Katie Delk

she/her
Former @TCPalm Environment Reporter covering water quality
@UFJSchool Alum
Storyteller, herbalist

[Katie Delk @katie_delk]

Jim Moir, the Indian River Lagoon Riverkeeper, is gifting @TCPalmEKiller and I mangroves for our Sandpiper Bay Resort coverage! I can’t think of a better Florida symbol than the tenacious mangrove 💚

[Katie Delk @katie_delk]

Next up in the massacred mangroves series: Sandpiper Bay Resort has paid one of the steepest mangrove-cutting fines in state history for illegally cutting about 944 mangrove trees to nubs. DEP also issued a fine to an unpermitted WPM landscaping company. https://t.co/wbByRcVEnT

[Ed Killer @FS_EKiller]

Check out this story from TCPalm: Lake O discharges: Over 37.69 billion gallons to river since Dec. 7

The Army Corps of Engineers released over 37.69 billion gallons of water into the St. Lucie River from Dec. 7 through Jan. 23.

https://t.co/4N4JB1QkzN

[Ed Killer @FS_EKiller]

Lake O discharges tally: Nearly 10 billion gallons to river so far

From Tim O'Hara at @TCPalm

Wondering why St. Lucie River is a cesspool? @JaxStrong discharged over 9.94 billion gallons of water into the River between Dec. 7 and Dec. 19.

https://t.co/4N4JB1QkzN

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

Florida banned local gov’t from increased oversight for workers exposed to high temperatures, saying businesses and fed regulators alone could keep laborers safe

But my colleagues found far more workers have died from heat across FL than were reported:
https://t.co/j4qs5uscmj

[Ted Bridis @tbridis]

Donald Trump performed better in every county in Florida tonight compared to his 2020 campaign here against Joe Biden. Kamala Harris beat Biden's 2020 numbers in only 4 of state's 67 counties.

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

Good reporting by @StarlingMarlowe on how Florida’s wildlife agency @MyFWC has been throwing support behind Amendment 2 (right to fish and hunt)
https://t.co/MrVvWp8wjG

[Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) @sejorg]

🥇 First Place — Outstanding Student Reporting — 2024 #SEJAwards

"The Price of Plenty"
@UF and @Mizzou
https://t.co/4CXer5644E

Meet the team and read the judges’ comments: https://t.co/yTbaDniIp8

[Alex Harris @harrisalexc]

This is not both sides.

Climate change does not “cause” hurricanes, but it is definitely linked to stronger, wetter storms.

https://t.co/oVQjmxUoCX

[Jack Lemnus @JackLemnus]

Multiple people died in St. Lucie County after tornadoes provoked by #HurricanMilton ripped apart Indian River Estates and Lakewood Park. Rescue mission underway. @TCPalm
https://t.co/i7MUx8G3yP

[Alex Harris @harrisalexc]

A tremendous amount of tornadoes for Florida today, including some damaging ones in Fort Myers and Fort Pierce.

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

Note: The Herald and McClatchy news sites have lifted the paywall on our websites for this developing story, providing critical information to readers. To support vital reporting such as this, please consider a digital subscription.

Read more at: https://t.co/NI3Zs7XLgU

[Katie Delk @katie_delk]

“Some prisons or jails have decided to not evacuate, despite being in counties with orders for others to evacuate.”
“When my son was sentenced, he was not given a death sentence.”
Reporting @valesrc

[Florida Politics @Fla_Pol]

Florida evacuates over 4,000 inmates from prisons, jails ahead of Milton; some stay behind

Reporting by @ValeSrc of @FreshTakeFla

https://t.co/lGrxBnoqcf

#FlaPol

[Olivia George @oliviacgeorge]

BOOKMARK/SHARE:

@TB_Times made a resource list to help Tampa Bay residents find up-to-date-info on everything from road closures to outages.

Plus, where to get food, WiFi & more after #Milton .

We'll keep updating. No paywall.
DM me links we've missed.
https://t.co/dJrie5tylT

[Katie Delk @katie_delk]

@MaxChesnes @TB_Times Thank you for all you do, Max!!!

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

And talk about timing: the @EPA *today* approved Mosaic's request to test phosphogypsum in road construction, what critics call 'radioactive roads'

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

Hurricane Milton is on track to hit Florida's phosphate mining hub, worrying environmental groups about potential pollution impacts

Our analysis shows 22 of the state's 25 phosphate waste piles are in Milton's path @TB_Times
https://t.co/h2KCZHzlY6

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

All of our reporting on critical information surrounding Hurricane #Milton — from evacuations to forecasts and all the way through to the aftermath — is free to access 👇

[Max Chesnes @MaxChesnes]

So many streets here look like this right now.

It’s hard to stomach that thousands of people, who have already lost so much, now have to prepare for another hurricane

[NWS Tampa Bay @NWSTampaBay]

Oct 5th, 2024: 2PM Tropical Update
🚨Tropical Storm #Milton has formed in the SW Gulf and is expected to be at or near major hurricane strength as it nears FL.
⚠️ This is a serious situation for the west coast of FL. 📢 Please listen to your local officials
#FLwx

[Nicole Foy @nicoleMfoy]

Sending up prayers for bilingual reporters like @JoseSandoval_02 at @BlueRidgePublic --among a few bilingual reporters scattered across a region with plenty of Spanish-speakers who need lifesaving info, too, as devastation from #Helene continues to unfold https://t.co/9mGWOn0quG