The bodily storm has handed, however the story of Hurricane Milton continues.
A large portion of the Tampa Bay space, for instance, stays with out energy. The harm south of Tampa Bay is even worse in some components. Many residents have been displaced due to flooding and different storm harm. That displacement is short-term for some, everlasting for others.
The purpose is Hurricane Milton continues to wreak havoc regardless that the wind and rain and storm surge have handed.
Final week, I praised nationwide networks for his or her protection of Hurricane Milton. And that reward got here from somebody who lives and works in St. Petersburg, Florida — dwelling of the Poynter Institute.
Nevertheless, what’s disappointing is that after the rain and wind go away, so does a whole lot of the nationwide TV protection. Outstanding information anchors who got here to city to face in knee-deep water and shout into driving rain have lengthy left the world, regardless that there may be nonetheless a narrative to be advised — the story of residents coping with the aftermath of the storm. That features energy outages, extreme gasoline shortages, an absence of groceries in shops and lots of different hardships.
Look, I get it. One of the vital consequential presidential elections in our nation’s historical past is just a bit greater than three weeks away. It’s laborious for the nation and information organizations to consider anything, particularly a small part of the nation. And I admit that possibly it’s as a result of me and my household and associates and neighbors and colleagues have been immediately affected by Hurricane Milton that I want extra consideration was nonetheless being given to the storm’s aftermath. However … effectively, I want extra consideration was nonetheless being given to the storm’s aftermath.
And I’m simply speaking about Hurricane Milton, to not point out these from Florida to North Carolina who’re nonetheless coping with the terrible influence of Hurricane Helene only a few weeks in the past.
Having mentioned all that, listed below are a couple of hurricane-related tales that deserve a few of your consideration, beginning with two items from very good native writers …
- This story completely captured what it’s prefer to be a Floridian throughout hurricane season. The Tampa Bay Instances’ Christopher Spata with “13 days, 2 hurricanes, and incalculable anxiety in Tampa Bay.”
- Tampa Bay Instances columnist Stephanie Hayes with “After two ferocious storms, making peace with Florida.”
- The Washington Put up’s Kevin Crowe, Shannon Osaka and John Muyskens with “FEMA maps missed parts of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene, Post analysis shows.”
- Additionally within the Put up: Emily Heil, Andrea Sachs and Hannah Sampson with “‘It’s devastating’: Asheville braces for a peak season without visitors.”
- And another within the Put up. Brianna Sacks with “After 3 hurricanes in 2 years, Fort Myers Beach residents wonder if it’s time to let go.”
- The New York Instances’ Audra D. S. Burch, Eduardo Medina and Kate Selig with “A Tale of Two Hurricanes Finds More That Differs Than Is the Same.”
- In a visitor essay for The New York Instances, Katelyn Ferral, a contract author who teaches fourth grade at a public faculty in Tampa, with “After Hurricane Milton Left, My Town Revealed Itself.”
- “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker deserves credit score for opening her interview Sunday with Home Speaker Mike Johnson by asking about federal aid for these affected by the hurricanes.
- New York Instances opinion columnist Ezra Klein’s newest: “Ignore the polls.” Klein’s level is the polls for the presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are all so tight that they’re throughout the margin of error. Klein writes, “Which is all to say: The polls can’t inform you the best way wherein they’re going to be mistaken, nor by how a lot. However that’s what issues now.”
- However talking of polls, for The New Yorker, Jelani Cobb with “What the Polls Really Say About Black Men’s Support for Kamala Harris.”
- Mediaite’s Kipp Jones with “Trump Obliterates Fox News Just Hours After Giving Network an Hour-Long Interview: ‘We Must Win, DESPITE Them.’”
- The New York Instances’ Kate Conger, Tiffany Hsu and Aaron Krolik with “Twitter Barred Them. What Happened When Elon Musk Brought Them Back?”
- NPR’s Steve Inskeep interviewed New York Instances government editor Joe Kahn: “New York Times top editor answers critics — including some inside his newsroom.”
- Semafor’s Max Tani reports that The Each day Mail is including former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway and media author Michael Wolff to its political protection. Conway advised Tani, “I’m excited to pen an everyday column at such a pivotal second in our nation’s historical past. Simply as I do on Fox Information and Fox Nation, my purpose shall be to push previous the soundbites to supply a substantive take a look at the problems, concepts, people and pictures that readers crave.”
- If Ariana Grande’s music profession ever goes within the tank — not like that’s ever going to occur — she simply might grow to be a forged common on “Saturday Night time Reside.” Grande hosted Saturday night time and, similar to her previous “SNL” appearances, she was implausible. She’s an unimaginable impressionist, and fully nailed impersonations of Céline Dion and Jennifer Coolidge. The entire present was terrific, together with a political cold open with Democrats vs. Republicans in a sport of “Household Feud” that included former forged members Maya Rudolph enjoying Kamala Harris and Dana Carvey enjoying Joe Biden. Additionally try Grande’s enjoyable opening monologue.
- For “CBS Information Sunday Morning,” Ben Mankiewicz profiles considered one of our biggest all-time actors: “Al Pacino on becoming Al Pacino.”
- The Athletic’s Liam Tharme with “How ‘shoe doping’ changed marathon times forever – in ways we still don’t fully understand.”
- Lastly, thanks for studying and bearing with us as we discover our footing once more following Hurricane Milton. That is my final missive from Dothan, Alabama, the place I evacuated from the storm. As of this writing, my dwelling nonetheless has no energy, nor does the Poynter Institute. However, my spouse (and our cat) are heading again dwelling as we speak and, hopefully, throughout the subsequent day or two, issues will return nearer to regular.
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