Erik Waxler

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MOON LAKE, Fla. — Jan Martini started helping people in 2004 after Hurricane Charley hit Florida. “I thought it would maybe be a few years and I’d be done,” said Martini. But more than 20 years later, what began as Charley’s Angels is now Fresh Start For Pasco. “I love helping people. You feel good when you can actually accomplish something,” Martini said. Fresh Start is Pasco County’s long-term recovery team. The staff is small but dedicated.

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HERNANDO, Fla — When Zachary Laduke heard that people in the United States were living without power, he says he wanted to help. “The kids were doing homework with headlamps,” Laduke said. Travis Brown says the living conditions are hard to imagine. “Little girl didn’t even know how to turn on a light switch,” said Brown. The people in need are part of the Navajo Nation, living in remote areas of Arizona and New Mexico. “There was an older lady. She was 70 years old.

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DADE CITY — Andy Cobb sees the potential danger every day. "My wife almost got hit the other day just the other day by somebody passing,” Cobb said. So does Lonnie Fryman. "I've almost been hit three times head on,” Fryman said. In recent years, Mary Warfel says she's seen crashes up and down Bellamy Brothers Boulevard. This FHP report indicates that approximately 50 crashes have occurred so far this year. A motorcyclist died just last week. "It's worse on the curvy parts,” Warfel.

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PASCO COUNTY, Fla — “It was a disaster of all disasters. I’ve never seen anything like it.” When Jasmine Rodriguez came back to her home after Hurricane Helene, she saw flooding worse than anyone here had ever seen. “It’s been really rough. Losing everything has been, you just can’t phathom what it’s like,” Rodriguez said. Now, about eight months later, Jasmine’s place is back to normal. But others here tore down their homes. “There was a house just across the canal there.

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CLEARWATER, Fla — With Tropicana Field out of commission, 12 of Pinellas County’s graduation ceremonies have moved to the BayCare Sound in Clearwater. The temperature on Thursday was around 90 degrees most of the day. That means one final test before Boca Ciega High School graduates like Chole Olson get their diplomas, they had to beat the heat. “In here today? Really, really bad. But I had my fan and the adrenaline kind of takes it away,” said Olson.