It has been a strange, sort of melancholy year, marked by eulogies for people I knew and farewells to people I know. ...more

December 18, 2007

Realizing the weather would likely "turn ugly," staff at the Pasco County Jail decided to evacuate 200 plus inmates from their temporary structures, Sheriff Bob White said during a news conference. ...more

December 16, 2007

The disturbance swirling near the Caribbean Sea grew into Subtropical Storm Olga on Monday night, becoming only the 10th December storm since 1851. ...more

December 11, 2007

TAMPA - The coming cold spell sent Joe Cox on an errand that a number of Tampa Bay area residents may be running Friday or Saturday, or wish they had. ...more

November 15, 2007

Hurricane Noel, the deadliest storm to hit the Atlantic this year, paralleled the southeastern U.S. coast Friday, losing strength as it headed north toward Nova Scotia. ...more

November 3, 2007

Patience. Eventually our endless summer will have an end. Maybe by Wednesday. ...more

October 19, 2007

TAMPA - Patience, folks, eventually what even the National Weather Service forecasters in Ruskin are calling our endless summer will have an end. Maybe by Wednesday. ...more

October 18, 2007

If you follow storms, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes on The Weather Channel, you no doubt have seen Jim Cantore out in the field, battling the forces of nature. ...more

October 17, 2007

By the time you're reading this, fall should finally have arrived for its first, though brief, visit to the Tampa Bay area. ...more

October 12, 2007

TAMPA - Even as you read this, fall finally is approaching, easing down the state for an arrival in the Tampa Bay area around sundown. ...more

October 11, 2007