Damielys Duarte/Contributing Writer As Floridians, we grew up surrounded by the worried whispers of our parents during hurricane season, as well as stories surrounding Hurricane Andrew and its devastating effect on the state. But after thirty years of few hurricanes, it seems as though the younger generation in South Florida can’t wait for more storms […]
Jordan Coll/Staff Writer Hurricane Dorian is currently in the Carribean region, slowly moving towards the United States with expected landfall no earlier than Monday morning. The 11 a.m. advisory report from the National Hurricane Center suggests the storm is shifting towards the northeast, possibly missing landfall with South Florida entirely. It could potentially hit […]
Sarah DeMond/Staff Writer With all the uncertainty that Hurricane Dorian has brought, there is one department on campus that is trying to hold it all together. FIU’s Emergency Operation Center is the hub for disaster planning on campus. Tucked away on the second floor of PG-6, through a hallway lined with photographs of first responders, […]
By: Gerard Albert III/Editor In Chief The University will close at noon on Sept. 1 in anticipation for Hurricane Dorian. FIU is urging all students living on campus to leave if they have a place to stay. If students choose to stay they will be moved to Parkview and sleep in the hallways. The […]
Muriel Almeida/Staff Writer As many South Floridians start to prepare for Hurricane Dorian, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visited the National Hurricane Center on the Modesto Maidique Campus and spoke about the importance of preparing for the storm. According to DeSantis, there have been reports of fuel shortages in places such as Brevard County in central […]
PantherNOW Staff Students from Florida know how serious hurricanes can be. Last year Hurricane Michael swept through the state and caused over $10.4 billion in damages and resulted in at least 45 deaths. It landed as a Category 5 storm, one of the largest since Andrew came in at a Category 4 in 1992. In […]
Alondra Bodden / Contributing writer As most of South Florida reels from being ravaged raw from Hurricane Irma, FIU Panthers were able to brighten evacuees’ dark days with the universal power of music. This past week, FIU hosted up to 625 Monroe County evacuees who sought refuge from Hurricane Irma’s destructive landfall in the Florida Keys. […]
Melissa Muiznieks / Contributing writer Let me start by saying that, yes, Irma was a serious storm, but the number of changes and disruption to my daily routine were quite annoying. But hey, we survived and we are stronger for it. Plus, can you believe how amazing our fellow FIU faculty, staff and students were for keeping the Monroe […]
