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Remembering El Faro: counting lives instead of counting money

Posted onOctober 1, 2020October 12, 2021AuthorDave Burkey

Five years ago this past Tuesday evening (September 29, 2015) the cargo ship El Faro departed JAXPORT on a routine round-trip voyage to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, just north of the Bahamas, Tropical Storm Joaquin was brewing. Joaquin intensified to a Category 4 hurricane Read More …

Dames Point Bridge’s dangling trailer still polluting the river 5 weeks later

Posted onJanuary 26, 2019February 9, 2019AuthorDave Burkey

Most of Jacksonville remembers the crash that shut down the northbound lanes of Interstate 295 at the Dames Point bridge and left part of a tractor-trailer truck dangling over the edge of the bridge. That was over 5 weeks ago. The trailer eventually fell into the Read More …