Hurricane season begins, DeSantis’ property tax plan, living shorelines and more

About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming hurricane season, emergency preparedness, property tax plans, and environmental initiatives in Florida.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we looked at the official federal forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season that begins June 1 with meteorologist John Morales (00:00). Then we spoke about emergency response and preparedness with former FEMA administratior Craig Fugate (13:40). We also spoke with the mayors of Daytona Beach Shores and Cedar Key to talk about how their coastal communities are preparing for this year’s storm season (21:26). Plus, Your Florida reporter Meghan Bowman joined us to discuss Gov. Ron DeSantis’ property tax plan and the new state budget (28:52). And later, we learned about how more municipalities and private homeowners in the Tampa Bay region are embracing a natural alternative to cement seawalls (37:12) and other environmental news (45:54).

People in this episode

Guests: John Morales, Craig Fugate, Meghan Bowman

Topics covered

• hurricane season
• emergency response
• property tax plan
• coastal communities
• environmental news

Keywords

• hurricane season
• emergency response
• property tax
• coastal communities
• environmental news

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Daytona Beach Shores, Cedar Key, Tampa Bay

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