Homestead

HPS Energy successfully restored 100% of the electric power grid damaged by Hurricane Irma’s catastrophic winds by the Sunday, September 17th deadline.  At peak, nearly 7 million customers were without power statewide, including all 24,000 HPS Energy customers.  Within hours of the storm’s passing, HPS Energy had already restored thousands with power.  FPL is currently working to complete power restoration for Homestead & South Dade customers.  More than 1,000 crews from across the country have responded to Florida to assist in getting customer back online.

A personal hurricane account from Homestead

Although Hurricane Irma has passed and there is no longer danger associated with severe weather there are still significant safety risks to residents.  The City of Homestead urges everyone to stay away from downed power lines and use caution in general when traveling the roadways and during cleanup efforts.  City of Homestead crews are currently out clearing roadways and restoring power.  There will be no estimated timeline for full recovery until a full damage assessment can be done.

South Dade getting back on track; Keys will take longer.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has dispatched additional inspectors to the Turkey Point nuclear plant south of Miami and the St. Lucie nuclear plant on the east coast of Florida in advance of Hurricane Irma.

Floridians bracing for the pounding winds and rains of powerful Hurricane Irma are complaining at a historic clip about price gouging and shortages of fuel, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday.

August 30, 1917

In preparing for a Memorial Day tour of fallen heroes' graves at the Miami City cemetery, Ronnie Hurwitz an historian at the cemetery discovered that PFC Johnnie Little of Homestead who was killed in WWII was in an unmarked grave. He turned to the South Dade News Leader and the quest to right this wrong began.