at Mexico Beach, FL and online at mexicobeach.com.Find Becky on IG, Pinterest and Twitter at amom4u, on Facebook at The Travel Voice by Becky and online at thetravelvoicebybecky.com.
This recorded workshop, from the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, features photos taken the morning after Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida. Discussion centers on different types of structural failures and how better inspection procedures could have saved numerous types of structures. Additional training will be presented regarding how to categorize existing structures, how to evaluate cracks in structures, how to properly read product approvals, and other protocols to ensure hurricane resilience.
On tonight’s program: Monday of this week was Florida’s voter registration deadline. And during the final hours, the online registration system collapsed; Many of Florida’s Hispanics are strongly opposed to the Black Lives Matter movement to to the point of supporting President Trump. We consider the question, “Why?”; Mexico Beach was ground zero for Category Five Hurricane Michael two years ago tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 10.) The recovery has been slow and often painful; Two years after Hurricane Michael, affordable housing remains in short supply in Bay County as several subsidized complexes are under construction; Despite all the unresolved issues from Michael, a consortium of powerful people in Northwest Florida is determined to accelerate the recovery process.
Man-child Judges and Preserves (8) (Audio) Weapons of Mass Destruction Being Used David Eells - 10-11-20 (David’s notes in red) I believe the DS and the President are using the DEW weapons now. At one time the Deep State destroyed Paradise with DEW weapons. Then it was said that the Trump administration took control of the satellite DEW weapons. So I thought maybe the DS hacked back in some back door to reuse those weapons or we never gained full control of all of them?? On 9-10-20 Dutch Since showed a video of Directed Energy Weapon beams (DEW) focused on Tyndall AFB. Later he focused in on the exact point of the Radar Station. Then Before its News came out with an article on it too: https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2020/10/breaking-dutchsinse-1092020-directed-energy-weapon-dew-caught-beaming-at-tyndall-air-force-base-space-wing-people-have-to-see-this-2514601.html Dutch Since showed the Dew beams coming down from space hitting and causing hotspots of 1100-1350 degrees in 3 areas, all on major fault lines on the West Coast, New Madrid, and East Coast that we have been warned would bring major earthquakes and the coming of the Lord in His reformer ministry, the Man-child. It appears the DS is trying to start earthquakes with DEW weapons on major fault lines that we were told years ago would tear the country apart. https://youtu.be/XqYE1Pi334I I sent an email warning to the President on 10-9-20 about the DEW hits on the fault lines and Tyndall AFB. But I have been giving the President the benefit of the doubt in my email to him below. Jeff sent in the video from Dutch Since that showed DEW beams from space. My email to him. They are trying to set off the three areas Sandy and others have had dreams about including the New Madrid, West Coast, NY/AL fault line. Its the mad scientist dream. Sandy Shaw dream 10/18/11: I am sitting and listening to a group of scientists argue and they are talking over my head with their scientific words. Half of the scientists are arguing, "We should not do that because we don't know what the ramifications of that are, nor do we know what chain reactions will take place". In the dream, I didn't know what "that" was referring to. The other half of the scientists begin arguing that they do know the outcome of that, as they have calculations and results from the previous times they have done it. One man from the group speaking against it interjected loudly with, "Not of this magnitude". (Magnitude speaks of earthquakes. Will they set the earthquakes off with DEW and their underground tunneling and explosions, causing the chain reaction spoken of here?) If within a few days to a week after the hotspots were formed, we get earthquakes as the pattern shows we could be seeing the Man-child show in the Midst of the New Madrid quakes. They appear to be taking advantage of the stresses in the plates caused by Planet X. The smaller earthquakes could be a sign of the bigger ones coming later. San Andreas and Cascadia are stressed. Before I watched this video I was thinking and studying the David Man-child hitting the Edomites. The fact that we are seeing the factions in church and state become very active made me think the Man-child couldnt be far off. Dreams and scripture show that the Lord in these ministries is going to make a mess of both of the factions in Church and State. Here is a warning message from Steve Quayle. Hello Steve -- This report is about the DANGEROUS things happening along the New Madrid Fault Line and extending to the edges of the NORTH AMERICAN PLATE. 1> There are totally visible hotspots along the fault even going to the bayou and gulf coast. Some hot spots are 1,100 degrees, and some have been measured by locals as high as 1,350 degrees at ground level. 2> There are now planes constantly flying over this area because the results of the North American plate BENDING AND CRACKING into 2 pieces is a huge event. What the planes have discovered so far is that there are sub-surface cracks which go as DEEP as 600 kilometers down. 3> The cracking and BENDING has already tripled the SUBDUCTION ZONE stress IN CASCADIA, 3X FROM 2 WEEKS AGO. 4> The stress on the east coast IS also increased at least 3x in the SUBDUCTION ZONE. 5> THE ENERGY REQUIRED TO CAUSE THIS TYPE OF EVENT IS BEYOND THE ABILITY OF HUMANS TO DO. (Note: As we have seen Men do have this power coupled with the stresses of P-X) THIS MEANS DIRECTLY THAT GOD IS SPEAKING TO PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THEIR ATTENTION AND CONFESS SINS AND PRAY FOR THE NATION. (True)6> THE VAST ENERGY RELEASE HAS ALSO RUINED MUCH OF THIS YEAR'S HARVEST SO DO NOT EXPECT A HUGE THANKSGIVING FEAST. JUST BE THANKFUL FOR HAVING FOOD TO EAT KNOWING THAT AT LEAST 50% OF OTHER AMERICANS DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT TO STAY ABOVE THE STARVATION LEVEL. 7> WHEN EVENTS DO OCCUR IN EARNEST EXPECT EARTHQUAKES 7.9 TO 10.2 TO HIT THE WEST COAST THE MIDWEST AND THE EAST COAST. ADDITIONALLY WE CAN EXPECT LARGE VOLCANIC ACTION HITTING BOTH WEST AND EAST COASTS. God bless and protect all of you in these days.... Doc I believe that both sides have the DEW weapons and so I SPECULATE HERE as to the purposes: Eve had a dream that P. Trump signed off on a hit on Tyndall AFB at Mexico Beach with unknown space weapons back when Hurricane Michael came into FL. I thought that he may have been using the hurricane from the DS as cover to destroy many planes there in a huge building that were probably were under DS control. So possibly it is P. Trump doing it now too. Taking advantage of the lefts fires in the west to his advantage. My e-mail to Eve…. I am not questioning you or your dream. Trump is, all that is written of him in the word as Cyrus, which is in many places in the Bible where he is not mentioned by name and he is seen in a good light in all of that. The history of Trump's background is he was raised as christian (Under Norman Vincent Peale), not that he has been born again, and has been very patriotic and conservative to the bone. (He was recognized by Reagan to be a man who “would make a great President”) Now my question is why is it possible that he is doing this? Is he taking out DS things like those planes that he took out last time? Is there a good purpose in God's plan that he could only use a warrior to do? (Christians are not used to physically kill people. They can be used to speak the Word that brings these judgments because God is the Judge.) One of my first questions when I saw the hot spots being formed (by DEW beams in Dutch Since’s video) was; Is Trump in control of the DEW and he knows the big quakes are coming because of Planet X approaching and he is stress relieving the seismic Zones so the quakes wont be as bad. (I think Charlie and Linda witnessed that in the valley beside them which is the fault line when they dropped something like bunker busters and came back in a copter to see if there was any slippage) Small quakes relieve stresses so big quakes are delayed or lessened. Also DEW can steer Hurricanes. Lets see if it gets better or worse. (Note: within hours after the DEW the hurricane dropped down to a tropical storm. Also a radar station was hit then as Dutch reported.) Out west where it appears the Left wing is shooting themselves in the foot with their fires; Is Trump helping them and shooting at them with DEW? The fires are somewhat hiding the beams. Trying to put together the puzzle without jumping to a conclusion that all that is meant here is for evil. Can you pray about this? David Time will tell concerning speculations above. I believe both sides have these weapons and more exotic ones, as Eve saw. and God will make use of them to bring a chastening to America and the Church, but revival will come afterwards. As we have seen in the type of Jesus ministry, Jesus in the Man-child will bring the revival. I believe the DS is using threats from the earthquakes and a new plague to cause the President to stop his rounding these criminals up for prosecution and execution and bringing in the new economy which effectively cuts out the DS. New Plague Defeated For the Saints Claire Pienaar 10/6/20 (David’s notes in red) I dreamed I was in a rondawel-type setting – an African round clay house with a thatched grass roof; a round dwelling with open windows (no glass). It was large and there were many rooms that went off into various directions within the house. There was lush, green vegetation all around and the smell of meat being braaied/BBQ’d. (The Saints, meaning sanctified ones, who keep covenant by sacrifices of their flesh that are a aroma to God.) It was night time. There were many saints in there - Joe Brits was one of them. It looked like an old restaurant I used to work at as a hostess when I was a student called “Tribes” (All the nations/gentiles who are called are together by faith and belong together - Romans 1:5-6 through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name’s sake among whom are ye also, called to be Jesus Christ’s). I went over to the front door, and saw a really tiny little snake slither in. It looked more like a tapeworm it was so small but I over-reacted. (This represents the overreaction to what Covid 19 has become. As all man made diseases it deteriorated; in this case from the L strain to S strain shortly after its creation in Wuhan until it is much like the flu now.) I screamed and said “Get that snake out of here!”. (Since this plague has no rights in the sanctified house of God - Psa 91.) I said this not out of fear, just out of indignation that it would even try to come into our space. Just then, a HUGE snake appeared and slithered behind the little snake – it looked like a Mozambique Python. It swallowed up the little wormy-snake. (This plague is the one we have warned of, to the President and our broadcast community. No one will worry about Covid 19 when this plague comes,) It turned and looked at me and opened his mouth wide and bared his fangs and said, “You’re next”. I was pretty scared then! I turned to see who would help me, and I saw an old friend from primary school. His name is Duran, which means “firm, enduring”. (He represents firm faith in the promises, in this case for health, that endures to see it fulfilled. Mat 24:13 But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. Jas 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him. 1Pe 2:24 who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed. Exo 12:13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. Psa 91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. Zec 14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem (the Bride): their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.) He walked over to the snake and distracted it by throwing something outside the house. (The cleansing of the Church makes it powerful and gives it our rights of immunity. Pro 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death. 1Jn 1:7-9 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.). The snake turned to see what was thrown out. (The spirit of infirmity and sickness has authority when sin is in the house. He was checking to see what authority he lost.) As it was turned, Duran picked up a small vaccine and thrust the shiny metal needle into the snake’s neck, at the back (The “vaccine” for the plague is the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Like the book by David Eells, "God’s Vaccine”. Even one “small” word, in faith, will kill the enemy Ephesians 6:17: and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God). The snake turned around and wailed saying, “This will be the death of me!”. I was so glad Duran was there. I said, “Do you think it’ll be enough to kill him?” and he said, “yip. But he’s going to suffer first”. (This plague will cause suffering and hopefully give people time to repent before they die. The saints, sanctified ones, will be preserved. Please prepare yourselves, friends and family for this plague. We make zero money on these books. Learn from our Free God's Vaccine E-Book, How to be Protected. Also you can order it in print here: https://www.ubm1.org/?page=ubmbooks After this plague and the destruction of the DS spiritual and physical prosperity will come to the Bride. The dream setting then changed and Riaan and I were driving my aunt and her husband to our house, which I thought was in Rosebery. We were pointing out the really dodgy houses as we drove by, and said, “These houses are all so forlorn and small” (I think this shows the poverty of the gospel that is being preached in other “houses of faith” (And how this will not prosper apostate Christianity). Also, our town in the natural is in a place called “the wilderness wilds” – the bride’s house is prepared in the wilderness (in the midst of the larger body of the Church or Woman. Rev 12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days.). My aunt and uncle were shocked that we lived here in this dreary place, and did not want to believe that there could be a beautiful part of the town. (The beautiful place in the wilderness of our own provision is the place of God’s provision as it was for the Israelites where Manna came from the sky and water out of the rock.). Then we came up to our house. It looked like a mansion on a plantation in the Southern parts of the USA. It was gorgeous – everything was white and new and freshly painted and just perfect. (The Bride will stand out in the crowd as a sign to others of God's favor on those who believe and live the true Gospel.) I actually couldn’t believe Riaan and I were living there (John 14:2 In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you). We walked into this one story house as I heard a car pull up, and it was another friend, also called Sue (Sue is derivative of a Hebrew name meaning lily or rose). When I went back into the house, it had gotten even bigger, and we now had a west wing, east wing situation; with at least two levels. (The Bride will greatly mature at the time of the Man-child ministry mentioned below.) I walked through the whole house, showing Sue around and it was even more beautiful than the previous home. There were pictures of a little Arabic/Middle Eastern boy up in the bedrooms, and at the front entrance of the house. I thought “This little guy must belong to the owner of the house”. (Yes, he is the Man-child born of the Father). He was precious to look at, and the photo frames were gilded gold. (Representing the revealing of the Man-child.). We were sitting in one of the lounges, and we all had our bibles open (resting in the Word). I was retelling a story of how I prepared food in the kitchens. I said, “Yes, I said kitchens. Plural! Who knew I’d ever live in a house with two kitchens!” And the two Sues, Bruce and Riaan laughed. The kitchens were beautiful, spacious, and had loads of space for food preparation, as well as long, large tables where many could eat together. (The Man-child’s training of the Bride is to go forth with the prepared food of God’s Word to His people as it was in Jesus’ day. As John said of Jesus as He was leading His first-fruits disciples, “He that hath the Bride is the Bridegroom”.). There was an industrial-sized food processor on the bench of the first kitchen, and an industrial-sized washer-hose in the second kitchen (This represents the bride feeding the newly called out ones the Word.). Then the scene changed again and I was walking down a narrow bush path, and I saw one of my neighbours out to the left of the path. Her name, Sophia, means wisdom in Greek, but in this dream she seemed to lack wisdom. Indeed, she is of the world, and as yet unregenerate so any wisdom will be folly, as Solomon has written: Ecclesiastes 2:12-14: And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been done long ago. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all. She explained that her mother had just died and that she was pregnant with her third child, and she was unsure about who’d help her through the first few days of the baby’s new life. She was having a little girl. (The Church has not brought forth any leaders; These are coming from the Bride who like Esther will bring salvation to the Church.) I offered her to come back to the house where everyone was, but she said no. I offered to pray for her, and she did not want that either. I then saw her mother in a vision in front of me, on a hospital bed, dead in the physical but alive in the spirit and she said “I wish I could go back and choose better”. I could not say or do anything. The vision disappeared and I woke up. (When the Bride, as an example of God’s ability to sanctify and perfect, appears many will wish they had chosen the Biblical path.) I asked the Lord for a verse for this dream, and received by faith John 6:51 on “live forever”: I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread (of the Word), he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world. (He was the Word made flesh as we are to be.) This verse relates to all three dreams: the bread must be eaten to defeat the enemy, those who eat it rest on the promises of the word by faith will have a beautiful place prepared for them in the wilderness, and those who do not eat the word will face eternal separation. Emails to the President: Prepare for a second Plague not like the first. I told you that Covid 19 did not fulfill all that the Lord told us three years ago that He would do with the plague to bring down the factions and apostates and that I expected more plague. Then we received this: On Jul 6, 2020, William Steenland had this dream: In this dream the Lord allowed me to follow these satanists into a very rich high rise private apartment condo in NY. I knew that they had infiltrated the CDC and WHO and were executing a plan for their satanic New World Order. The dream changed and I was still in the same condo at a small medical facility where people were dropping like flies from some unknown pathogen or contagion. There were three women and two men who were so sick they were unable to function. I tried to grab the one woman closest to me while she was falling. In the dream I knew the elite were experimenting with the next Plandemic. I said ma’am ma’am what’s wrong get up ? Again and again, but she was dead. I went over to the nurse who was in a back room. I could tell she knew something and was divided about it. She was very sad and on her knees. I knew it was partially because she was totally helpless to assist or medicate the sick that were there. I picked her up off the ground and somewhat screamed at her ”what is happening to these people?” She told me “don’t ask me that question” as she cried in fear and sadness. I yelled again for her to tell me everything you know, what’s happening to these people?! She again told me not to ask that question. She knew they were victims of a trial run for the next pandemic. In the dream I just knew it. That’s is the info that kept coming to me in the dream, next plandemic and trial run experiment. May 25, 2020 (David’s notes in red) Mr President, Remember about 2.7 years ago (Now over 3 years) I told you that God told us that the Deep State would create a plague and spray it over the US and elsewhere by Chemtrails. That has now been proven to be true. (Note: When the Trump administration invaded Area 51 they found Covid 19 in the Chemtrail fluid.) At that time We were also told that they would burn the churches and that too has begun. They are planing to do a lot more burning using their undeclared terrorists in the US and possibly DEW weapons. (Note: Also came true pictures of the DEW Directed Energy beams burning buildings in the West have been posted and they are using them to try to set off the New Madrid seismic zone now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqYE1Pi334I&feature=youtu.be. As we have shown the Man-child ministry starts with great earthquakes.) It will be a great catastrophe and many will die. After that you will destroy them. I suggest you at least lock up as many of the top leaders as possible quickly. (This is happening now) Good job on the underground cities and tunnels and children. US and its economy will heal because of the great infusion of money but it will be like the Red Sea for the Deep State. All of them that escape will be back in the coming 7 year tribulation in the middle of which these communists will make war on the Christians and kill many. By God's grace, We have a good record of being right on these things. Also their vaccines and food changes the DNA of a person to make them a docile servant of the elite DS. Already they have dumbed down the US with their Chemtrails. God be with you as He has.Your servant in Christ, David May 26, 2020 Mr President, Gates is a demon possessed criminal. I didnt write this below but its pretty close. Vaccines change your DNA and you become a hybrid slave. Please turn away from them - https://youtu.be/juy9TSjQa2Y https://youtu.be/juy9TSjQa2Yhttps://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10217322636200152&id=1300417439&sfnsn=wiwspmo&extid=CbgvedESXhxev89pThe Deep State wants total population control - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHIT2f1l_MQ The new plague will not accomplish antichrists plans but the Lords plans to drain the swamp for Fathers Church. I WILL RAM IT DOWN YOUR THROAT Ken Dewey, 5/27/20 (David’s notes in red) This very morning I heard this: GLOBALIST AND NWO [ANTICHRIST SPIRIT].... IN AMERICA....... I WILL RAM DONALD TRUMP DOWN YOUR THROAT!!!***He is my man of this hour, and you will never prevail over him. Did I not say, saith the Lord, IT IS NOT TIME FOR THE ANTICHRIST TO COME NOW! (Father has delayed the spirit of antichrists premature presumption to destroy the Church for a time for "Jacob is small; how shall he stand”) Did I not tell you more than once AMERICA that I AM NOT THROUGH WITH ALL MY PLANS IN THIS LAND? Did I not say, I WILL ARISE LIKE A MIGHTY FARMER AND PLOW UNDER EVIL INTO THE VERY SOIL OF AMERICA!!! DID I NOT SAY I WOULD ARISE AND WALK OVER THIS LAND? But now the antichrist wants to INSERT HIS POWER. Now He wants to even tell me what to do! I AM that I AM, and he will NEVER DICTATE TO ME HIS PLANS... BUT I WILL DICTATE TO HIM. I did cast him out of my Heavenly Presence once, and I WILL CAST HIM EVEN FURTHER YET..[see Rev. 12:7-10] (Notice He speaks of Satan in his many membered, seven headed, ten horned, body) But just know that the spirit of the antichrist WILL NOT HAVE HIS WAY, NOR WILL HE DESTROY MY BODY [MY CHURCH]... FOR EVEN THE GATES OF HELL WILL NEVER PREVAIL OVER MY PEOPLE THE CHURCH! Did I not say that NOTHING can TAKE YOU FROM MY HANDS? Did you not hear me when I said to you [My Body the Church of CALLED OUT ONES IN THE EARTH] that NOTHING CAN SEPARATE YOU FROM MY LOVE? (Notice this promise is to the Church, meaning the "Called Out Ones”, not what the worldly call the Church. Jesus called His early Church out of the apostate denominations of His day which were destroyed by the Romans.) Read it here: ROMANS 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. NO NOTHING. NO DEVIL walking like an antichrist spirit, nor any evil force can ever take my People away, nor hurt them, NO THE CHURCH (Meaning, Called Out Ones) WILL NEVER EVER PERISH. FOR HAVE I NOT BOUGHT THEM WITH MY OWN BLOOD, AND WASHED THEM WHITER THAN SNOW? HAVE I NOT SAID: I HOLD YOU IN THE HOLLOW OF MY HAND? ISAIAH 49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. 17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. I AM that I AM. At this time, the destroyer cannot come upon you. At this time he who walks in darkness will not prevail. At this hour the one who exalts himself will FALL DOWN and all his PLANS SHALL NOT ACCOMPLISH HIS WILL, for he CANNOT COME NOW. I AM that I AM. I CHANGE NOT. NOR DO I REPENT. FOR WHAT I HAVE DECLARED, I WILL DO... I WILL NOT CHANGE MY MIND. I have yet MANY PLANS to go forth into Action in this particular Nation of America. I WILL SEND A MIGHTY AWAKENING (Its happening; revelations of the evil done by the spirit of antichrist are flooding the internet) ,EVEN IN THE MIST OF ALL THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, AND I WILL TREAD HIM DOWN (It is happening, they are being hunted down by this administration and all over the world), AND MY PEOPLE WILL ARISE FROM HIS DREADED PLANS. I AM that I AM. AM I NOT MORE THAN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL MY PLANS? AND EVEN THOSE WHO ARE MINE IN THIS LAND ARE MORE THAN ABLE IN MY BLESSINGS AND POWER GIVEN TO THEM, TO ARISE AND WALK IN VICTORY OVER ALL! NO VIRUS, will accomplish your plans [you evil one], for I will stop you short. YOU WILL NEVER TAKE AWAY MY PEOPLE (The called out ones), NOR WILL YOU STOP ME... FOR I HAVE FOREVER WRITTEN MY PLANS, EVEN IN MY BOOK, AND YOU HAVE SEEN IT…(The story of Cyrus conquering Babylon) I WILL NEVER FAIL, BUT I WILL DO IT ALL EXACTLY AS IT IS WRITTEN.The plans of the antichrist will BACKFIRE, and TURN UPON THEIR OWN HEADS. THEY WILL FALL IN THEIR OWN FIRE. I AM... AND I HAVE SAID IT. Yeshua / Jesus SAID ADD THIS SCRIPTURE PROMISE/S: Psalm 91 (KJV) 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely,he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. 9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. In tears of Joy I hear this and write it even as I heard it here on this page. I have written it down even as it came forth. This is His Word for this Hour. America be comforted and be ENCOURAGED, for your GOD ARISES TO PROTECT YOU. (America and apostate Christianity is being chastened and not a few will die but the Called out Ones will be protected for they are the seed of the coming revival. Some are dying in Spirit at the hands of the factious witchcraft demons through slander. When the Man-child is manifested the faction will be destroyed in the DS judgments just as David was anointed and destroyed Edom who hated their brother.) Beware of the Wicked Deceivers Claire Pienaar 10/10/20 (David’s notes in red) I dreamed a sister (representing those who have a relationship with God but are in danger as the people of God were from Haman but Esther the Bride interceded for them) and I were working together at Riaan’s workplace (the mine). We were on the top floor, where the managers were. She was asking me things about David’s teachings and I was showing her scripture on my phone to help her understand. (Our workplace is in the kingdom – the same place where David and Michael work). Then I went to shower in the change room (part of our job is to “keep clean” and always be washing with the water of the word, renewing our minds in Christ). I realised my name was being called over the intercom. I went to the designated room (again, on the 2nd floor which was the top floor), and I saw this sister standing there with the Health & Safety Officer. He was a tall man with a mustache and had black pants on with a grey and black golf shirt on (walking in darkness with a dark heart) that had a thin red line running through it (the colors of his clothing represents that he is submitted to death and destruction). In the dream, he is “fictitious” in that I have never laid eyes on someone who looks like this in the natural. (He represents a factious spirit) They were talking about someone who they wanted to put through disciplinary action and “take out”. And then mentioned “Michael is complicit”. (This is their evil opinion as faction does. They blame others for their own sins just like the leftists are doing.) I said, “who are you talking about?” They spoke on like they never heard me, or that they expected me to know and have the same opinion as them. Then the sister said, “I don’t care if he’s the mine manager (Mining the silver and gold of God’s people), what he’s doing is wrong”. The mustache guy said “he’s underground now but when he comes up we’ll start the process”. Then it dawned on me that they were talking about David Eells. (underground – the anointing of the man-child is not yet revealed but is in secret for those who “have ears to hear and eyes to see”). I said, “You can’t be serious? David’s not done anything wrong. If you harm God’s elect, great harm will come to you.” I turned to the mustache man in darkness and said, “I want no part in this, I am not part of this at all”. The sister shook her head and said “He is false and must be removed”. (She listened to slander and accepted the faction witchcraft spirit.) I said to her, “You will lose your salvation if you carry this out”. (Because Jesus said those who do not forgive are not forgiven. They always accuse you of what they have done.) I walked out of the door, down the stairs and told Riaan. We tried to find Michael or David but they were not in their offices (either out in the field/mine or home for the day). The scene changed and I was walking next to a natural hot spring and I saw the sister swimming with her daughter, smiling and happy. I thought “she just wanted a feel good gospel that accepts all actions”. She got out of the pool, and she seemed to forget what she did. She had a huge white Jeep there, and was clothed as a wealthy, worldly woman. She held up two green colored cream soda flavoured milkshakes and offered me one. I turned it down. (Reminded of Cinderella and the poison apple the witch offered her) (represents an evil drink – tastes terrible and the very flavor is man-made). In my dream I had love for her as one loves the sisters/brothers in Christ, but I was aware of the word “Judas” the whole time and I was bitterly disappointed that anyone would try to hinder David’s humble pursuit of doing what God has called him to do. After being factious, this woman had gone back to the world. I was so sad. (She appeared to love the Lord and respected and loved UBM's teachings.) I received Ezekiel 30:20 by faith at random, in context 20-24: And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (The DS weapons will be effective against the old man who kept the spiritual man in Bondage); and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword. 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong arm, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. Mark 11:17 and 18 – my finger covered both these verses when I asked God for a word by faith at random. And he taught, and said unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers. 18 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching. (Jesus said they hated Him and they would hate us but 70AD came for them as the beast destroyed the harlot.) Printer-friendly version
Mayor Cathey, whose uncle founded Mexico Beach, vowed to never leave it and remain committed to the desire of the residents to retain "the chemistry" of the town. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mayor Cathey, whose uncle founded Mexico Beach, vowed to never leave it and remain committed to the desire of the residents to retain "the chemistry" of the town. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Guest: Jamie Rhome, NHC Storm Surge UnitStorm surge…a tropical cyclone’s most deadly threat… Many may recall images that flooded news outlets in 2018 following Category 5 Hurricane Michael after it sent a nearly 15-foot wall of water into the seaside town of Mexico Beach, FL. If you’ve experienced storm surge, you know how quickly a hurricane can send a wall of water rushing into homes and businesses, washing away lives and livelihoods. Today, we’re joined by Jamie Rhome, leader of the Storm Surge Unit at the National Hurricane Center. Jamie will offer us an inside look to the inner-workings of this life-saving agency and its critical forecasts we depend upon. If you’ve ever heard the phrase, “Hide from the wind, run from the water,” today’s discussion will make you understand why...
Tawny and Dan thought they were going to have a big backyard wedding. Dan was in school, so Tawny took on most of the wedding planning. And she absolutely hated it. After months of planning and struggle and tears, they secretly decided to ditch the party and elope on a beach in Mexico. In the podcast we'll cover how it all came about and the logistics of planning an elopement abroad. They also share how they involved their family (in some pretty unique ways) and how everyone reacted when they broke the surprise elopement news.
Two hundred Mexico Beach, Florida homes sitting beach block from the Gulf of Mexico, yet labeled X-Zone, FEMA's lowest risk for flooding, were nearly wiped out by 2018's Hurricane Michael. Many of those residents had no flood insurance, complicating which damage from the Category 5 storm may or may not be covered by their homeowners insurance.In fact, 80% of flood losses in the Florida Panhandle were uninsured. Yet, there's just a trickle of greater demand for flood insurance post-storm. Mexico Beach is fighting back with a tough new ordinance to counter the complacency created in residents by FEMA's inaccurate and outdated maps. Host Lisa Miller, a former deputy insurance commissioner, talks with two residents and an insurance agent about the impact of the new ordinance and how agents could be doing more to promote increasingly affordable flood coverage to their clients.Show NotesFEMA flood maps for Mexico Beach were last revised in 2009 but were based on a maximum storm surge of 10 feet. Hurricane Michael produced a 15.5 foot storm surge plus 5-foot waves topping the surge, when it made landfall there on October 10, 2018. The maps are used to identify which properties must have flood insurance to meet federal mortgage requirements and to set rates for those policies.Only one-third of Bay County, home to Mexico Beach and some of the worst damage in the 13-county impact zone, had National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policies. Dina Bautista didn't have flood insurance, but was one of the lucky ones. Her Mexico Beach home was built on 12-foot pilings, the only one in her neighborhood. “Every neighbor had water up to their roof,” she said.Yet despite the devastation, few Bay County residents have learned the lesson from Michael. “I get the speech of ‘I've been in this house fifty years and never flooded' quite a bit,” said Trey Hutt, owner of Hutt Insurance Agency in nearby Panama City. “What these mostly elderly people don't get is that in those intervening 50 years, we've poured a lot of asphalt and concrete all around them, and that water is going somewhere. And every neighbor is now building higher than that original home, and water always runs downhill.”Melissa Poage became concerned walking around her Valrico, Florida neighborhood after a recent hard rainstorm and noticing a waterline almost up to front doorsteps. She said her insurance agent had never discussed purchasing flood insurance with her. Her entire neighborhood is in an X-Zone, defined as being at risk of a 1 in 500 year flood event, which equates to a 0.2% chance every year of being flooded. “So I bought flood insurance and it was very reasonably priced, it's not expensive,” she said. Hutt, a 25 year insurance veteran, said people don't understand the true meaning of an X-Zone.“In our agency over the years, we've paid an awful lot more flood claims in X-Zones than we have in other zones. An X-Zone does not equal ‘we will not flood', it just means it's less likely to flood than a Special Flood Hazard Area,” he said.Since Hurricane Opal in 1995, Hutt said his agency has aggressively offered flood policies with homeowners policies (which don't cover most flood damage). Those customers who choose not to purchase it have to sign a form acknowledging that. “A flood rejection form has become a part of a lot of agencies' tool kits,” he said.Both Hutt and Poage agree that it should be mandatory for insurance agents to “make the call” and offer customers flood insurance. “I'm in favor of putting pressure on fellow agents to not only recommend flood insurance but we need to be able to prove that we've recommended it to a client, otherwise we might face legal action after a big storm such as Michael,” Hutt said.Bautista is an engineer with Dewberry Engineering and along with being a resident herself, serves as the consulting engineer for the city of Mexico Beach. Within weeks after surveying Michael's devastation from both the 160 mph winds and 20.6 foot peak water level, city officials adopted a tough new floodplain ordinance that goes above and beyond FEMA flood maps. The ordinance affects rebuilding of homes that suffered substantial damage (greater than 50% structural damage) from Michael and all new construction: Incorporated a preliminary draft of a new flood map that FEMA had been developing before Michael, even though the map itself is not yet in effect; Incorporated the map's shaded X-Zones as part of the city's more restrictive Special Hazard Flood Area with regard to construction standards; and Required all such rebuilding and new construction of properties in Zones A, AE, and shaded X, to raise their finished floor 18 inches above FEMA's 1 in 500 year flood event elevation. “We're trying to pick up the insurance gap and protect the residents,” Bautista explained. “Most of them may not buy or be required to buy flood insurance in the zone they're in, but through our ordinance and the actual construction, we're trying to minimize their risk for future damage.”While such building code changes are not occurring in the rest of Bay County, Hutt said more private flood insurance companies are selling coverage alongside or in competition with the NFIP. Florida's private market has been steadily growing with the number of companies more than doubling in the past two years.“We're finding these products are based on better data. They're often less expensive and they are almost always better coverage,” Hutt said. “The long-term solution is to get flood insurance priced more accurately. Since it's been driven by political forces more than profitability, NFIP rates are artificially suppressed, and what that does is just encourage people to borrow money and build homes where they frankly might not or should be doing,” he said.The podcast discussion also included the potential for Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC) insurance coverage or FEMA hazard mitigation grants to help homeowners pay for construction required in tougher building ordinances, such as those in Mexico Beach. Private insurance companies offering both homeowners, wind, and flood coverage on the same policy would also simplify the process.Host Lisa Miller, a former deputy insurance commissioner, commended Mexico Beach officials for their leadership in building greater resiliency into the city's recovery. “You're completely revolutionizing the new construction and rebuilding of the area in an attempt to withstand Mother Nature the next time. That's very smart and helpful,” Miller said.Links and Resources Mentioned in this EpisodeDefinitions of FEMA Flood Zone Designations Majority of Michael Flood Victims Uninsured (LMA Newsletter of July 29, 2019)www.dewberry.comwww.huttinsurance.comPrivate Flood Insurance & Resilience (from Lisa Miller & Associates)Flood Follies (The Florida Insurance Roundup podcast, episode 16, December 16, 2018)Coastal communities should exercise caution in using FEMA Flood Maps as the primary indicator of coastal risk (by Dr. Rob Young, Director, Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Western Carolina University, and guest on the Flood Follies podcast)** The Listener Call-In Line for your recorded questions and comments to air in future episodes is 850-388-8002 or you may send email to LisaMiller@LisaMillerAssociates.com **The Florida Insurance Roundup from Lisa Miller & Associates, brings you the latest developments in Property & Casualty, Healthcare, Workers' Compensation, and Surplus Lines insurance from around the Sunshine State. Based in the state capital of Tallahassee, Lisa Miller & Associates provides its clients with focused, intelligent, and cost conscious solutions to their business development, government consulting, and public relations needs. On the web at www.LisaMillerAssociates.com or call 850-222-1041. Your questions, comments, and suggestions are welcome! Date of Recording 10/29/19. Email via info@LisaMillerAssociates.com Composer: www.TeleDirections.com © Copyright 2017-2019 Lisa Miller & Associates, All Rights Reserved
In this week's RV Podcast, we meet a couple who recently built a very unique tiny home and plan to visit all 48 states with it, using it as an RV. They plan to stay in each state for a month. You'll meet them in the podcast interview of the week, and see their amazing tiny house in an accompanying video on our RV Lifestyle YouTube Channel. Plus, also this week in episode 268, we have RV News of The Week, tips, audience questions and a great off the beaten path report from the Burketts. Show Notes for Episode #268 Nov 13, 2019 of The RV Podcast: WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THIS WEEK MIKE This week finds us on the road, traveling up and down the Gulf Coast of Florida working on one of the two 7-Day Adventuring Guides we are planning on the Sunshine State. JENNIFER We're moving from Pensacola down to Naples and the Everglades for the first book on Florida's west coast and then, in a week or so, will do our research on the east coast guide that runs along the Atlantic shore from Jacksonville down to the keys. MIKE Our hope is to get these new titles out before the holidays for you snowbirders out there who'll be spending part of the winter of 2020 in Florida. JENNIFER We’re recording this podcast at one of our favorite RV Parks, the Ho Him RV Park located on a part of Florida called the Forgotten Coast. MIKE The Forgotten Coast is located on what’s known as the Big Bend part of the western Florida peninsula and it is a unique place in the Sunshine State, reminiscent of “Old Florida,” without lots of the commercialization and development that characterizes much of the rest of Florida. JENNIFER This area was absolutely devastated by Hurricane Michael a little over a year ago. The beachside town of Mexico Beach was almost wiped off the map. Literally. We spent some time there this week and we will show you what is happening there today in our Thursday YouTube video. MIKE We’re calling that video “A Road Trip to the Forgotten Coast” and we think you’ll find it very interesting and informative, not just the part about Mexico Beach but our whole trip down here. JENNIFER The best way to know about our videos is to subscribe to them on our RV Lifestyle Channel on YouTube. We will put a link to just how to subscribe in the shownotes for this episode. But we release new videos all the time and we’re always hearing from people who say they didn’t know about them. MIKE If you click the little bell icon when you subscribe to our YouTube Channel, you’ll be notified just as soon as a new video is published. So please subscribe. As we keep working hard producing videos on the RV Lifestyle, we want you to know we treasure each and every subscriber. So thanks in advance! JENNIFER To subscribe, just go HERE This part of the podcast is brought to you by Dish Outdoors, which lets RVers pay as they go and watch HD satellite television from wherever they are camped with easy to set up gear made with the RVer in mind. Just go to https://rvlifestyle.com/dish for details on the service and special deal just for listeners of this podcast. RV LIFESTYLE NEWS OF THE WEEK JENNIFER Camping in South Dakota state parks will cost more starting Jan. 1 Before it was under consideration - now it is official. Camping in South Dakota state parks will cost more next year. Prime campsites will cost $26, preferred campsites will cost $23, modern campsites will cost $20 and tent only sites will cost $15. The new fees are expected to closer resemble how much it costs to run the campgrounds, and it is expected to bring in $3 million. The South Dakota park system is largely funded by user fees, and the state had not had a fee increase in five years. MIKE Man and woman arrested in Mexico for driving truck and camper belonging to couple murdered when camping A man and a woman were arrested in Mexico last week driving the pick up truck and camping trailer belonging to a murdered New Hampshire couple. The New Hampshire couple,
MEXICO BEACH — U.S. 98 is now open again in Mexico Beach following repairs to fix damage caused by Hurricane Michael last year. A portion of the main roadway from Salt Creek Bridge to the Gulf County line was closed for months due to roadwork by the Florida Department of Transportation. It reopened late Monday.
First, all of us at Sunrise want to congratulate Ron and Casey DeSantis, who are expecting their third child. Also, on today’s Sunrise: — In Bay County, the Governor unveiled the first in a series of grants to help towns like Mexico Beach hard-hit by Hurricane Michael. — As impeachment talk swirls in Washington, DeSantis is launching a new fundraising campaign to defend Donald Trump. — The author of a new book on the confirmation battle over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh weighs in on the political circus in D.C. — And Jim Rosica, veteran Tallahassee reporter and resident legal expert for Florida Politics, gives his take on the appointment of a new chief judge at DOAH and the latest legal machinations at The Capitol. — A Florida woman named “Crystal” has been arrested for meth, just a few hours after her older sister was busted for the same crime in another part of town.
The vote was 3-2. Mayor Al Cathey and other officials in favor of the idea initially brought the idea to the Bay County Sheriff's Office.
The July 4 earthquakes that hit South Central California are a fresh reminder that California's population is the most susceptible in the country to major earthquakes. So why is it, that earthquake insurance is no longer required as a condition for California mortgages? Especially, when wind insurance is required throughout the state of Florida and elsewhere to protect against hurricane damage?While less frequent, earthquakes are unique in that the risk is constant and the potential damage can easily exceed those of hurricanes, wildfires, and flooding combined. Is it time to readjust our public policies - and our insurance policies - to adequately cover all our 21st century risks? Host Lisa Miller, a former deputy insurance commissioner asks John Rollins, Consulting Actuary for Milliman and Jim Wilkinson, Jr., Executive Director of the Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC).Show NotesLosses from the early July earthquakes in and around Ridgecrest, California are estimated to reach $200 million of which insurance companies will likely cover only about a fifth, according to Karen Clark & Company. Less than 20% of property owners affected by the magnitude 7.1 quake and the 6.4 magnitude foreshock had earthquake insurance.The event has rekindled discussion on earthquakes in California. If a similar quake had occurred in a more populated area, the costs could have been much worse. California homeowners policies don't cover earthquake damage. According to global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman, the lack of protection for 90% of the state's 14 million dwellings poses a risk to the largest assets of many state residents: their homes.So why is earthquake insurance no longer required as a condition for California mortgages? GSE's (Government-Sponsored Enterprises, a type of financial services corporation such as FannieMae and Freddie Mac) servicing guidelines don't require it, so private lenders who originate and sell mortgages to the GSE's don't either. Contrast this to windstorm insurance, which is required everywhere as a condition for a mortgage, as dictated by the same GSEs.John Rollins, Consulting Actuary for Milliman, explained that while different regions in the U.S. are predominantly impacted by a single peril, such as California with earthquakes and Florida with hurricanes, Milliman's research indicates that all of the catastrophic perils from earthquakes, wildfires, floods, and hurricanes, actually contribute significantly a measureable amount to the total amount of what an actuarially-sound homeowners premium should be for the true risk of these disasters underlying each policy across the U.S.“Each one of those types of disasters contributes potentially hundreds of dollars to the quote -‘fair' – or right insurance premium as actuaries would define it,” said Rollins. “So that runs up against a policy question, which is, if you have significant, roughly equal risk from hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and earthquakes across the country, why aren't the guidelines for determining eligibility of mortgages for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac… and their concomitant insurance servicing requirements exactly the same across the country? We don't have all the answers as to why that it, but we do know that a pure clinical look at the numbers would indicate that there's really no reason to favor one peril over the other,” Rollins said.The Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) is comprised of the eight states that would be most impacted by quakes along the New Madrid earthquake fault line, which runs along the Mississippi River, in partnership with FEMA. CUSEC examines the earthquake threat and ways to encourage mitigation and reduce losses. Yet, earthquake insurance isn't popular.“Clearly we have to figure out a way to get affordability down for earthquake insurance,” said Jim Wilkinson, Jr., CUSEC's Executive Director. “For example, the six most vulnerable counties in the state of Missouri saw an almost 700% increase in their premium costs between 2000 and 2018. We need to figure out how to get that cost down and the availability up, whether that's through incentives or other means. There are a whole host of folks, including the banking and real estate industries together with local developers, who have a role in figuring out how to make this affordable for people who need it,” said Wilkinson.Rural communities, Wilkinson pointed out, are especially vulnerable, because they don't have the resources that larger communities have and shoulder a higher percentage of buildings and infrastructure that are vulnerable. “We want to get to the point where we have covered as many people as we can for this peril,” he said.Host Lisa Miller noted that the purpose of insurance is to spread risk to as large a group of policyholders as possible, which can lead to more affordable premiums. Resiliency, through stronger mitigation programs, has made a demonstrated difference in hurricane and other windstorm events. Mandatory insurance premium discounts for specific mitigation features have been shown to reduce windstorm losses. But can resiliency measures make the same difference to earthquake-threatened communities?Rollins said that with earthquakes, one of the issues is the cost and who is going to pay for mitigation. “Consumers simply don't like spending money upfront to reduce a contingent future threat that may or may not materialize. And they think very viscerally about the payback period for that investment.”He said there also has to be a catalyst, such as low-interest loans, direct government grants or loans, or public-private partnerships. “The second problem with earthquakes is that there is far less definitive engineering backed up by recent experience to tell us exactly what sort of construction and retrofits would make a big difference and give us the highest bang for the buck,” Rollins added. And in areas facing multiple disasters, a mitigation for one risk may be counterproductive to mitigating against a second risk.“The program is not set-up to build to a higher standard, but simply to rebuild to put it back the way it was,” noted Wilkinson. “They have been working to make changes in the program, so that we're not adding to the problem. That's the challenge that we've had. It's a conflict to how we build back better, safer, stronger communities.”Also, “asking a business or a homeowner who is very anxious to get back into their property to spend an extra two weeks and an extra one to two thousand dollars on top of what they're already facing to do this cross-hazard risk reduction becomes a real challenge,” said Wilkinson. “It's something we've failed to really grasp in the process of how we assess these programs and their costs. It's something that FEMA is taking a hard look at because we can't keep printing money and unfortunately the disasters seem to be increasing in frequency.” While better rebuilding after the fact is a goal that we're all striving for, host Miller noted that “Knowing that we have an uninsured population, we know that residents in earthquake-prone states are exposed to millions of dollars in damage that will not get repaired because the federal government's ability and willingness to step in and replace everything that gets damaged just isn't there.”“FEMA will help a community put everything back to the way that it was before an earthquake, but for an individual, they help provide low interest loans but there's not going to be a check written to rebuild a person's house,” said Wilkinson.Rollins also discussed the increasing entry of private sector solutions, such as flood insurance, to disaster insurance problems. He noted each one had a public policy change that served as a catalyst that attracted private insurance attention and capital. If Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were to update one page of their servicing guidelines to require earthquake insurance, too, “it would instantly kind of upend the entire U.S. homeowners insurance market, similar to the way the Biggert-Waters Act and a few other follow-on regulations upended the flood insurance market, resulting in a whole bunch of other business models being considered,” Rollins concluded.Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:The Ridgecrest earthquake: Will recent quakes shake up the California insurance market? (from Milliman)The Sand Palace house in Mexico Beach, Florida (from the New York Times)Milliman websiteCentral United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) websitePrivate Flood Insurance & Resilience (from Lisa Miller & Associates)** The Listener Call-In Line for your recorded questions and comments to air in future episodes is 850-388-8002 or you may send email to LisaMiller@LisaMillerAssociates.com **The Florida Insurance Roundup from Lisa Miller & Associates, brings you the latest developments in Property & Casualty, Healthcare, Workers' Compensation, and Surplus Lines insurance from around the Sunshine State. Based in the state capital of Tallahassee, Lisa Miller & Associates provides its clients with focused, intelligent, and cost conscious solutions to their business development, government consulting, and public relations needs. On the web at www.LisaMillerAssociates.com or call 850-222-1041. Your questions, comments, and suggestions are welcome! Date of Recording 7/30/19. 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In Pt. I of our 2-part Coffee with Comrades special on climate change and food autonomy, we spend the hour hanging out with Kevin and Jordyn Zak of Open Source Farms. But, first, some news: As climate change continues to cause devastating flooding in the midwest, Trump is pushing through authorization for new oil pipelines. Mexico Beach, FL residents are trying to fight off disaster capitalism. Donate to Mutual Aid Disaster Relief! FL is poised to implement an “anti-Human Trafficking” law. FL sex workers demand decriminalization. A leaked report labels antifascists as the “real aggressors.” The owner of Wendy’s gives big to Trump, but refuses to pay farm-workers an additional cent per tomato. Our wide-ranging conversation with Kevin and Jordyn digs into Open Source Farms, Turnip Greens Radio, food autonomy, building dual-power, anthropogenic climate change, and how agriculture can help us build our resiliency in the fight against fascism. Support Open Source Farms and buy some tea! Check out Turnip Greens Radio. Coffee with Comrades is a member of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is part of the Rev Left Radio Podcast Federation. Logo design by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon. Follow Coffee with Comrades on Twitter and visit our website. Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World” by Woody Guthrie Interlude: “Leave Me” by Taska Black Outro: “All You Fascist Bound to Lose” by Clifton Hicks
It's a postscript to March as The Chap Report's March episode finds itself in the beginning of April. Corey welcomes back Carlin Trammel of "Nerd Lunch Prime." The two talk A LOT about planes which includes a metaphor for Carlin's post-Nerd Lunch Podcast career, LOST and what it's like to fly on planes. Also, Carlin makes an impassioned plea to not quickly move on to the next national story. Remember the massive amount of devastation that has hit our country over the past couple years. Lots of people still need help. You can read just a few of the stories about Mexico Beach at NeverForgottenCoast.com as just one example.
How much can one family do in the wake of catastrophe? We spoke to Alex and Chelsea Workman, founders of the Never Forgotten Coast campaign, about their plan to bring the Florida Panhandle towns of Mexico Beach and Port St. Joe back from the horrific disaster unleashed by Hurricane Michael in October.
Gulf Coast cold snap! Families who recently lost all their possessions due to hurricane Michael have no winter wear so, we're partnering with Excalibur Pest Control to ship coats to families in need in Mexico Beach, Florida. You can donate here in Houston and we'll get them shipped or you can buy coats on Amazon and have them shipped to: Deb Williams 1101 Prospect Promenade #104 Panama City Beach, FL 32413 And our partners there will get donated coats to families in need. If you would like to donate coats to locals in need please do so at Star of Hope Mission Thank you all for your generous hearts! #giveacoat
Hurricane Michael struck Florida's panhandle in October 2018 as a strong Category 4 storm, with sustained winds of 155 miles per hour. At least 29 people in Florida died in the storm or its aftermath and another 10 people in Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia, as of this recording. Beyond the cost in human lives, is the cost of rebuilding homes, businesses, and infrastructure. Estimates of insured losses alone are between $6 billion to $10 billion.Just how well did Florida's building codes, both old and new, hold up against the devastating winds - and what's needed in post-hurricane mitigation as Florida rebuilds? Host Lisa Miller, a former deputy insurance commissioner, talks with two catastrophe adjusters on the ground with Michael's damages and the head of a consumer insurance group that's fighting for stronger building codes in the Sunshine State.Show Notes:Although Florida is recognized as having the toughest building codes in the nation, a large share of homes and other buildings in the Florida panhandle were built before 1995, when Florida's tougher post-Hurricane Andrew building code was established. The newer Florida Building Code (FBC) requires structures statewide to be built to withstand winds of 111 mph and up. But it wasn't until 2007 that homes in the panhandle built more than one mile from the coast were required to follow the higher standard. (The Miami area is a “high velocity hurricane zone” with higher standards, in excess of 170 mph.)Catastrophe claims adjusters Jason Brugh and Jeromy Harding spent much of the following week after Hurricane Michael struck, surveying the damage from ground zero at Mexico Beach, Florida to the Alabama-Georgia state lines. They also spent several days in service to local communities, helping clear downed trees from roads and people's property, re-righting travel trailers, and in one case, putting out a fully-involved house fire. Both had building construction backgrounds prior to becoming insurance agents and claims adjusters.Brugh, of Catalyst Insurance Management in New Port Richey said he and Harding saw total destruction in their travels in the panhandle, with nearly every structure suffering damage. Their inspections revealed that standing seam metal roofs performed very well in the hurricane, while gable and three cap shingles were often completely gone. “FBC 110 mph-rated shingles came off like you're peeling Post-It notes off a Post-It pad,” Brugh said on the podcast. “We did see improperly installed metal roofs, where they were installed over existing shingles, allowing for an air gap between the two roof surfaces and those roofs were totally devastated. Those peeled the roof decking off like a beer can.” He added that the only damage he saw to properly installed metal roofs was impact-related.Jay Neal, President and CEO of the Florida Association for Insurance Reform (FAIR), said Hurricane Michael is further proof that Florida needs to adopt the tougher Miami-Dade building code statewide. “There's no logic in having one higher standard for Miami-Dade County and not having it for the rest of the state,” he said. Neal and FAIR are pushing the Florida legislature to provide more funding for mitigation of existing structures; and to make homeowners more aware, too, of the difference installing impact-resistant windows and enhancing roof connections to walls can have on their home surviving the next hurricane.“We spend about 15-cents per Florida resident giving cities, counties, and nonprofits the funds to spend on mitigation and that's got to change,” Neal said. He cited FEMA statistics that shows for every $1 invested in mitigation, $6 in damages are avoided. It's an issue FAIR will be presenting to the 2019 legislature.Host Lisa Miller, a former deputy insurance commissioner, said there's concern that a tougher statewide building code would increase the price of homes in areas like the panhandle, whose residents are predominantly lower income and couldn't afford it.“It's an absolute no-brainer,” to have tougher building codes from an insurance standpoint, said Harding of the Barrett Harding Insurance agency in New Port Richey. “From my experience out in the field and adjusting claims, they do work. The newer building code homes in Hurricane Michael were survivable. Yes, there was damage, but the structure is still there,” he said. “Affordability is a Catch-22. A lot of these people were uninsured. So if those homes were built to a higher standard, they would come out on top whether there was insurance involved or not.”Brugh said another issue he noticed with older homes built under outdated building codes: “a lot of them did not have hurricane clips, which when the wind got up in there, it upset trusses, it blew roof decks off, and the sort.”Brugh pointed out that Florida's wind mitigation credit program provides tremendous savings for homeowners in both shoring-up existing roofs and installing new ones. Just mitigating a home's existing roof with hurricane clips can provide an 18% savings on the wind portion of an insurance premium. Installing a new shingled roof can result in 13%-16% savings. He noted that decking would have to be re-nailed, which is another 13%-15% savings. The wind portion of a premium can be 70%-80% of a homeowner's insurance costs annually.Host Miller noted that because most of the building stock in the panhandle is older, it's more severely damaged than it might be otherwise and as a result, will drive-up claims costs. Industry analysts expect Florida insurance companies should be able to cover all claims. Reinsurance programs will cover those insurance companies' bills.“Today's program was certainly an education and a great example of where the ‘rubber' of public policy really meets the ‘road.' And how the decisions we make today, will affect millions of Floridians in the future and billions of dollars in insured property value, as we weigh the costs and benefits of policy change – in this case, building codes and mitigation techniques,” Miller said.So what do you think? Does Florida need even tougher building codes? And what lessons should we take away from Hurricane Michael when we rebuild what was damaged and destroyed?Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:What to Expect of Building Performance During Hurricane Michael (AIR Worldwide analysis October 11, 2018)Premium Discounts for Hurricane Loss Mitigation (Florida Office of Insurance Regulation)Florida Association for Insurance Reform (FAIR)Lisa's LMA Newsletter on Hurricane Michael (October 22, 2018)Visit The Florida Insurance Roundup webpage for full details and extras on this podcast.** The Listener Call-In Line for your recorded questions and comments to air in future episodes is 850-388-8002 or you may send email to LisaMiller@LisaMillerAssociates.com **The Florida Insurance Roundup from Lisa Miller & Associates, brings you the latest developments in Property & Casualty, Healthcare, Workers' Compensation, and Surplus Lines insurance from around the Sunshine State. Based in the state capital of Tallahassee, Lisa Miller & Associates provides its clients with focused, intelligent, and cost conscious solutions to their business development, government consulting, and public relations needs. On the web at www.LisaMillerAssociates.com or call 850-222-1041. Your questions, comments, and suggestions are welcome! Date of Recording 10/26/18. Email via info@LisaMillerAssociates.com Composer: www.TeleDirections.com © Copyright 2017-2018 Lisa Miller & Associates, All Rights Reserved
In this episode, we feature Paul Trammell reading chapter 1 of Becoming a Sailor, A Singlehand Sailing Adventure. Linus Wilson talks about the latest dismasting (number four) of the solo-nonstop 2018 Golden Globe Race of French sailor Loic Lepage's yacht. Elana from Sailing Kittiwake reads her blog "Cruising Stories: Kittiwake on Having a YouTube Channel". Becoming a Sailor, A Singlehand Sailing Adventure talks about Trammell's purchase and upgrades to Sobrius, a 1972 Dufour Arpege and his single-handed sailing around Florida and the Bahamas. Trammell plans to release his second book of his sailing adventures Journey to the Ragged Islands before Christmas 2018. Becoming a Sailor, A Singlehand Sailing Adventure is available on Amazon and Kobo: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Sailor-Singlehand-Sailing-Adventure-ebook/dp/B0785QZDLJ/ https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/becoming-a-sailor-a-singlehand-sailing-adventure Sailing Kittiwake is sailing the Med and making awesome vlogs on YouTube. Check out their channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT9U1fPkHj0mJjC4LWGH26g The blog Elana reads is at https://theboatgalley.com/cruising-stories-kittiwake-on-having-a-youtube-channel/ My study on how much YouTube vloggers really make is Wilson, Linus, A Little Bit of Money Goes a Long Way: Crowdfunding on Patreon by YouTube Sailing Channels (February 17, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2919840 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2919840 Abstract This study finds that YouTube channels crowdfunding on Patreon have more frequent video creation. The median YouTube channel that crowdfunded on Patreon produced a video every 7.5 days compared to 105 days for the median comparable channel that did not link to Patreon. Crowdfunders have more views per video, are more likely to link to their Facebook pages, and uploaded videos more frequently. While two channels in the sample, each earned over $150,000 in 2016 from Patreon, the typical crowdfunding sailing channel earned $73 per video, per month, or creation. It appears that a little bit of money was associated with a big increase in new video production. I talked about the study in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJxlW8_eUyw I also talked about the devastation to Panama City Marina in the following video: https://youtu.be/upgYlrp2Ngg "Sailboats WRECKED by Hurricane Michael in Panama City Marinas" Category 4, 155 mph, Hurricane Micheal made landfall on October 10, 2018, in Mexico Beach, Florida. It devastated the marinas, boats, and sailboats in Panama City, Florida. You'll see the rescue of the crew of the sailing vessel Old School abandoned in 8-foot seas near Boca Grande, Florida, as the yacht was experiencing the outer bands of a major hurricane. Photos by Kip and Stacie Snell of Panama City Municipal Marina were reproduced with their permission.https://www.facebook.com/kipnstacie.snellStacie Snell does great portrait and wedding photography athttps://www.facebook.com/staciesnellphotography/They lost their boat in the Panama City Municipal Marina in Hurricane Michael.Sailing La Vagabonde recently asserted boaters have lots of advance warning to get out the way of Hurricane. The experience of Hurricane Michael disputes that claim in"Why we Chose to Sail during Hurricane Season! (Hurricane Gordon & Florence)" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZRUElJV3yg Some recent blogs and videos about the GGR are https://youtu.be/yof9BpbasCo https://youtu.be/TAQT3TeC8cU https://youtu.be/GGaL0KdDhXw https://slowboatsailing.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/he-thought-he-would-die-atop-the-mast-in-the-golden-globe-race/ https://slowboatsailing.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/lepages-yacht-sinks-4-5-hours-after-pumps-stop/ The only woman in the race Susie Goodhall is still hanging in there! https://slowboatsailing.wordpress.com/2018/10/22/susie-goodall-knocked-down-3-times-in-the-last-24-hours-in-the-golden-globe-race/ Something happened that I never suspected. The blog surpassed the podcast this year in terms of views v. downloads. The blog at slowboatsailing.wordpress.com has 152K views with 234 posts. The Slow Boat Sailing Podcast has 118K downloads in 52 podcasts. The Slow Boat Sailing YouTube channel has 902K views from 100 public videos. I always expected the YouTube channel to have the greatest growth potential, but I never thought that blog could surpass the podcast. The blog was started as an afterthought, and its traffic was always low until the YouTube channel and thus the blog started focusing on news of interest to cruising sailors in September 2017. Get all your Mantus gear at http://www.mantusanchors.com/?affiliates=15 Mantus Anchors is a title sponsor of this video.Support the videos atwww.Patreon.com/slowboatsailing On the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast Linus Wilson has interviewed the crew of Sailing SV Delos, WhiteSpotPirates (Untie the Lines), Chase the Story Sailing, Gone with the Wynns, MJ Sailing, Sailing Doodles, SV Prism, Sailing Miss Lone Star, and many others.Get Linus Wilson's bestselling sailing books:Slow Boat to the Bahamashttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B018OUI1Q2/Slow Boat to Cubahttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MFFX9AGhttps://gumroad.com/l/cubabookand How to Sail Around the World-Part Timehttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B0OFYNW/https://gumroad.com/l/sailinghave been #1 sailing bestsellers on Amazon.Associate Producers Anders Colbenson, Larry Wilson, Ted Royer, Sam Balatsias, Kevin Yeager, and Rick Moore (SSL).Sign up for our free newsletter for access to free books and other promotions at www.slowboatsailing.comCopyright Linus Wilson, Vermilion Advisory Services, LLC, 2018
We are asked daily "how can we help" or "what can we donate" so this podcast answers those questions, and gives insight to what our team with The Sonder Project has seen since that day Hurricane Michael devastated Panama City, Mexico Beach, and surrounding areas. Where are we today with the relief?, And what is the next phase of recovery? It will be a long process. But through this podcast maybe YOU can find a few ways you can help make it happen. Today's guests include: Chad Zibleman/ CEO of The Sonder Project Joann Ribaudo/ COO The 30A Company Megan Lyons/ Director of Retail Sales Find out more at www.thesonderproject.org
This year we are focusing on building our Interior Wall. The goal is that no matter what external challenge you face, you will be internally prepared. The question is: how do you build interior walls? What character traits and habits can prepare you for the storms you face as a leader? Take this picture of Mexico Beach after Hurricane Michael as a mental image. The surface winds of our culture are picking up for those who follow Jesus.... Read More Read More
In this episode, we're talking about the post-Hurricane Michael efforts and aftermath through the story of Panama City, Florida resident and Friend Michael Thane. The state panhandle area as well as Mexico Beach and surrounding cities have been severely damaged by Hurricane Michael in October. Although the news cameras have left, there's still much that needs to be done. We speak with Michael about what's going on and what the media is not telling us. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/friendsandexperts/support
Drone pilot Maureen Kenyon shares her experience capturing drone footage in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach. Mexico Beach drone video: http://bit.ly/2EB5cI3 Drone photos: Hurricane Michael's wrath in Lynn Haven: http://bit.ly/2OJAxNF Drone photos: Hurricane Michael clobbers Mexico Beach: http://bit.ly/2CwHMkK How Treasure Coast residents can help after Hurricane Michael: http://bit.ly/2Pc2LQB Drone journalism gives different perspective on local storytelling: http://bit.ly/2LglUe5 Fort Pierce man charged with DUI manslaughter: http://bit.ly/2NYngeW Red tide closes beaches throughout Indian River County: http://bit.ly/2AootZg GOP candidate Ron DeSantis backs out of meeting with USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida: http://bit.ly/2CydSMJ
A Mike Sunday Solo Show on the week of the podcast's one year birthday! Topics include the FPP's 200th episode, Ektachrome sold out, a darkroom print from Dan Novak, an amazing gift from Andy Jones @andyphotoblog on IG, emails from Kevin Dillon about the Pentax 645, Daniel Novak about the print exchange, Betsy Dougherty who was my print exchange partner, and Sean Portnoy about negative storage. Also, messages regarding my Mexico Beach project, Nathan Johnson's youtube video about DSLR film scanning with Lightroom presets, and from IG account hipshootfilm about a google form for film swaps (http://bit.ly/filmstockswap). A call in camera review from Bill Smith of the Classic Camera Revival Podcast about the Nikon F. Finally, call ins from John Gregory of the "A Light in the Dark Podcast" and Graham Young of the "Homemade Camera Podcast"!
On this week’s episode of Coffee with Comrades, Sam joins Pearson once again for a discussion of current events before Pearson hosts an interview with Brendan from EngSciMath and Exiled Consensus. Current Events: Mutual Aid relief efforts in the Florida panhandle are ongoing. Panama City landlords are finishing what Hurricane Michael started. Meanwhile, the Oath Keepers got arrested in Mexico Beach, FL while “patrolling” out past curfew. Amazon is still garbage. The Trump administration’s war on our transgender comrades continues. Elizabeth Warren decided it would be a good idea to do a DNA test to “prove” her indigenous ancestry. Support Mutual Aid Disaster Relief & Autonomous Relief Efforts: Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Donation Page Tallahassee DSA Fund Florida People’s Advocacy Center Wish-list for the FL Panhandle Today’s edition of the show focuses on science, technology, engineering, and math majors and the intersections these fields have with radical left politics. Brendan from EngSciMath and Exiled Consensus join Pearson for a discussion of education, the university, and critical inquiry to envision a future divorced of capitalist schemes where emancipated free-thinkers are empowered to work for a world of justice and equality in community with one another. You can follow Brendan and EngSciMath on Twitter. Email Brendan to get involved with the EngSciMath Slack: engscimath@protonmail.com. Visit Exiled Consensus’s website and give him a follow on Twitter. Check out Sam’s website. Intro: “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World” by Woody Guthrie Interlude: “Yomilo” by Milo Outro: “Royal Beggars” by Architects
Have you seen the house that is still standing in Mexico Beach, Florida. All the houses around him were flattened to the ground because of Huricane Michael. The owners decided to spend another 20% more to make their house stonger when they built it. Same should apply when doing business. Give 20% more of yourself to your clients and you will be blessed ten fold because of your professionalism. www.lodge-co.com
Have you seen the house that is still standing in Mexico Beach, Florida. All the houses around him were flattened to the ground because of Huricane Michael. The owners decided to spend another 20% more to make their house stonger when they built it. Same should apply when doing business. Give 20% more of yourself to your clients and you will be blessed ten fold because of your professionalism. www.lodge-co.com
Meteorologist Kait Parker sits down with Dr. Lebron Lackey, the owner of the only home left standing in Mexico Beach, FL after Hurricane Michael, for an emotional conversation about the storm, the community and where to go from here.
In this episode of the podcast, we are joined by Zac James of Salty Water Rescue Crew. Zac is an EMT with a specialization in water rescue and remote emergency medicine and responded to Hurricane Micheal in the Panama Beach area with the NGO Salty Water Rescue Crew. CAP is flexing its journalistic muscles by bringing our audience a first-hand account of the devastation and providing insight into what happens in the hours and days following a storm. During a natural disaster, most people wisely try to get as far away as possible. A few brave souls move in the back through the fleeing throng of humanity to be ready to respond. The first 24-48 hours following a disaster can be the most lethal. The demand is real. Topics of note * Rapid response report from Mexico Beach in Panama City * The surgical precision of smaller NGO’s vs major NGO’s * Mission flexibility and its impact on gear selection * Sociological response patterns similarities between the Napa Fires and Hurricane Michelle * Opportunities to improve dispatch and distribution networks in crisis zones * Ways non-responders can support rescue efforts * The origin story of the Salty Water Rescue Crew * Ways CAP listeners can lead by example Look for a follow-up episode going deeper in depth about ways to support the community. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cappodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cappodcast/support
Tonight's first guest is the Chief Meteorologist at WJHG-TV in Panama City, Florida. Chris Smith, welcome! Also joining us is the Meteorologist in Charge at the NWS in Tallahassee, Florida. Tom Johnstone, welcome! In addition, Ginger Zee, the Chief Meteorologist at ABC News, offers her insight and her harrowing story at the coast. Up next is weather photographer Doug Kiesling, who shared some amazing footage taken from the coast. Storm chaser Mark Sudduth also shares his story from where he rode out the storm in Panama City and Mexico Beach as well as discusses his GoPro video from Mexico Beach. Storm Chaser Brett Adair joins WeatherBrains and discusses his story from Mexico Beach. The Former Director of the National Hurricane Center, Bill Read, also stops by and discusses Michael and it's impact. In addition, also joining us and adding to the all-star guest line-up is Bryan Norcross, Hurricane Specialist at WPLG-TV in Miami Florida. Phil Klotzbach from Colorado State University also drops by the show. Furthermore, Leslie Chapman-Henderson, President and CEO of the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, as well as fellow FLASH associate and VP Mike Rimoldi, both stop by WeatherBrains.
Belonging in the category of it being impossible to make this stuff up, the latest episode of the Trump Presidency went to brand new, insane territory this week when rapper and fervent Trump supporter Kanye West met with Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House. Kanye spoke uninterrupted for sections at a time with a smiling and nodding Donald Trump looking on, and before a packed scrum of media eager to capture this spectacle for their respective organisations, all the while ignoring Hurricane Michael causing untold devastation on the people of Florida, with Mexico Beach taking the brunt of the storm. Steve and Ben discuss the latest example of the Trump administration jumping the shark and asks the question again, what is it going to take before the collective consciousness of the American public decide to call time on all this behavior and nonsense. And for Kanye, was it really a good idea for him to be played so badly in front of the cameras and the world?
Hurricane Michael plunges into the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm, devastating Mexico Beach and taking lives in the region. Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal held press conferences to discuss the developing crisis. Jon Rawl has injury info on Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. And we have audio from NFL stars Julius Peppers and record-setter Drew Brees.
Hurricane Michael plunges into the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm, devastating Mexico Beach and taking lives in the region. Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal held press conferences to discuss the developing crisis. Jon Rawl has injury info on Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. And we have audio from NFL stars Julius Peppers and record-setter Drew Brees.
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Hurricanes create supernatural skies. They always seem to deliver a beautiful sunset before and after the storm that wreaks havoc. Learning to navigate through the dark skies in between resembles life as we know it. Even in your darkest days, you can find light if you search for it. More beautiful days ahead. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Panama City, Mexico Beach, and to the east which has a long road of recovery. We will be setting up our office as a headquarters to collect donations and needed items for relief efforts. We are located at https://goo.gl/maps/5iF61fFhaDC2 and will provide updates as we receive them. Thank you. For more updates, subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
Hurricane Michael came ashore this afternoon with massive devastation to the Panama City and Mexico Beach area. Storm surge caused flooding in Apalachicola and was the most powerful ever recorded to hit the Panhandle.
Millie plays on Middlebrook's newest disc, "Mexico Beach Road Trip" from beginning to end.CLICK HERE TO ACCESS EPISODE
Becky visits the seaside community of Mexico Beach, Florida and offers a detailed look at this old Florida coastal retreat 30 minutes east of Panama City.
Becky talks about some of her favorite hidden gems on the Florida panhandle including Mexico Beach, Port St. Joe, Black's Island...and more in this 2 part episode.
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