Mostly Sunny Today, Rain By Thursday
November 10, 2021
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Veterans Day: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 71. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. West wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 38. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 64.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 62.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 63.
ECUA Sanitation Truck Rolls Over In Molino; FHP Said Driver Was Traveling Too Fast
November 9, 2021
There were no serious injuries reported when an ECUA sanitation truck rolled over Tuesday afternoon in Molino.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the 26-year old female driver was traveling southbound on Highway 29 and attempted to make a right hand turn onto Stout Road.
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating.
NorthEscambia.com reader submitted photos from Gabe Harvell, click to enlarge.
SpaceX Capsule Splashes Down South Of Pensacola; Fireball Seen Across Escambia County
November 9, 2021
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola Monday night aboard the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, completing the agency’s second long-duration commercial crew mission to the International Space Station.
Across Escambia County, residents could see the fireball from the returning spacecraft streak across the sky like a meteor.
“It was cool! Glad I got to witness it,” one NorthEscambia.com reader wrote on our Facebook page. “We saw it coming down from our yard in Walnut Hill,” another reader posted.
“Endeavour, on behalf of SpaceX, welcome home to planet Earth,” flight control told the crew after confirmation of splashdown.
“It’s great to be back,” an astronaut replied.
The mission set a record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. crewed spacecraft. The international crew of four spent 199 days in orbit, surpassing the 168 days set by NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission earlier this year.
NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet returned to Earth in a parachute-assisted splashdown at 9:33 p.m. south of Pensacola. Crews aboard SpaceX recovery vessels successfully recovered the spacecraft and astronauts. After returning to shore, the astronauts were to fly back to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Crew-2 mission launched April 23 on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew Dragon Endeavour docked to the Harmony module’s forward port of the space station April 24, nearly 24-hours after liftoff.
Kimbrough, McArthur, Hoshide, and Pesquet traveled 84,653,119 statute miles during their mission, stayed 198 days aboard the space station, and completed 3,194 orbits around Earth.
Fields of Faith: Community Worship Service Wednesday Night At Northview
November 9, 2021
Northview High School’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes will host their annual Fields of Faith at Northview High School Wednesday night at 6:30 in Tommy Weaver Memorial Stadium.
Admission is free; the public is encouraged to attend.
Fields of Faith is a national student-led initiative. “Students invite, pray for, share with, and challenge their peers to read the Bible and follow Jesus Christ. An athletic field provides a neutral, rally point where a community can come together,” according to national organizers.
Pictured: The 2019 Fields of Faith event at Northview High School. The event was not held in 2020. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Driver Crashes Ford Mustang Into House
November 9, 2021
There were no injuries reported when a driver crashed into a house on Eight Mile Creek Road Monday.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the 18-year old female driver of a Ford Mustang failed to negotiate a curve and collided with the home. The homeowner was inside the residence at the time of the crash, but was also not injured.
Escambia Fire Rescue worked to stabilize the home while boarding and tarping openings created by the vehicle.
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ECUA Wins ‘Recycle Florida Today’ Environmental Sustainability Award
November 9, 2021
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) has been awarded the Outstanding Public Program tier of the annual Environmental Sustainability award presented by Recycle Florida Today.
The Recycle Florida Today Environmental Sustainability Award is the industry’s premier recognition of those having outstanding programs or events centered on recycling and environmental sustainability.
ECUA’s state of the art Materials Recycling Facility currently processes an average of 789 tons of recyclables per week with recycling programs from Destin to Biloxi relying on the facility for processing. Over 77% of ECUA customers participate in single stream curbside recycling.
With this award, ECUA was recognized statewide for innovative and highly efficient recycling operations, as well as their creative and resourceful public information campaigns that have significantly increased awareness to motivate recycling, composting, waste reduction, and other sustainability efforts.
Members of ECUA’s public information team recently joined other Recycle Florida Today Environmental Sustainability Award finalists from across the state in a virtual event to share information about their outstanding programs.
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Cantonment Cowboy Cheerleaders Win Multiple Competition Awards
November 9, 2021
The Cantonment Cowboy cheerleaders won multiple awards at the Emerald Coast Cheer Association competition recently at Pace High School.
There Cantonment Cowboy Midgets won first place, level one grand champions and high score grand champions.
The Cowboys Mighty Mites won first place, Mites won second place, and the Mini Mites won third place.
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Rain Later In The Week
November 9, 2021
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Veterans Day: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 71. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 38. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 64.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 62.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 63.
SpaceX Crew Dragon To Splash Down Tonight Near Pensacola; Here’s How To See It In The Sky
November 8, 2021
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is set to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola at 9:33 tonight.
With clear skies in the forecast, there’s a pretty good chance to see the capsule return from across the area. Look to the southwest sky beginning about 9:20 p.m. It will start high up and look like a streak of yellow or white light. A sonic boom may be heard.
The capsule is returning to earth from the International Space Station.
Pictured: The Crew Dragon Endeavour undocks from the ISS earlier today.
ECSO: Ensley Homicide Was Drug Deal Gone Bad
November 8, 2021
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide late Sunday afternoon in Ensley.
About 4:50 p.m., deputies responded to the 8600 block of Rawls Avenue where they found a 20-year old man deceased from an apparent gunshot wound.
“At this time, ECSO investigators believe it was a marijuana drug deal gone bad,” the Sheriff’s Office said.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the ECSO at (850) 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
The shooting occurred about three blocks behind the Ensley Fire Station.