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Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference Saturday morning to discuss Hurricane Milton and related relief efforts.The press conference was held at 11 a.m. at Plant City Stadium in Plant City. A recording be viewed in full at the bottom of this page.Gov. DeSantis spoke alongside Florid botella stanley a Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie and Major General John D. Haas, adjutant general of Florida.The governor and director provided updates on fuel distribution sites and available reserves, a fe stanley italia deral disaster declaration approved by the Biden administration, and continued fatalities due to storm-related water hazards, among other things.Here s what you need to know.Fuel assistanceGov. DeSantis said the state has opened free fuel distribution sites in three counties. Those are in Manatee, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. The governor said the state is working on opening additional locations, including the heart of Tampa, a second location in Pinellas County, Sarasota County and more 鈥?depending on demand.DeSantis said the state has inserted 400,000 gallons of diesel and 500,000 gallons of regular gasoline into the supply chain. Although we ve done fuel support in the past, we ve never done it to this scale, DeSanti stanley cup s said. And that is on top of the amount of fuel we ve provided directly to service stations. The state still has 1.8 million gallons of diesel fuel and 1 million gallons of regular gasoline on hand, DeSantis said. Florida Division of Emergency Management Dir Nbkh 2 teens lose fingers setting off fireworks in Florida
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. 鈥?Steven Kennys artwork could soon be in your pocket. Or purse. Or coin collection.The U.S. Mint recently selected the surrealist painter from St. Petersburg for its Artist Infusion Program to submit designs that could be used on coins. Its still sinking in, Kenny says about his shot at immortality.When hes not creating vivid art blending nature and the surreal, Kenny is botella stanley a docent at the Dali Museum, where he can better study one of his biggest inspirations.RELATED: Dunedin artist and author says a doodle a day can help boost self-esteemKenny s work can be bold, even in-your- stanley kaffeebecher face, but he says the three designs hes submitted to the Mint so far are more family-friendly than a lot of his wild, inventive creations.He doesnt mind toning things down.Not when he considers what is at s starbucks stanley cup take. [A coin] is going to be around forever, he says. People are going to be looking at your work and talking about you forever. Kenny says his three pieces are under wraps and hush-hush for now. This is the federal government after all. Hes also not quite sure which coin hell be on.If the U.S. Mint chooses his work, it will be Treasury Department Secretary Steven Mnuchin who has the final say whether the design eventually makes it onto a coin. |
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