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The article focuses on the collapse of Building 104 at Summer Bay Resort in Clermont, Florida from a sinkhole on August 11, 2013. It discusses the eight-step crisis communications plan which include the identification of the resort's president and chief executive officer (CEO) Paul Caldwell and executive vice president Juan Barillas as company spokespersons, establishment of communications protocol, and identification of stakeholders and audiences who need to be informed, educated and updated.

This article reports on the condition of Florida libraries following the merciless hurricane season of 2004. Florida's public libraries and librarians fortunately survived the latest round of hurricanes that battered the state. Florida State Librarian Judy Ring said that libraries overall are "doing pretty good." Despite taking big hits, all libraries were still standing, Ring said, although there was scattered damage. Some libraries faced flooding in the wake of Hurricane Ivan, as rivers and waterways were swollen to overflowing. Ring said that libraries "assumed many roles" during the crisis, including serving as day care centers for the children of county employees involved in cleanup and rescue efforts.

Relates the experiences of several owners of hardware stores in Florida on their efforts to rebuild their stores that were damaged by the four hurricanes that hit the state in 2004. Names of the hurricanes that hit the state in 2004;Relevance of the Vision 21 program of Ace Hardware Corp. in the reconstruction of the store of Ed Strutman; Action taken by Bill Zeithammer, the owner of Isles Do it Best Hardware store, in continuing its business operations after the hurricane brought down its store.

Investigates the reason for the collapse of the Turner Agri-Civic Center, an American Red Cross-designated shelter in Arcadia, Florida, after it was hit by a hurricane. Design of the building as a hurricane shelter that could withstand 140-mph winds; Lack of key documents documenting the construction of the building; Claims that the county commissioners designated the job of overseeing the construction project to the county administrator despite his lack of construction or engineering experience.

The article discusses the business impact of the devastation of Hurricane Irma in 2017 on hotels in Florida. Topics explored include the devastation brought by the hurricane to the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club, the closure of the Inn on 5th's main building prior to the storm, and the recorded increase in visitation in Florida in the first quarter of 2018 according to Florida Governor Rick Scott.

Deals with how SLPowers, a solution provider in West Palm Beach, Florida, survived after getting walloped by Hurricane Frances. Details of how the storm ripped the company; Advantage of the company's outsourced remote managed service; Efforts of one of the company's customers to help in the wake of the storm.

The article discusses steps taken to prevent damage to homes from natural disasters. Homes built to statewide code resisted structural damage due to wind. Credit goes to the statewide Florida Building Code 2001, enacted in March 2002 to preempt disparate local codes. The key technical aim and accomplishment of the code was to create a continuous load path from roof to foundation using connectors, braces and other simple measures done right. The code enhanced builder's knowledge. Further suggestions on improving the code are being formulated to prevent damage to houses from strong winds and floods accompanying a hurricane.

The article discusses that houses built using structured insulated panels (SIP's) are able to withstand the devastation caused by natural disasters like hurricanes. A builder for 20 years, Brian Bishop, president of Home Front Inc., based in Venice, Florida, believes that although three homes built using SIP were in the eye of Hurricane Charley, around Port Charlotte, in southwestern Florida, they were the only one that survived the devastation. The article also discusses the reasons for structural strength of Home Front homes that helps them to withstand the winds Florida's hurricanes throw at them.

The article reports that trailable manufactured homes took a publicity beating on television and in newspapers, even though those built since 1994 code upgrades, weathered the storm as well structurally, as site-built homes. Manufactured homes aren't subject to the Florida Building Code, but to Federal HUD code - roughly equivalent in safety performance according to Mike Draper, president of Palm Harbor Homes' Southwest Division, Plant City, Florida. Mike Wnek, Palm Harbor senior vice president, sales and marketing, says 11,200 regional homes fall into the "factory built" category. 550 to 600 built since 1994, '"Not one was damaged to the point of being totaled by an insurance company. The majority suffered modest damage due to improper attachments of aluminum appurtenances".

Reports on the impact of Hurricanes Charles and Frances on the environment, industry and science facilities in Florida. Estimated amount of insurance claims from Frances; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's waiving of some Clean Air Act requirements n gasoline in order to quickly get supplies into affected areas; Worth of damage wreaked by Hurricane Charley at the Kennedy Space Center of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.