8:33 a.m. Polk County emergency managers are preparing to get back to business as usual. Because Fay appears to be heading to the east of Polk, officials expect no more than a stormy summer day. Red Cross shelters that were scheduled to open at 10 a.m. are no longer necessary and will not open. The special needs transportation has been canceled. Special needs shelters are open with a very small number of people in them, but those shelters are expected to close by noon today. ...more

August 19, 2008

When storms were hammering most of Florida on Tuesday, the weather service's alert radio system for Melbourne and Orlando went off the air, one for more than four hours. ...more

February 14, 2008

TAMPA - When storms were hammering most of Florida on Tuesday, the weather service's alert radio system for Melbourne and Orlando went off the air, one for more than four hours. ...more

February 13, 2008

Regarding "Stormy Conditions Rage On In Home Insurance Market" (Nation/World, Dec. 2): ...more

December 4, 2007