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2025: Remembering Helene and Milton

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Nessa Brown 2025: Remembering Helene and Milton Although most of my blog has been written in 2025, Florida is still feeling the effects from Helene and Milton. The 2024 hurricane season demolished many beloved spaces near and far from where I write and they are still being rebuilt. Individuals are still getting back on their feet, still trying to get help from the government, and still rehabilitating from Helene and Milton as of 2025. The storms may have been only a few days long, but for the states they tore through, the repercussions will be there for years.  Great quantities of Floridians, most of them who are located in Pinellas, are actually raising their homes to avoid the storm surge. These people are raising them 10–11 feet to avoid the flood zone. (Michreal, Paluska. “Rising Above the Flood: Floridians lifting their homes above the surge” ABC Action News, abcactionnews.com) FEMA calls it the FPE, meaning Flood Protection Elavation. There are two options for raising your ...
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2024 Hurricane Season: Unifying after the wreckage

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  Nessa Brown   2024 Hurricane Season: Unifying after the wreckage After the devastation of hurricanes Helene and Milton, the local community of Florida, as well as other states, shared a common ground and came together. Neighborhood communities collectively cleaned up where they lived, picking up trash, leaves, and furniture off of the streets. People would also give clothing and food to one another. Additionally, many people and organizations donated to hurricane damage relief programs. The 2024 hurricane season required lots of clean-up, but it also required Floridians to come together and help their community.  President Joe Biden, at the time, had stated that “more than 250,000 Floridians registered for help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency”, which was the most anyone had ever registered that much within one day in American history (Brooke Ward, “My Story in the Storm: On Ground After Helene and Milton” foodandwaterwatch.org ). Just as Helene ended, many ...
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Aftermath: The Storm Helene and Milton left behind

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Nessa Brown Aftermath: The storm Helene and Milton left behind It’s not a secret that Hurricanes Helene and Milton were disastrous. Two historical storms, only 13 days apart from each other, absolutely tore through Florida and surrounding states. I've written about what happened during the storms and people’s stories from them. But when the rain and wind finally stopped, it left debris littering the street for civilians to clean. Hurricane Helene In Florida, the total wind and flood losses from Helene were $30.5 to $47.5 billion (Robin Wachner, “CoreLogic: Final Estimated Damages for Hurricane Helene to be between $30.5 Billion and $47.5 Billion” weather.gov). Helene caused billions of dollars in damages all throughout Florida into North Carolina. Although Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina were hit hard by Helene, the most damage occurred in the mountains of North Carolina.  North Carolina experienced four days worth of rain. Small creeks transformed into violent rushing r...
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