Abigail Geiger

Sep 27, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Abigail Geiger

ShareCedar Key, a small community on a collection of tiny islands jutting into the Gulf of Mexico, is emerging as one of the areas most devastated when Helene struck Florida’s Big Bend region on Thursday night.“Cedar Key as we know it is completely gone,” said Michael Bobbitt, a novelist and playwright who lives in the heart of the community and who stayed behind to help whoever he could. An estimated 75 residents chose not to leave, officials said.

Sep 27, 2024 | sanjuandailystar.com | Patricia Mazzei |Isabelle Taft |Abigail Geiger |Judson Jones

By Patricia Mazzei, Isabelle Taft, Abigail Geiger and Judson JonesThe pounding rain now flooding cities in Hurricane Helene’s wide path portended record-breaking storm surge on the Big Bend coast of Florida later Thursday, forecasters said. Officials urged residents to flee before rising water, which they said could reach the height of a two-story building, swept over cars, homes and streets.

Sep 26, 2024 | spokesman.com | Patricia Mazzei |Emily Cochrane |Abigail Geiger

PANACEA, Fla. — In his 58 years, John Posey, a lifelong resident of the Forgotten Coast of Florida on the remote eastern edge of the Panhandle, had never evacuated for a hurricane — neither for Dennis in 2005, nor for Michael in 2018. But on Wednesday, as he stood outside his namesake seafood restaurant in Panacea, Florida, a community of about 800 near the marshy shores of Ochlockonee Bay, Posey admitted that this hurricane felt different.

Sep 26, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Patricia Mazzei |Emily Cochrane |Abigail Geiger

ShareIn his 58 years, John Posey, a lifelong resident of the Forgotten Coast of Florida on the remote eastern edge of the Panhandle, had never evacuated for a hurricane — not for Dennis in 2005, nor for Michael in 2018.But on Wednesday, as he stood outside his namesake seafood restaurant in Panacea, Fla., a community of about 800 near the marshy shores of Ochlockonee Bay, he admitted that after decades of facing storms head-on, this one felt different.

Sep 26, 2024 | nytimes.com | Patricia Mazzei |Emily Cochrane |Abigail Geiger

In his 58 years, John Posey, a lifelong resident of the Forgotten Coast of Florida on the remote eastern edge of the Panhandle, had never evacuated for a hurricane - not for Dennis in 2005, nor for Michael in 2018. But on Wednesday, as he stood outside his namesake seafood restaurant in Panacea, Fla., a community of about 800 near the marshy shores of Ochlockonee Bay, he admitted that after decades of facing storms head-on, this one felt different.