Freeze/Frost Warnings Issued
October 30, 2011
A frost advisory is in effect for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida, and a freeze warning is in effect for Escambia County, Alabama, tonight. Precautions should be taken to protectww tender vegetation.
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Clear, with a low around 32-35. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Monday: Sunny, with a high near 72. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 39. North wind around 5 mph.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 42. East wind around 5 mph.
- Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 72. East wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. East wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. East wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
- Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76.
- Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
Weather: Cold Tonight
October 29, 2011
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Clear, with a low around 37. North wind between 5 and 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68. East wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 39. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Monday: Sunny, with a high near 73. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 41. North wind around 5 mph.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 44. East wind around 5 mph.
- Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 73. East wind around 5 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. East wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday: Isolated showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Thursday Night: Isolated showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 70.
- Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
Have Unwanted Prescriptions? It’s Drug Take Back Day
October 29, 2011
Several area law enforcement agencies will take part in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, providing individuals the opportunity to voluntarily dispose of unwanted and unused prescription drugs.
In Escambia County, CVS has donated gift cards to the take back effort and each person turning in outdated and unneeded medications will receive a $5 gift card while supplies last.
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office (9 am – 2 pm):
- Molino ESCO Precinct, 5844 North Hwy 29, Molino
- CVS, Perdido Key
- CVS, Brent and Hwy 29
- CVS, Hwy 29 and Kingsfield
- CVS, Davis Hwy and Olive Road
- CVS, Palafox and 9 Mile Road
Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office (10 am – 2pm):
- Main Sheriff’s Office, 5755 E. Milton Rd., Milton
- Navarre District Office, 8597 High School Blvd, Navarre
Pensacola Police Department (9 am – 2 pm):
- Police headquarters, 711 N. Hayne Street
Pensacola Fire Department (9 am – 2 pm):
- 6550 N. 9th Ave
Poarch Creek Tribal Police Departmen (10 am – 2pm):
- Poarch Creek PD, Jack Springs Road, Atmore
Pictured above: Some of the prescription drugs collected earlier this year during a drug take back day at the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Century Precinct. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
Weekend Weather
October 28, 2011
A cold front is bringing much colder weekend weather. Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. North wind around 10 mph.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a north wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
- Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 33. North wind around 5 mph.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east.
- Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
- Monday: Sunny, with a high near 72. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
- Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 45.
- Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.
- Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Sunny, with a high near 73.
Hundreds Taking Part In Day Of Caring
October 28, 2011
United Way Day of Caring volunteers will make a difference by completing more than 100 projects at area local non-profit agencies and schools today. About 1,100 volunteers from businesses and local military bases will help with lawn maintenance, painting, and cooking meals. They will also be holding drives for agency and school needs.
In North Escambia, volunteers from Gulf Power Company will help paint a barn, clear tree limbs and more at the Leaning Post Ranch in Molino; and volunteers from Wells Fargo will work with students at Byrneville Elementary School.
Last year, Day of Caring volunteers completed 90 projects with 5,200 volunteer hours worth an estimated $107,000 in labor savings for non-profits.
Pictured top: Last year, volunteers worked to beautify the campus at Northview High School in Bratt. Pictured below: Day of Caring volunteers at Jim Allen Elementary School. Pictured inset: Volunteers at the Cantonment Senior Center. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
Free Flu Shot Clinic Will Double As Emergency Exercise
October 27, 2011
Free flu shots will be available next Monday for Escambia County (Ala.) residents.
Several agencies will come together to offer Escambia County (Ala.) residents a special drive-thru clinic on Monday, October 31, 2011 at Little Escambia Baptist Church, 445 Highway 113 in Flomaton, from 8:00 a.m. until noon.
This clinic is a collaborative effort between the Escambia County (Ala.) Health Department, Escambia County (Ala.) Emergency Management Agency, Red Cross, local medical providers and local law enforcement.
In addition to providing a valuable health service, this clinic will serve as a real time exercise that demonstrates established emergency protocols for any future occurrence that would require mass public vaccination.
Official said flu outbreaks generally occur from November to March in Alabama. The symptoms can include fever, cough, sore throat, headache and fatigue. For most people the flu only lasts a few days, but for others it can lead to pneumonia and breathing problems. In children, it can cause high fever and seizures.
In addition to getting a flu shot, the public is reminded to follow basic infection control measures. These include covering the mouth when coughing and frequent hand washing, official said.
Schools To Take Part In High Tech Robot Showdown
October 27, 2011
Robots will battle it out for world supremacy (ok, almost-world supremacy) as young scientists square off against each other at the University of West Florida Field House.
No, it’s not the latest Will Smith sci-fi movie. It’s the fifth annual Emerald Coast BEST Robotics middle and high school competition sponsored by Gulf Power Company. The event pits teams from 20 Northwest Florida schools in head-to-head competition to teach teamwork, problem-solving, project management and pride in task completion.
BEST Robotics Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization whose mission is to inspire students to pursue careers in engineering, science, and technology through participation in a sports-like, science and engineering-based robotics competition.
“Gulf Power believes the competition teaches students practical engineering, science and math skills, which are critical for their future,” said Jeff Rogers, Gulf Power spokesman. “But the event also teaches the students to work together as a team, to organize projects, to market their work and to creatively solve problems.”
Each student team has six weeks to design and build a remote-controlled robot to solve a problem or perform a specific function. The year’s theme, BUGS, refers to a conceived disaster of genetically engineered bugs escaping from a BEST lab. The goal for the robots is to recover and contain the bugs before they create a potential health and environmental crisis.
Each team is judged on its robot performance, marketing presentation, team exhibit, technical notebook and spirit and sportsmanship. The 20 schools from across Northwest Florida will participate in the University of West Florida Emerald Coast BEST hub with the top schools advancing to regional competition at Auburn University.
Area schools have been competing in BEST since 2004, when Gulf Power sponsored eight local teams to compete in the BEST hub in Mobile, Ala. The funding of hub operations depends entirely on corporate and individual sponsorships. Materials kits to build the robots are provided to the teams by the hub. No fees are paid by students or schools participating in BEST robotics.
The competition will take place Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UWF Field House.
2011 teams are:
- Avalon Middle School
- Bellview Middle School
- Bethlehem K-12
- Brown-Barge Middle School
- Cottondale High School
- Deane Bozeman School
- Escambia High School
- Hobbs Middle School
- Holley Navarre Middle School
- Milton High School
- Newpoint Pensacola High School
- Pace High School
- Pensacola High School
- Ransom Middle School
- Seaside Neighborhood
- Tate High School
- West Florida High School
- Woodham Middle School
- Woodlawn Beach Middle School
- Workman Middle School
No School Today In Escambia
October 24, 2011
There’s no school today in Escambia County — it’s a teacher work day after the first nine-week grading period.
Tuesday begins the second nine-week period. Report cards for the first nine-weeks will be headed home on Monday, October 31.
The next holiday for students and teachers will be Veteran’s Day on Friday, November 11.
Sunny And Warmer, Rain Possible Late Week
October 23, 2011
A slow warming trend leads toward a chance of rain later this week. Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Monday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.
- Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. Calm wind.
- Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
- Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. West wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. North wind between 10 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
- Friday: A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 71.
- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43.
- Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 74.
Lambert Bridge Road Set To Reopen Today
October 21, 2011
Lambert Bridge Road will reopen at 3:00 this afternoon, a week earlier than expected.
The bridge was closed September 14 after an inspection revealed decay in support pilings on the 43-year old bridge. Repairs, which began September 28, are expected to cost $34,300, according to an Escambia County spokesperson.
Lambert Bridge Road has been closed from Velor Road to North Pine Barren Road.
Pictured top: The bridge on Lambert Bridge Road was closed repairs on September 14. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.