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(00:00-27:38) Voice of the Blues John Kelly joins the show to talk about these red hot Blues. Trying to pinpoint what's been different since the Four Nations Tournament. Complete buy in. Playoff experience. The country music scene in Nashville. TMA Discord. Bailey's General Store in Sanibel. Challengers. This show ruins your brain. (27:46-33:43) Festus salads. Blended ham and mayonnaise. Flat bills and backward hats. (33:52-59:38) Blues legend Kelly Chase joins us. Update on his health situation. Puck Cancer Blues Blackhawks Alumni game coming up next month. Chaser's not happy with the beeping in the background. What he's doing to keep his spirits up. The St. Louis community coming together and supporting their people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

(00:00-27:38) Voice of the Blues John Kelly joins the show to talk about these red hot Blues. Trying to pinpoint what's been different since the Four Nations Tournament. Complete buy in. Playoff experience. The country music scene in Nashville. TMA Discord. Bailey's General Store in Sanibel. Challengers. This show ruins your brain. (27:46-33:43) Festus salads. Blended ham and mayonnaise. Flat bills and backward hats. (33:52-59:38) Blues legend Kelly Chase joins us. Update on his health situation. Puck Cancer Blues Blackhawks Alumni game coming up next month. Chaser's not happy with the beeping in the background. What he's doing to keep his spirits up. The St. Louis community coming together and supporting their people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For over 25 years, Krista Kowalczyk has captured life's most cherished moments throughout Southwest Florida, from Sanibel Island to Naples. As the owner of Impressions Photography, she is renowned for her exceptional wedding, and portrait photography, as well as her outstanding customer service.   Krista's work and expertise have been featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir, Fox Weather, The Weather Channel, and NBCLX. Her photography has also been highlighted in publications such as Rangefinder, Brides, The Knot, and Destination Weddings & Honeymoons.   After witnessing the destruction of family photos during Hurricane Ian, Krista began teaching others how to safeguard their memories through easy-to-follow photo organizing techniques. She has since published a book on the topic, spoke at national events and led workshops offering approachable guidance to help people of all tech levels protect their personal collections.   Throughout her career, Krista has photographed NFL games, been published in national magazines, and managed millions of photos. She was named 2023 Mentor of the Year by the Foundation for Lee County Public Schools and became an inductee of The Knot Hall of Fame. Her photography career has taken her around the world to capture beautiful photographs and now also helping people to secure their memories.    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.krista.k?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==   Website: https://thekristak.com/   In this episode we will be discussing everything about Sanibel Island Florida to plan your next trip. In this episode we will cover:   Best time of year to visit Sanibel Island Sanibel Island hotels Sanibel Island resorts Things to do in Sanibel Island Sanibel Island shells Where to eat in Sanibel Island Favorite restaurants in Sanibel Island Itinerary for Sanibel Side trips from Sanibel  

Nick Monard is a serial entrepreneur, travel agent, podcaster, and author based in Southwest Florida. After immigrating to the United States in 2013 with the goal of achieving the American dream, he became a leadership and mindset expert. With his unique perspective on success, travel, and influence, Nick has inspired many and penned the book Mindset Is My Degree.Welcome, Nick! Tell us a little about yourself.Thank you for having me! I'm originally from Belgium. When I first arrived in the United States, I spoke no English, which made navigating this new chapter quite a challenge. But it was also one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.I've always had an entrepreneurial spirit, and coming to the U.S. allowed me to channel that into extremely meaningful pursuits—like starting my travel agency and sharing my travel mental and professional journey through writing.Why did you want to move to the U.S.?At 9 years old, I came to visit Florida for three weeks and I came back obsessed with America. The American flag was all over my room and my dream board. At the top of my dream board, I wrote, “I will move to the United States one day.” I knew I was going to move to the U.S. one day. I finally moved to the U.S. at 33 years old, but it was all worth it.What was it like moving to the U.S. from Belgium?It was quite a polar cultural shift. Belgium is known for its history, architecture, and small-town historic charm, while the U.S. is much larger in scale and offers endless opportunities. Adjusting to a new language and lifestyle was tough, but it taught me resilience and adaptability—qualities that are central to my work today.What do you love most about Southwest Florida? Do you have any favorite spots?Southwest Florida is paradise! Palm Trees are “freedom” to me. The scenery, the weather, and the beaches are stunning, and the community is warm and welcoming. My favorite beach spots include Barefoot Beach, and Lovers Key State Park—they're perfect for relaxing and soaking in the natural beauty. As for food, I'm a fan of the Cooper's Hawk Restaurants in Naples and Fort Myers. For travelers visiting SWFL, what are your must-do recommendations?There's so much to explore! The beaches and islands like Sanibel and Captiva are stunning. I'd suggest staying at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples for a luxurious experience or trying out the smaller boutique hotels for a cozy vibe. Be sure to visit the Edison and Ford Winter Estates for some history and take a kayak tour through the mangroves at the Estero River Outfitters. And of course, don't miss out on the local seafood—it's some of the freshest you'll ever taste! The outlets and outdoor malls like 5th Avenue in Naples and Miromar Outlets in Estero have great shopping. You can even travel up to places like Siesta Key for extra adventures.What sparked your love of travel?It's in my DNA. Growing up in Europe and playing professional basketball, travel became a big part of my life. In Europe, countries are so close together. In the U.S. I traveled to New York, NOLA, Vegas, and other fun cities. I've always been curious about experiencing new cultures, meeting people, and seeing the world from different perspectives.What are your favorite places you've visited?I'd have to say Antarctica even though I hate cold weather! I took a Seabourn cruise through Antarctica and it was the best experience of my life. In Europe, Barcelona is my favorite city because it has everything. It has a fantastic beach, extravagant architecture, amazing city life, top-notch food, and a fantastic cruise port. I love Las Ramblas Boulevard for the “people watching” and music. I also love Budapest. It is a totally underrated city with extremely nice people and very affordable prices. People in Croatia are also extremely nice and beautiful. If you like beer and “real” French Fries, check out my home country of Belgium. Each place left a lasting impression on me for different reasons.What's your favorite way to travel?I'm a fan of cruising. There's nothing like waking up to a new destination every day without having to unpack and pack up again for the next spot. My two best-selling adult cruiseliners are Celebrity Cruises and Virgin Voyages. These cruise liners have great food and no kids! Virgin has a one-star Michelin chef onboard. Celebrity is very similar to top all-inclusive hotels. The service is top-notch and they have the best sea casino. I love smaller, luxury river cruises through Europe as well. You definitely need to experience Greece on a cruise. There are lots of small places that day trips are perfect for. Royal Caribbean's Caribbean island cruises are also great. I really love to cruise from California to Hawaii & Tahiti. I have also been on a 26-day cruise from Sydney Australia to San Francisco visiting all the islands along the way. Cruising is not the best option for people who want to experience all the nightlife of a city, however, certain cruises that go to places like Greece and Ibiza have night stops for travelers to enjoy the nightlife.  What are your favorite all-inclusive resorts or resort locations?Xcaret Mexico is one that I personally love. I believe it has the best beaches in Mexico and so many choices for food. They have literally a market where everything is fresh every morning, and when you walk towards the market, you just smell it ahead of you. The scenery is incredible. People always mention sandals. Some sandals are very nice and some are not great. In Jamaica, for example, they have a brand new Sandals Resort that is out of this world beautiful, but it's pretty expensive. It has water bungalows where the floor is transparent glass, and you can see the water and the fish. You also have your own little pool, and jacuzzi included in your bungalow. That is an experience everyone should do at least once. Many couples vacation there for honeymoons and anniversaries. Also, Bora Bora is perfect for travelers who love beaches and beautiful scenery on the water. Fiji is the fanciest spot. All hotels here are all-inclusive, butler included! You can only stay four nights maximum on the island and it costs eight to twelve thousand dollars a night—usually, people island-hop after stopping in Fiji. Fiji trips need to be booked a year and a half in advance. Tell us more about your business, Dream Vacations.I became a travel agent because people loved the places I traveled to and wanted to go themselves. I realized I needed a referral fee to set their vacations up. I've been in the travel business for several years now with Dream Vacations, a franchise under World Travel Holdings. As a luxury travel concierge, I go beyond basic planning to create customized, seamless experiences for my clients. My goal is to make every trip unforgettable. The best part for the customer is it doesn't cost them extra to use a travel agent. What most people do not know is travel agent service fees are always included in your booking fee whether you use a travel agent or not. Using a travel agent like me, you do not lose any extra money in fees and you can find the best cruises, hotels, and trips in the world!What does your planning process look like?It all starts with a conversation. I ask my clients about their interests, goals, group size, and must-have sites and experiences. From there, I focus on delivering value and finding options that balance quality and budget. I use Dream Vacations to book travel and activities while keeping an eye out for deals without compromising a high-quality experience.Lastly, where can our readers find and connect with you?You can find me on Instagram and Facebook at @NickMonardTravel or visit my website at dreamvacations.com. Feel free to reach out for tips or to start planning your next adventure!Travel Brats, if you're looking for inspiration or help planning your dream getaway, Nick is your guy! Until next time, happy travel bratting!

Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida at the small island of Cayo Costa on Sept. 28, 2022. As we approach the two year anniversary, we having a conversation with a group of Sanibel Island residents to hear their stories about Ian, and what has unfolded since — and how the island community has become more connected because of what they all experienced together. Every single Sanibel resident, and every single property, was impacted by the devastating storm. But, from what we'll hear today, it seems the Sanibel spirit and sense of community has only been strengthened by this experience.

We are diving deep into the world of wealth, class, and privilege with Sanibel, author of the forthcoming novel To Have and Have More and an expert on the subtle—and not-so-subtle—ways the ultra-wealthy wield their status. If you've ever been curious about the behaviors and dynamics that go beyond “quiet luxury” or the “nepo baby” conversation, you'll enjoy this conversation. Sanibel breaks down concepts like stealth privilege, coattail riders, and what she calls the rich person's “cheat code.” We'll also unpack the history of our cultural obsession with wealth in the U.S., why some believe wealth is a poison to our culture and explore why being "too rich" might just make you less empathetic.More about Sanibel: She is a writer based in NYC. She grew up in Princeton, NJ and studied Classics at the University of Pennsylvania before getting her MFA at The New School. Her essays appear in New York, Air Mail, ELLE, and Lit Hub. You can follow Sanibel on TikTok and Instagram.

Mike Macray has a story-telling gift carefully honed in the bars of Sanibel, Florida. Listen as we reminisce about his adventures on Sanibel, the Bahamas, Africa, Yemen & Kuwait! Find Mike's book - Adventures in Disaster: https://amzn.to/3TaVGPT --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nick-adams19/support

We chat with Nicole McHale from Community Housing & Resources Community Housing & Resources https://sancapchr.org/ Nicole Decker McHale (Executive Director) Check out www.thesancapguide.com for everything Sanibel & Captiva. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nick-adams19/support

We chat with Rob Churchill the mastermind behind Caloosa Comedy Productions https://caloosacomedy.com/home Rosalita's Cantina on Sanibel https://www.rosalitascantina.com/sanibel/ Check out www.thesancapguide.com for everything Sanibel & Captiva. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nick-adams19/support

Is Bad Boys 4 the Will Smith comeback tour? Have you seen a Fast & Furious movie? Did you ever confuse Mr. Bean with Gollum? Then, we have to get from Climate Change to Jimmy Butler, but the crew finds a path. Izzy Gutierrez is here with us to discuss a potential Jimmy Butler extension coming from someone other than the Miami Heat, living near Lionel Messi, and owning a boat. Plus, Charlotte is having a DAY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We had the chance to talk to former Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak who is currently the CEO of the Minneapolis Foundation and he talks about his foundation and what him and his team are doing to help with the recovery efforts in Fort Myers, Sanibel and Captiva.

We talked to Lori of the Mucky Duck on Captiva Island, she tells us about how the recovery is going for Sanibel and Captiva Islands after the destruction of Hurricane Ian and get some of Pete's insight on where that area is today amid recovery.     

Denny Sarokin was an original member of Every Mother's Son, the band that had a hit in 1967 with "Come On Down To My Boat Baby" which reached #6 on the charts. He went on to become the band leader for Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band. And he wrote the song “Sanibel” which was recorded by Crosby Stills Nash & Young after a 17 year odyssey.My featured song is “The Ship” from my EP “The Singles Project”. Spotify link. ---------------------------------------------The Follow Your Dream Podcast:Top 1% of all podcasts with Listeners in 200 countries!For more information and other episodes of the podcast click here. To subscribe to the podcast click here.To subscribe to our weekly Follow Your Dream Podcast email click here.To Rate and Review the podcast click here.“Dream With Robert”. Click here.—----------------------------------------“MILES BEHIND”, Robert's first album, was recorded in 1994 but was “lost” for the last 30 years. It's now been released for streaming. Featuring Randy Brecker (Blood Sweat & Tears), Anton Fig (The David Letterman Show), Al Foster (Miles Davis), Tim Ries (The Rolling Stones), Jon Lucien and many more. Called “Hip, Tight and Edgy!” Click here for all links.—--------------------------------------‘THE SINGLES PROJECT” is Robert's new EP, featuring five of his new songs. The songs speak to the ups and downs of life. From the blissful, joyous “Saturday Morning” to the darker commentary of “Like Never Before” and “The Ship”. “This is Robert at his most vulnerable” (Pop Icon Magazine)Reviews: “Amazing!” (Top Buzz Magazine)“Magical…A Sonic Tour De Force!” (IndiePulse Music)“Fabulously Enticing!” (Pop Icon Magazine)“A Home Run!” (Hollywood Digest)Click here for all links.—--------------------------------------“IT'S ALIVE!” is Robert's latest Project Grand Slam album. Featuring 13 of the band's Greatest Hits performed “live” at festivals in Pennsylvania and Serbia.Reviews:"An instant classic!" (Melody Maker)"Amazing record...Another win for the one and only Robert Miller!" (Hollywood Digest)"Close to perfect!" (Pop Icon)"A Masterpiece!" (Big Celebrity Buzz)"Sterling effort!" (Indie Pulse)"Another fusion wonder for Project Grand Slam!" (MobYorkCity)Click here for all links.Click here for song videos—-----------------------------------------Audio production:Jimmy RavenscroftKymera Films Connect with Denny:www.dennysarokin.com Connect with the Follow Your Dream Podcast:Website - www.followyourdreampodcast.comEmail Robert - robert@followyourdreampodcast.com Follow Robert's band, Project Grand Slam, and his music:Website - www.projectgrandslam.comYouTubeSpotify MusicApple MusicEmail - pgs@projectgrandslam.com

Join Tamika Peters, MSM, CEO and Host of the Grow Your Non-Profit Podcast, in a captivating episode where she delves into the inspiring work of Dolly Farrell, the Executive Director of Charitable Foundation of the Islands (CFI). In this engaging conversation, Tamika and Dolly explore the pivotal role CFI plays in the community, providing grants to over 20 nonprofits on the islands to assist those in need. Discover the power of partnerships, as well as the unique challenges Dolly faced as the first paid staff and executive director of the foundation, especially in overcoming the aftermath of Hurricane Ian wiping away the causeway.Learn about CFI's innovative giving circle and how they host small intimate events to raise funds, creating a profound impact on the Island community. About Charitable Foundation of the Islands (CFI):CFI is not just a public grant-making charity; it's a catalyst for philanthropy, leadership, and collaboration dedicated to enhancing the vitality of the Island community. Their vision is to ensure a vibrant, healthy community where every Sanibel and Captiva resident, as well as employees of Island businesses, enjoys a beautiful and productive quality of life.For more information about CFI, visit www.mycfi.orgTune in to this insightful podcast episode and explore the incredible journey of CFI as they continue to inspire positive change and nurture a flourishing Island community. At Grow Your Non-Profit, our approach centers on holistic, business-oriented strategies. With over a decade of dedicated service, we prioritize exceeding client expectations, meeting project timelines, and delivering substantial returns on investment. Join us in our mission of holistic nonprofit management.Engage in these enlightening discussions! Show your support by liking, commenting, and subscribing to the #GrowYourNonProfit YouTube Channel for thought-provoking dialogues and valuable insights that empower positive change in our communities.https://youtu.be/9PCfej3hgmc?si=iSvrf4yDVVkBHdmCSupport the showStay connected:

January 30, 2024120. Sanibel's Story of Survival and the Road to Recovery with James EvansHurricane Ian left its mark on Sanibel Island, and today, we're diving into what comes next with James Evans, CEO of the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation. Through personal narratives and community resilience, we explore the challenges of rebuilding post-disaster. From redevelopment disputes to the emotional toll on residents, our conversation exposes the complexities faced by Sanibel Island.We confront tough questions about coastal living and the realities of hurricane threats. Navigating insurance hurdles and legislative complexities, we offer insight into the ongoing struggles of homeowners in high-risk areas.Looking ahead, we discuss the importance of transparency in real estate, stringent building codes, and the battle against unfair insurance practices. This episode serves as a call to action for consumer protection and guides those rebuilding after a storm.Join us as we uncover the spirit of adaptation and resilience in the face of adversity. Tune in to discover the untold stories of survival and the unwavering determination of a community determined to thrive once more.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.

David Rahahę·tih Webb was born in Southwest Florida and grew up on Sanibel Island, which puts him in a relatively small group of people compared to this area's current population. But, his family roots go back for generations and their connections to life on Sanibel are both broad and deep. His ‘pioneer' side goes back eight generations on Sanibel and his Seminole side goes back past recorded history. His direct ancestors were Spanish Seminole members of the Sanibel Island Rancho. Ranchos were small, tight-knit communities settled by Europeans centuries ago. They were essentially fishing camps with as many as 600 residents, most of which were Seminole. And, David is a 4th generation Ding Darling employee — his great grandfather was the first refuge employee; the admin building was dedicated to his grandmother, who worked there for 33 years; his mother worked there when she was pregnant with him and he worked there while serving in AmeriCorps in the mid 1990s.

Captains For Clean Water is on a mission to restore and protect aquatic ecosystems for the use and enjoyment of all. https://captainsforcleanwater.org/ Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thesancapguide.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for all things Sanibel & Captiva Email us at thesancapguide@gmail.com for questions and comments  Support our channel:  Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/sancapguide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy Us A Coffee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/sanibel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Etsy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/SheSellsSan...⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nick-adams19/support

Jim Stenson, the founder of Sweet Waters Adventure, has fished worldwide but finds South Florida one of his favorites. His fishing adventures from Sanibel to the tarpon capital of the world—Boca Grande—to rivers like the Manatee River and the Little Manatee in Manatee County, the Myakka River in Sarasota County, and the Peace River, which teemed with fish. Join us to talk with Jim about fishing these diverse fisheries and fishing with a colorful cast of characters like Fat Wally, Dick Clevenger, and Frank the Net.

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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. We think they're interested in what we have to say, so meteorologist Sean Sublette, meteorologist in the corner, I am urologist Joe Martucci signing off for another episode of the Across the Sky podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you're looking for a fantastic theater experience in Southwest Florida, the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers is the place to go. As one of Southwest Florida's most popular and well-known performance halls, the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall is an impressive 2,700-seat venue. The Mann Hall is a premier performing arts venue from Broadway musicals to iconic musicians. The Mann Hall opened its doors in 1990, quickly becoming vital to Fort Myers' cultural scene. Since then, some of the biggest names in the entertainment world have come to grace its stage. From Cher to Bob Dylan, Mann Hall has welcomed them all. It's also known for hosting Broadway Musical series that have included some of the most beloved shows, like The Lion King, Wicked, and The Book of Mormon. The Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall has something for everyone, no matter what type of show you're into. Concerts, comedy, dance, opera, and the symphony are all regular fixtures of the Mann Hall lineup. There's also a variety of educational programs designed to engage the community's youth through the power of performing arts. Additionally, the theatre offers a lobby atrium, VIP seating, and other cozy, intimate seating sections, and access to the backstage VIP greenroom where artists can relax and prepare for their shows. The Mann Hall is also a popular venue for larger events. From corporate gatherings to elaborate weddings, the theater is known for providing an elegant and sophisticated atmosphere. With an experienced staff dedicated to providing a memorable experience, Mann Hall has cemented its place as one of Southwest Florida's premier performing arts venues. Whether you're planning a night out with friends or family while on vacation, the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall is the perfect place to enjoy a musical and theatrical performance. With its modern features and excellent shows, you can have an unforgettable experience that you won't forget.Upcoming shows: https://www.bbmannpah.com/eventsBroadway Series: https://www.bbmannpah.com/events/23-24-fifth-third-bank-broadway-series

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This episode features Capt. Gregg McKee of Wild Fly Charters. Capt. Gregg started his fishing career as a young man after moving to Key West in 1992. Capt. Gregg started fishing the waters surrounding Pine Island in 2001 when his parents retired to beautiful Matlacha, Fl. He immediately fell in love with the area and now spends his time chasing tarpon, redfish and snook from Boca Grande to Sanibel. For more information, email pineislandexperience@gmail.com

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This week, we continue our exploration of Sanibel Island after Hurricane Ian by going to their national wildlife refuge. We chat with Toni Westland about the birds, the tortoises, the flowers, and the surprising discovery they made a mile island. Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more! Pick up your copy of FLORIDA! right here!   Thank you to Toni Westland for her help on this episode! Plan your visit to the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge here! Thank you to Celina Kersh for her help on this episode! Plan your visit for the Sanibel Historical Village and Museum right here!   Support Orlando and the gay community in our city right here!   All of the music was originally composed.

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A conversation on the life and music of Danny Morgan. Dan is a singer, songwriter, musician and producer based out of Sanibel Island in Southwest Florida. Danny's career spans six decades, playing gigs all over the U.S. His music has provided the soundtrack to Florida islands, Sanibel and Captiva. Danny has played with musicians both famous and not. Some of the famous folks Danny has shared a stage with are the Beach Boys, Livingston Taylor, Jimmy Buffet, Barry Manilow, Joe Cocker, and more! [Episode: 51 - Recorded 04/16/2023]Music:Danny Morgan - The Swimmer (1987)Danny Morgan - Tarpon Bay (2007)☞ Follow Florida Sound Archive on Instagram! @floridasoundarchiveDanny Morgan- Bands & Projects Social Media, etc.YOUTUBEVideo for "Love Is For Everyone", a duet with Livingston Taylorhttps://youtu.be/Ae-Cs93vTU0FACEBOOKhttps://www.facebook.com/danny.morgan.790INSTAGRAMdannymorganbanddanny.morgan.790kWEBSITEShttp://dannymorgan.com/http://www.thankyouforthedance.com/Purchase Danny's Music: Vinylhttps://www.bewithrecords.com/products/danny-morgan-the-swimmer-12CDshttp://dannymorgan.com/beach-cabana-store.htm

Episode 2479 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about Lucas Century and how he helped make the Vietnam Memorial Wall a reality. The featured story appeared on WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Florida and was titled Sanibel … Continue reading →

Prayers for everyone on Sanibel and Fort Myers, and everyone keep asking “How does it get better than this?” #selflove #affirmations #manifestation #manifest #wisdom #selfcare #healing #life #innerchild #lifehack #wellness

Rick Winningham, like many in Florida has faced obstacles and hardships in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian and the devastation that came along with it, hear his story and what its like operating a business like Jerry's Foods in Sanibel, FL as a homegrown Minnesota business. 

In this episode, we have an On-site claim study. A major surge caused by hurricane Ian destroyed a few restaurants and some residential apartments on Sanibel island. Our job is to help the policyholders settle for the policy limit. Property owners will have to remove what is left and build from scratch! So, it makes sense they will receive the policy limit, right? Right?! At the moment of making the video, we still experienced issues with the insurance company;

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President Joe Biden laid out a plan to lower gas prices and bolster crude oil production in the US. He also weighed in on Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to declare martial law in four Ukrainian regions. The turnover in the British parliament continues as the UK's prime minister faces mounting criticism. An elementary school in Missouri will be closed indefinitely after a report of radioactive contamination levels. Lastly, an essential bridge that connects Sanibel and Captiva Islands to the mainland of Florida has reopened after Hurricane Ian.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

It's Friday, October 7th, A.D. 2022. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. By Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) Australian missionary, detained in North Korean prison, shares testimony Back in February of 2014, John Short, a 75-year-old Australian missionary, was taken prisoner in North Korea, and detained for 13 days. He was repeatedly interrogated for four hours a day. He was forced to write a “confession” of his “crimes,” including the offense of wanting more North Koreans to follow Jesus, reports Voice of the Martyrs Radio. He admitted to distributing Bible tracts in order to convert North Koreans.  He told The Guardian, "I strongly protested that I was not a spy, nor working with any South Korean organizations nor was I hostile to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.” Short said he was told that he faced 15 years in prison for distributing those Christian pamphlets at a Buddhist temple and on a train. He said, "I confessed that I had knowingly broken the law in what I believed is my God-directed duty as I do in every place and country I visit." Despite the possible 15 years of imprisonment in a brutal North Korean jail, the Australian missionary did not give in to fear. Listen to what he said on Voice of the Martyrs Radio. SHORT: “Fear and faith cannot exist within my heart at the same time. I either feared for my self-preservation, the first law of human nature. Or was what I was about to embark on, was it a step of faith? When we live by faith, trusting the Lord, moment by moment, fear has no room in the heart.” He echoed the sentiments of Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 9:16 which says, “For when I preach the Gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel!” California Governor signs 13 pro-abortion bills On Tuesday, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed 13 pro-abortion bills into law, reports The Washington Stand. Thirteen! Assembly Bill 1242, prohibits California law enforcement from assisting or cooperating with other states' abortion-related investigations. Yet another bill, Senate Bill 1142, requires the establishment of a state-funded “abortion care services website” that connects women to abortion mills and services. Finally, Senate Bill 1245, provides $20 million for the Los Angeles County Abortion Access Safe Haven Pilot program to fund “innovative approaches and collaborations to safeguard abortion access.” Doctors have a macabre new way to harvest organs In the never-ending quest for viable organs, doctors have found a macabre way around brain death and circulatory death criteria, reports the American Thinker.   According to Dr. Heidi Klessig, a retired anesthesiologist and the co-author of Harvesting Organs & Cherishing Life: What Christians Need to Know About Organ Donation and Procurement, transplant centers around the country are doing something quite disturbing. She said, “They are removing organ donors from life support, clamping off the blood flow to their brains, and then restarting their hearts.  Thus, the organs are resuscitated and viable for transplant, but the person doesn't wake up.” In addition, Dr. Klessig writes, “Many medical professionals are uncomfortable with donation after circulatory death because they know that patients are routinely resuscitated after 2–3 minutes of cardiac arrest.  Dr. Ari Joffe, a clinical professor of pediatrics and critical care at the University of Alberta, has found at least 12 patients whose hearts restarted without any medical intervention after as much as 10 minutes of cardiac arrest, and some of these patients made a complete recovery.” Dr. Klessig's advice? She said, “Don't become a victim of unethical organ harvesting practices.  Don't sign that donor card!” Vice President plays race card with Hurricane Ian Hurricane Ian destroyed entire cities, caused tens of billions of dollars in damages, killed dozens of people, and left 500,000 Floridians without power, reports Fox News. However, Vice President Kamala Harris played the identity politics/race card in the midst of the tragedy. Listen. HARRIS: “It is our lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions. So, we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality, but we also need to fight for equity, understanding not everyone starts out at the same place. And if we want people to be in an equal place, sometimes we have to take into account those disparities.” Appearing on Sean Hannity's Fox show, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis was asked about Harris' bizarre remark. HANNITY: “What is your reaction, governor, to the Vice President?” DeSANTIS: “I think she's trying to play identity politics with a storm and a natural disaster. And I think it's ridiculous. And honestly, we had the FEMA Administrator in Florida with us, and she threw cold water on that. So that is not going to happen. It's totally not appropriate. You don't have to politicize every single tragedy in this country. “I mean, I think people in Florida are really sick of the nonsense. They just want people to be helped. They want everyone to band together and when they want us to get these communities back on our feet. So, that's what we're doing in Florida. And Sean, the impacts span all demographics, all income levels. Sanibel has some very wealthy people. They also have blue collar people. You have other communities, different race, different ethnicities. Who cares? We just want to make sure people have a chance to get moving forward again.” William Tyndale killed for translating Bible into English And finally, yesterday, October 6th, was the anniversary of the death of William Tyndale who was strangled and then burned at the stake in 1536. His crime? He translated the Bible into English. The Protestant Reformation hero believed the Bible should be accessible to all people, not just priests. When one of his persecutors in the so-called heresy trial questioned this, Tyndale said: “If God spares me, before many years, I will cause a boy that drives the plough to know more of the Scriptures than you do.” William Tyndale's final words before he was strangled to death were, "Lord, open the king of England's eyes." That dying prayer at the age of 42 was answered two years after Tyndale's death, when King Henry VIII ordered that the Bible of Miles Coverdale was to be used in every parish in the land. The Coverdale Bible was largely based on Tyndale's work. Then, in 1539, Tyndale's own edition of the Bible became officially approved for printing. My bride, Amy, and I named our 7-year-old son Valor Tyndale to honor his brave legacy. Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Friday, October 7th, in the year of our Lord 2022. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

We recorded this episode hours before Hurricane Ian hit Florida.We were in full preparation mode - in our home, as our multi-generational hurricane "party" was about to commence (with 7 adults, 12 kids, 2 dogs, and 2 reptiles) - and in our business, as our team came together to serve our clients, prepare their own families, and navigate uncertain times with our community.We discuss evacuations (and why we decided not to leave before the storm hit), what we think may come next, and more.The next episode will cover what we found out shortly "After Ian"... that our home would make it through the storm unscathed, but that our community and the surrounding areas (specifically, Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel) would be completely devastated - without power and water indefinitely as search and rescue efforts are in full effect and the clean up/rebuild begins.Our hearts are with each and every person affected by Hurricane Ian. We will be feeling the effects indefinitely.As of Monday, October 3rd, we made the difficult decision to cancel Training Day. We *will* reschedule as our community rebuilds.Get on the GROW Comm winter waitlist: https://bit.ly/3usVsXbWatch us on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3JJXJDYFind us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/jacobgodarhttps://instagram.com/nichollegodar

City of Sanibel officials said Thursday evening they have confirmed at least two fatalities, while Smith said Friday there could be four.More than 500 individuals were rescued in Lee and Charlotte Counties, according to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, and search and rescue operations are continuing. There were 600-700 rescues in the county as of Saturday morning, the sheriff's office said.The U.S. Coast Guard and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue have been involved in search and rescue efforts, including in Sanibel and Captiva. Many rescues were made in waist-high water, public safety officials said Thursday.Use of direct-to-consumer DNA tests have exploded over the past decade, with an estimated 100 million people worldwide sharing their genetic information with companies like AncestryDNA, 23andMe, and FamilyTreeDNA. All that DNA has been a boon to law-enforcement agencies, who've discovered that “investigative genetic genealogy” is far more effective if searches aren't restricted to DNA left at a crime scene.By just uploading the genetic profile of a suspect to a genealogy website, where thousands of users have freely shared their DNA information to find out more about their ancestry, detectives are able to map out a criminal's entire family tree and zero in on their identity.

Sanibel and Captiva Islands were hit with a barrage of tropical weather from Hurricane Ian. Maria Espinoza, the executive director of FISH, a nonprofit providing disaster assistance, joins us. Then, Florida's already-existing insurance crisis was worsened by the storm's damage. Florida State University associate professor Charles Nyce joins us to explain why state residents were paying some of the highest homeowners insurance rates in the country, even before the hurricane struck. And, the government's role in preserving the country's wetlands is at the center of a Supreme Court hearing on Monday. Dr. Bob Bond, who grew up going to Priest Lake — the site at the center of the case after a couple tried to fill in wetlands on their property to build a house — joins us.

This week we (SW Florida) took a direct hit from Hurricane Ian.  Let me say that it was the scariest day of my life. But we made it.  Our local wedding community is strong and we will rebuild.  I had to wait to get internet back in order to be able to drop this episode and the next few will most likely be delayed.  Please stick with me though because we have so many good episodes to come.Are you at the point where you are determining what formality of wedding you'll be having? By formality I mean, White Tie, Black Tie, Black Tie invited or optional, Formal, Cocktail, Resort or Beach Casual, or Casual? In this episode Kristy and I will be explaining the differences in maximalist and minimalist black tie.  This topic is intriguing is because day in and day out couples steer away from Black Tie because they're concerned it will be too stuffy or over the top when in actuality it can be the exact opposite.KRISTY'S WORK, LIKE HER PERSONALITY, is at times difficult to pin down. Her brushstrokes can ebb and flow from highly detailed and meticulous to free-flowing and boundless, all the while remaining captivating and unmistakable. For the last 19 years, Kristy's obsession with paint and paper has evolved into the innovative and wildly recognized brand, Momental Designs.  Kristy has transformed event stationery into a persuasive and compelling medium that garners global attention from media, celebrities and some of the world's most creative individuals. Widely regarded as an industry tastemaker, Kristy's styling, painting and stationery innovations have been featured in creative editorials and installations in some of the world's most famed publications.  Kristy's work has been credited in People Magazine, Good Morning America, New York Live, The Knot, Inside Weddings and Brides Magazines, Vanity Fair, Martha Stewart Weddings. She is also a 9-time author.Places to go - People to see:Kelly's Site: http://www.kellymcwilliams.comKelly's Blog: https://www.kellymcwilliams.com/blogInstagram: @kellyamcwilliamsLance's Site & Insta: https://www.mydfwdj.com/ / https://www.instagram.com/mydfwdj/About Kelly:Hundreds of weddings and 21 years in the industry, Kelly knows how incredible a well planned wedding can be. She creates  from scratch & believes every moment counts and every decision plays a part in what makes your event magnificent. She believes in making events beautiful AND fun.  Published & nationally While most of Kellys weddings take place in Naples, Sanibel or Captiva Island, she travels internationally for destination weddings abroad.  She's been recognized  as a  Martha Stewart Top Wedding Planner, Brides magazine and WeddingWire's best podcast. Home is in SW Florida with hubby Kelly J , mom to Maddy & Emily and dogs Reau & Olive.Thanks to our rockstar editor: Lance PantonWith his professional start as a DJ at 17, Lance has possessed a love of music since birth. He's the owner and sole DJ for MY DFW DJ - Weddings & Events. A personalized DJ service focused on telling a couple's love story in music. No genre is too challenging to meet this goal. Lance is also the editor for the podcasts "This Week In Weddings".

After devastating Florida, Hurricane Ian made landfall near Georgetown, South Carolina as a Category 1 storm. At least 45 people have died in Florida as search and rescue efforts continue in the hardest hit areas. NOAA imagery shows many beach cottages on Sanibel Island completely wiped away by the intense storm surge. Sanibel's Mayor Holly Smith tells AC360 how extensive the damage is on the island.  Plus, chef José Andrés and his team at World Central Kitchen are in Florida, helping feed those with homes left in ruins after Hurricane Ian. He joins AC360 to discuss what Floridians need the most right now.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Ian is no longer a hurricane and has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone after striking South Carolina. At least 45 people have died in Florida as a result of the storm. Laura Coates is in for Don Lemon and speaks with CNN correspondents in Florida and South Carolina about the damage they've seen on the ground. And, Ian brought mass destruction to Lee County, Florida — home to Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Sanibel, and Pine Island. Lee County Commissioner Kevin Ruane tells Laura about the infrastructure that has been compromised and how the county is planning to rebuild.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

La pequeña isla de Sanibel, en la costa suroeste de Florida, era un paraíso turístico sacado de una portada de revista. Todo cambió el miércoles con el devastador paso del huracán Ian, que pulverizó sus lujosos hoteles, puso a volar a botes y yates, y borró del mapa canchas de tenis, piscinas, negocios y viviendas. Los escombros dejados por el poderoso ciclón hacen que Sanibel actualmente se parezca más a una ''zona de guerra''.Para conocer sobre cómo CNN protege la privacidad de su audiencia, visite CNN.com/privacidad

Hurricane Ian regained strength and intensified into a Category 1 storm and is heading straight toward Charleston, South Carolina. At least 15 people have died as search and rescue efforts continue in the worst-hit areas in Florida. Fort Myers Fire Chief Tracy McMillion joins AC360 to give an update on how his city is doing and how many rescues his department has done. Plus, Sanibel is an island off the coast of Fort Myers and three sections of the causeway were washed away, cutting if off from the mainland. Gov. Ron DeSantis said the area was hit with a “Biblican storm surge.” Sanibel Mayor Holly Smith tells AC360 how many people she thinks stayed on the island. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Mount Rushmore of holes. Are glory holes real? We talk toes. Bunions. Plowsy is sans big toe nail these days. Flip-flops. Iggy's hedo underoos. The PlowDash. Plowboy's strategy. Someone took Tim's laptop charger. O/u on the mile time. Hurricane going crazy right now. Bridge to Sanibel crumbled. Falling into Tampa Bay. Post 2000 Rams. The new Jeffrey Dahmer series. Fan page questions. Showing off at Church. Jimmy Ballgame. Bora Bora. Iggy's producing skills. Mount Rushmore of TMA producers. Buzz joins us for a press conference Thursday.

Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida as a category 4 storm, leaving thousands without power and areas flooded. Coastal cities of Naples, Sanibel and Punta Gorda, Fla. face severe storm surge. Ali Velshi reports from Naples and Steve Patterson reports from St. Petersburg, Fla.. Ed McCrane, Sarasota County's Emergency Management Director discusses the post-storm preparations. NBC News Correspondent Guad Venegas reports from Pinar del Río, after Hurricane Ian destroyed infrastructure across Cuba.

You're definitely having a wedding ceremony so that means you have a few decisions to make while planning this part of your wedding day.  Once you've decided who's going to take part in the ceremony, you'll have to decide how you'll have them walk into your ceremony (the processional), where you'll want everyone to stand or sit.  Some wedding ceremonies will have traditions and protocols depending on culture, religion or venue (church or synagogue), but these days there are so many options you could consider and far less rules.  I hope that you love this episode and that it gives you some thought into making your wedding ceremony one that feels best to you.Brandee Gaar is a luxury Event Planner, Thought Leader, Educational Speaker and Host of The Wedding Pro CEO Podcast.  As a lifelong lover of all things events, Brandee spent 7 years as a corporate event planner with the prestigious Gaylord Hotels brand before opening her own event consulting firm.  Blush by Brandee Gaar and Eleven Events by Blush have quickly become known for their over the top events and high touch standard of customer service.Brandee is passionate about teaching wedding industry entrepreneurs her exact strategies in growing two 6-figure event businesses (while still being a present mom and wife!).  She provides expert tools for those who are ready to ditch the overwhelm and build the profitable business they've always dreamed of!Places to go - People to see:Kelly's Site: http://www.kellymcwilliams.comKelly's Blog: https://www.kellymcwilliams.com/blogInstagram: @kellyamcwilliams @thisvsthatweddingpodcastLance's Site & Insta: https://www.mydfwdj.com/ / https://www.instagram.com/mydfwdj/About Kelly:Hundreds of weddings and 21 years in the industry, Kelly knows how incredible a well planned wedding can be. She creates  from scratch & believes every moment counts and every decision plays a part in what makes your event magnificent. She believes in making events beautiful AND fun.  Published & nationally While most of Kellys weddings take place in Naples, Sanibel or Captiva Island, she travels internationally for destination weddings abroad.  She's been recognized  as a  Martha Stewart Top Wedding Planner, Brides magazine and WeddingWire's best podcast. Home is in SW Florida with hubby Kelly J , mom to Maddy & Emily and dogs Reau & Olive.Thanks to our rockstar editor: Lance PantonWith his professional start as a DJ at 17, Lance has possessed a love of music since birth. He's the owner and sole DJ for MY DFW DJ - Weddings & Events. A personalized DJ service focused on telling a couple's love story in music. No genre is too challenging to meet this goal. Lance is also the editor for the podcasts "This Week In Weddings".Smells Like HumansLike spending time with funny friends talking about curious human behavior. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Get out your tissues because this one is going to have tears rolling down your face.  In this ceremony planning episode,  Greg and I discuss honoring the long standing tradition of the father of the bride giving his daughter to the groom versus presenting her to him.  Once we discussed why or why not, Greg offered the actual script he did for his daughters weddings that were, oh my gosh, beyond heartfelt.  I was BALLING! Oh but it gets better.  Greg also wrote a song for their father daughter dance as a surprise.  You'll get to hear it at the end of the episode. You can swipe Gregs script and listen to the song here.  Absolutely let us know if you plan on incorporating either - we'd love to know!Greg Stielstra is a husband, father of three, author of two business books, behavioral scientist, marketing guy, Packers fan, songwriter, and Nashville's worst guitarist. He worked as a wedding reception DJ for 27 years and has personally entertained at 1200 wedding receptions. He's also someone who believes fathers should NOT give their daughters away on their wedding day but should "present them for marriage" instead.Places to go - People to see:Kelly's Site: http://www.kellymcwilliams.comKelly's Blog: https://www.kellymcwilliams.com/blogInstagram: @kellyamcwilliams @thisvsthatweddingpodcastLance's Site & Insta: https://www.mydfwdj.com/ / https://www.instagram.com/mydfwdj/About Kelly:Hundreds of weddings and 21 years in the industry, Kelly knows how incredible a well planned wedding can be. She creates  from scratch & believes every moment counts and every decision plays a part in what makes your event magnificent. She believes in making events beautiful AND fun.  Published & nationally While most of Kellys weddings take place in Naples, Sanibel or Captiva Island, she travels internationally for destination weddings abroad.  She's been recognized  as a  Martha Stewart Top Wedding Planner, Brides magazine and WeddingWire's best podcast. Home is in SW Florida with hubby Kelly J , mom to Maddy & Emily and dogs Reau & Olive.Thanks to our rockstar editor: Lance PantonWith his professional start as a DJ at 17, Lance has possessed a love of music since birth. He's the owner and sole DJ for MY DFW DJ - Weddings & Events. A personalized DJ service focused on telling a couple's love story in music. No genre is too challenging to meet this goal. Lance is also the editor for the podcasts "This Week In Weddings".

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