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More Rain Forecast

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Monday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
• Monday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Tuesday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 92. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
• Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. West wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly cloudy, with a high near 95. West wind around 5 mph.
• Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. West wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 95. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
• Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77.
• Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 96.
• Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77.
• Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 96.
• Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77.
• Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 96.

Rep. Rick Scott To Bring Governor Campaign To Escambia

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott, who announce Friday that he will work for free if elected, will bring his campaign to Pensacola Monday evening.

Scott will make an afternoon appearance at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition in Pensacola before knocking doors on La Belle Terre Boulevard. He will then end his statewide bus tour at the Veterans Memorial Park on Bayfront Parkway will a free concert by the Bellamy Brothers.

Scott announced Friday that he will forgo a salary if elected governor. The multi-millionaire said that he does not really need the $130,000 per year that Florida’s governor is paid.

Old Fashioned Political Stump Rally Today In Jay

There will be an old-fashioned political rally in Jay this afternoon.

Candidates for various offices for have five minutes to get up on a stump and deliver their stump speeches, according to event organizers. The candidates will also have tables or tents set up to distribute signs and materials.

The event is a fundraiser for the Jay Historical Society toward renovation expenses to turn the old Cannon Building into a museum.

Candidates for State Senate; Florida House District 1; Santa Rosa County Commission Districts 1, 3 and 4; Santa Rosa School Board District 1, 3 and 5; circuit judge, Jay city candidates, and U.S. Representative are tentatively scheduled to appear.

The event begins at 4:30 at Jay City Park and will also include entertainment by the “Soggy Bottom Boys” and food. Fried catfish dinners will be $7 with catfish, hushpuppies, baked beans, coleslaw and ice tea or lemonade.

Gulf Power: Ready For Bonnie’s Winds

Gulf Power says it is ready for Tropical Storm Bonnie this weekend. Before Bonnie was even a drizzle, Gulf Power was preparing for the 2010 storm season with annual drills and training.

The utility urges its customers to be prepared, too. Storms that enter the Gulf of Mexico can develop quickly which makes it vital that residents start preparing now.

“Living on the Gulf Coast, you always keep your guard up,” said Jeff Rogers, Gulf Power spokesperson. “We prepare year-round for the unexpected, and our crews are among the best in the nation to restore electricity, safely and quickly. But we urge everyone to be prepared and plan wisely.”

One way to help prepare for hurricanes is to visit Gulf Power’s Storm Center website, which contains information on how to prepare for hurricane season, along with some safety and other tips. At GulfPower.com, click on the

Gulf Power conducts an annual hurricane drill to test its response system. Gulf Power employees review and test contingencies, stockpile critical materials and have established contacts with numerous electric utility companies to summon if help is needed to restore power. Gulf Power checks critical points in the power grid to make sure equipment is in top shape and trees are trimmed.

The company follows a detailed plan to rebuild the electrical system following a hurricane and works closely with county Emergency Management personnel. Every Gulf Power employee has a storm assignment and if needed, the company brings in thousands of outside utility workers to help — often pre-positioning them to speed response.

When a storm threatens, Gulf Power readies its Emergency Management Center to support advance preparation, damage assessment and power restoration. Despite this, a direct strike from a tropical storm or hurricane can result in lengthy outages. Residents should also be prepared with critical supplies to help see them through this period.

“Gulf Power and Southern Company crews are very experienced and prepared for storm restoration, but it’s important that note that if we’re hit with a major storm, residents need to be prepared to go without electricity for a number of days or even weeks,” Rogers said. “We also urge residents to follow safety guidelines and to be patient. We want everyone to know we’re ready to help our community recover quickly.”

The Gulf Power Storm Center website covers such subjects as Preparation and Safety, Restoration Process, Meter Box Damage, Generator Safety, Power Outage FAQs and General Storm Tips.

Some of the most critical issues are generator safety and power line safety.

Here are some power line and generator safety tips from the Gulf Power Storm Center site:

• Treat any downed wire as if it is energized. You can’t tell by looking if a downed wire is live or not. Telephone or cable television wires that are touching a power line could become energized and should also be avoided. Notify Gulf Power, your local emergency agency, or call 911 to report the location of any downed lines.
• Don’t attempt to repair the electrical system or pull tree limbs off lines. Let trained work crews perform this potentially dangerous work.
• Stay clear of areas where there is a lot of debris or downed trees because it could conceal an energized power line. Also stay clear of chain link fences which may be energized if touching a downed line.
• Wait a reasonable time before calling customer service if your entire neighborhood is without power.
• If you have an electric generator, please ensure that you have isolated your home or business from the utility electrical service lines by opening main breakers or other devices.
• Do not connect portable generators to your household electrical wiring. This can cause serious injury to you and to our employees working on the lines in your neighborhood.
  • Connect only essential appliances — such as freezers and refrigerators — directly to the generator.
  • NEVER use a generator in enclosed or partially enclosed spaces. Generators can produce high levels of carbon monoxide very quickly. When you use a portable generator, remember that you cannot smell or see carbon monoxide.
  • NEVER try to power the house wiring by plugging the generator into a wall outlet, a practice known as “back-feeding.” This is an extremely dangerous practice that presents an electrocution risk to utility workers and neighbors served by the same utility transformer. It also bypasses some of the built-in household circuit-protection devices.

Here are some more storm tips from the Gulf Power Storm Center site:

• Turn your air conditioning down to cool down your house. If you keep the doors and windows closed you can keep your house relatively cool for about 48 hours after the storm.
• Charge up your cell phone before the storm — and anything else that needs to be charged up.
• Keep freezer doors closed and sealed. Well-filled freezers keep most foods frozen two to three days if the door is kept closed.
• Be prepared to disconnect or shut off any appliances that will turn on automatically when power is restored. When power is restored, appliances may overload your circuits or pose fire hazards.
• Leave a porch light switched on so that utility crews will be able to determine immediately the success of specific repairs.

NWE Football Registration Continues Today

Registration will take place today for Northwest Escambia football in Walnut Hill.

Registration will continue each Saturday in July at Ernest Ward Middle School from 10 a.m. until noon.

The cost is $70 for the first child, $35 for the second child and free for additional children in the same family.  Teams are available for children 5 to 13 years old. Birth certificates and social security cards are needed for each child for registration.

NorthEscambia.com Will Be Unavailable At Times

NorthEscambia.com will be unavailable for brief moments this evening.

We are moving the site to a much more powerful web server that will allow us to provide a better user experience and increase our offerings. During the upgrades, NorthEscambia.com will be down for very short periods.  Simply wait a few moments and try again if you are unable to reach our site.

The upgrades are necessary due to record growth in the number of people that read NorthEscambia.com each day.

Bonnie Is No More; Fizzles South Of Pensacola

The storm formerly known as Bonnie fizzled over the Gulf of Mexico south of Pensacola Saturday afternoon, downgraded from a tropical depression to just a disorganized area of low pressure with associated showers and thunderstorms.

The remnants of Bonnie will move into southern Louisiana Saturday night, possible bringing a few showers Saturday night and Sunday to the North Escambia area. The last National Hurricane Center update on Bonnie was issued at 4 p.m. Saturday, with winds in the storm barely at 30 m.p.h. Forecasters do not anticipate any strengthening in the system.

The latest specific information on  Bonnie can be found in the graphic at the top of the page.

Here is your complete NorthEscambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. South wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. South wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.
• Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 91. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Tuesday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93. South wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
• Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
• Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75.
• Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 95.
• Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75.

Heat Advisory Today

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for today.

Strong high pressure over much of the central Gulf Coast region will give way to another round of hot weather resulting in heat indices ranging from 108 to 110 degrees for many areas including areas near the coast. This may create dangerous conditions for people working outdoors or those more susceptible to heat related health problems.

A heat advisory means that a period of hot temperatures is expected. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are possible. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Today: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Heat index values as high as 107. North wind around 5 mph becoming east. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Tonight: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 95. East wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Saturday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
• Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. South wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93. East wind around 5 mph.
• Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74.
• Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93.
• Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74.
• Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 93.

Tropical Storm Bonnie Forms

Tropical Storm Bonnie has formed near the Bahamas, and it is headed toward the Gulf Of Mexico.

Maximum sustained winds were 40 mph. Current forecast models take the storm into the Gulf of Mexico, across the Deepwater Horizon spill location and into the Texas or Louisiana coast sometime on Sunday or Monday. A Tropical Storm warning has been issued for the southern tip of Florida.

Work on the relief well in the Gulf of Mexico has been suspended in advance of the storm.

The Heat Is On

Friday is forecast to be a bit hotter than Thursday, with temperatures climbing to near the 100 degree mark.

Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:

• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 99. North wind around 5 mph becoming east.
• Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. East wind around 5 mph.
• Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 96. East wind between 5 and 10 mph.
• Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
• Sunday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 93. Southeast wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Sunday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming south between 5 and 10 mph.
• Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
• Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 94.
• Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74.
• Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 94.
• Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74.
• Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 94.

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