CitrusCountyNetwork.com

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
148 PM EST MON NOV 17 2008
..FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS IN STORE
TUESDAY NIGHT…

ANOTHER BLAST OF COLD AND DRY AIR…WITH ITS SOURCE REGION FROM
CENTRAL CANADA…WILL SPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND VERY COLD
WIND CHILL VALUES TO MUCH OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TUESDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY WEDNESDAY. PORTIONS OF HERNANDO…CITRUS…NORTHERN
SUMTER…AND LEVY COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE A SIGNIFICANT DURATION
OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH 3 TO 5 HOURS OF TEMPERATURES BELOW
32 DEGREES ANTICIPATED.

Click Here to Read the Rest of the Statement on SearchCitrus.Com

The New Citrus County Emergency Operations Center is having their grand opening today.  Citizens and their families are invited to attend the combined community appreciation day and grand opening celebration today Saturday, November 15,

Besides guided tours of the brand-new facility, all of the agency’s specialty units also will be on display.  Adults and kids alike will have the opportunity to see the helicopter as well as the Sheriff’s Office K-9s, plus the specialized equipment of the dive team, bomb unit, mobile command post, Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team (SERT), and much, much more.  Members will be on hand to point out features, offer demonstrations and answer questions one-on-one.

We will be posting pictures of the event on the home page of the website later this weekend.

The festivities are open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The public is advised to park across the street in the Lecanto Government Building’s parking lot.

November is Manatee Awareness month. Boaters and fishermen are incouraged to keep watch out for the Gentle Giants.

Now is the time of year when the Manatees start their migration into warmer waters. When the air temperature reaches below 50 degrees and the water temps are below 68 degrees they start their move.

Citrus County is the winter home for many of the Sea-Cows. Scientists believe it is because of the power plants out flow of warm water.

New speed zones have been put in place by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. The following counties have manatee-related speed zone changes - Brevard, Broward, Citrus, Dade, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, Levy, Palm Beach, Sarasota, St. Lucie and Volusia.

For more inforamtion about the new speed zones please vist the FWC’s Website. or call them at 850-922-4330.

I have posted the Acceptance speech from Barack Obama and the Consession Speech from John McCain on the Main Site Please Visit Here

The results from The Citrus County Supervisor of Elections are starting to come in. Please Visit SearchCitrus.Com Results Page to be updated as they come in.

After months of campaigning in the longest campaign in history we have finally come to the end. Voters are heading to the polls in record numbers today.

So far Citrus County has not reported any problems. Other districts in the state have only reported minor, temporary incidents such as voting machine jams. They all were cleared up within a few minutes.

I have not been to the polls yet but will be going after I leave the store. While there I will try and interview a few people about their experiences.

On the main site we have installed a countdown timer that is set to our time for poll closure. We will be posting the results of all of the local elections as well as the Presidential Race.

We want to know what your experiences have been with voting, - either today or early voting. Please Click on the comments above to leave us your comments. Also please visit the main site and answer our Poll about how long you had to stand in line.

In our continuing Election Coverage, I spoke with Susan, Gill Supervisor of Elections today via phone. We spoke about the Results of the Early Voting here in Citrus County and about tomorrows General Election. Continue to our main site to read on for those questions and answers.

Well Citrus County Are you Ready for Election Day? I know I am. Tommorrow is Election Day, the day we stop seeing all those commercials.

I am a firm beleiver that after we are finished with this election, that the economy will turn around. No matter who gets into office we should see an increase. It’s the Bush Mentality, I think. Once he is on his way out people will fee better about the country.

I have not voted myself, but will be doing so tommorrow. I will post an article about my experiences casting my ballot. I have also sent a request to Susan Gill, Supervisor of Elections, for a few questions to be answered.  I will post that interview after she responds as well.

Please keep checking back for more political coverage here and on the main site. I will post all election results, local and national, as I receive them.