They’re all equipped with multi-purpose rooms and gymnasiums, … If we had to utilize all the schools, we could hold 25,000 to 30,000 temporarily. That’s the worst-case scenario.

We’re very excited that Downs is bringing this forward. We’ve been waiting for it for some time. It’s filling a need … in the region.

When an area is disturbed, it upsets the natural balance and creates an ecological open space that gives non-natives a foothold, … Another thing is that Florida is not very species-diverse, so there are more...

They were moving out of there pretty fast, … I figured they were up to no good. I was just trying to get out of their way. They hit the back of my car, fishtailed...

With terrestrial exotics, we said, ‘Oops,’ years later, and now we’re spending a lot of money fighting them, … In Florida, we’re not there yet with invasive fish. Will they have negative impacts? We don’t...

With all the lawn fertilizers, agricultural fertilizers, golf courses, etc., nobody’s arguing that there are more nutrients in the system than is natural.

If you kayak down Yucca Pen, it looks fine. The problem is its drainage area has been platted for development, so it drains a much larger upland area.

Obviously we don’t have a crystal ball… but I think with the relationships that we’ve established with local hospitals, first-responders and the Red Cross that we’ll adapt,

So there was this big slug of decaying material that introduced a big slug of nutrients into the system.

We’re very proud of what’s taking place in Old Town. We’ve seen a big increase in traffic there with all the new shops.

If we go down and have no phones, no computers and no cell phones, we are still going to be able to communicate,