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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ?Hurri af1 cane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamped southwest Florida on Wednesday, flooding streets and buildings, knocking out power to more than 1 million people and threatening catastrophic damage further inland.A coastal sheriff office reported that it was getting many calls from people trapped in homes. The hurricane center struck near Cayo Costa, a protected barrier island just west of heavily populated Fort Myers.Mark Pritchett stepped outside his home in Venice around the time the hurricane churned ashore from the Gulf of Mexico, about 35 miles to the south. He called it terrifying.I literally couldn ;t stand against the wind, Pritchett wrote in a text message. Rain shooting like needles. My street is a river. Limbs and trees down. And the worst is yet to come.The Category 4 storm slammed the coast with 150 mph winds and pushed a wall of storm surge accumulated during its slow march over the adidas sambarose Gulf. More than 1.1 million Florida homes and businesses were without electricity. The storm previously tore into Cuba, killing two people and bringing down the country electrical grid.About 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate adidas samba schuhe southwest Florida before Ian hit, but by law no one could be forced to flee.News anchors at Fort Myers television station WINK had to abandon their usual desk and continue storm coverage from another location in their newsroom Nyzk Where to watch tonight s UMaine football game against Weber State
Dick Meader noticed the first evidence of Parkinsons disease 15 years ago.Signs of the progressive nervous system disorder gradually became more pronounced, to the point where the longtime University of Maine at Farmington mens basketball coach was diagnosed with the condition several years ago.Now 73, Meader continues to coach through the gradual changes he endures from year to year. His passion for teaching and coaching are a continuing source of motivation for his daily stanley shop 33-mile commute from his Waterville home to his Dearborn Gymnasium office on the UMF campus. Im a little more tired, but not much, said Meader, who secured his 500th career coaching victory on Jan. 10 with an 83-51 win at Northern Vermont-Lyndon. Then you have to ask yourself, is it Parkinsons or just old age Meaders voice is not as loud as it once was, making it slightly more difficult to communicate positive reinforcement during a game. Handwriting is another struggle, due to hand tremors. I cant really write a sentence now legibly, he said. If I do, I really have to sit and concentrate on doing it. I try to do crossword puzzles now. I may nike air force be do one a week now, where before the season Id do it every day but Sunday. It makes me concentrate, but my Solon <High>School] education keeps me from doing more, Meader said with a laugh.Credit: Courtesy of Jeff Lamb PhotographyOne thing that may make the veteran coach ?a member of both the Maine Basket yeezy usa ball Hall of Fame and UMF Athletics Hall of Fame ?feel mor
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