Place: Floridians

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travel

99 reasons to stay local on holidays

They are the places we visited as kids on Sunday drives, where we savoured 99s and rides on the ‘merries’. Three writers revisit their childhood haunts and experience Kinsale, Crosshaven and Cobh through grown-up eyes. Some of them travelled back with their own kids in tow, to explore what our local holiday destinations have to offer the next generation

property

Space, style and a big slice of American pie

world

Florida braces for tropical storm

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Governor Bush takes blame for Wilma relief delays

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Tourists take shelter as Wilma lingers over Mexico

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Florida braces as Wilma becomes category 5 hurricane

Florida tourists warned against new gun laws

TOURISTS to the United States are being warned that gun owners in Florida, if threatened, have the law on their side should they decide to shoot first and ask questions later.

Fri, 07 Oct, 2005

Floridians go through familiar evacuation drill

Thousands of residents fled the Florida Keys as Tropical Storm Rita barrelled toward land, poised to grow into a hurricane with a potential nine-foot storm surge and sparking fears it could eventually ravage the Gulf Coast.

Tue, 20 Sep, 2005

Bush and Kerry in final push for votes

CHALLENGER John Kerry and President George W Bush began summing up their long campaigns yesterday as they headed into the final weekend of a Presidential contest that polls suggest will go right down to the wire.

Sat, 30 Oct, 2004

Hurricane Jeanne targets Bahamas and Florida

A revitalised Hurricane Jeanne was tonight on a path for the Bahamas and then on to the Atlantic coast of Florida, a state still reeling from three earlier storms.

Fri, 24 Sep, 2004

Hurricane Frances weakens after Florida havoc

Hurricane Frances weakened to a tropical storm today and crawled inland with heavy rain after leaving two people dead and more than five million without power.

Mon, 06 Sep, 2004

Hurricane Frances begins to fade

Hurricane Frances swept across Florida today submerging entire roads, tearing off rooftops and leaving more than four million people without power.

Sun, 05 Sep, 2004

Florida braced for Hurricane Frances

Hurricane Frances ripped apart roofs, shattered windows and toppled trees as it raged through the Bahamas yesterday with violent winds that sparked panic and drove thousands to flee. At least one man was electrocuted in the storm.

Sat, 04 Sep, 2004