When the weather’s worse than raining cats and dogs, you may need to take extra steps to protect yours (along with your fish, hamsters, birds – you name it). As Hurricane Irma threatens Florida, leading to possible evacuations, residents must ensure the safety of every member of the household. That includes pets. Not all emergency shelters allow pets, however, and this can pose challenges for their owners. Fortunately, there are…
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Solar Day at Chiles Elementary points toward something bigger
For a group of young students in Tampa Palms, May 15 was about one bright, shining idea above all else: Solar Day at Lawton Chiles Elementary. Learning about agriculture was also on the day’s agenda, but it was the solar ovens spread across the school’s lawn – ovens built by teams of students to cook up hot dogs, cheese dip, s’mores and more – that generated the most excitement among…
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Powering education and emergency shelter: New TECO solar array debuts at school
In a sunny development for southern Hillsborough County, Lennard High School is the recipient of Tampa Electric’s latest solar panel array provided through our school photovoltaic (PV) program. This program is a part of the company’s five-year Renewable Energy Systems Initiative designed to further the deployment of solar in the communities we serve. With the array, the Ruskin, Fla. school has both a unique teaching tool and power for the emergency…
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