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Monday, May 23, 2011
How do the super rich prepare for hurricane season?
One answer comes from Gov. Rick Scott, whose worth upwards of $200 million has a spare roof, in storage, for his Naples home. Yes, that's right, he has a second roof, he said this week at the Governor's Hurricane Conference at the Broward County Convention Center .
He didn't say how much the spare roof cost, except that it was "expensive." The Collier County property appraiser's website shows the home has a market value of $9.2 million.
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Small Bits of News You Didn’t Know You Needed
Maybe a slow day at the paper
The Beast: Barack Obama's bullet-proof limo gets stuck on US embassy ramp. The US Presidential Cadillac, nicknamed "The Beast" for its bombproof features, fails to make it out of theUS embassy in Dublin as it gets stuck on a ramp
The Beast: Barack Obama's bullet-proof limo gets stuck on US embassy ramp. The US Presidential Cadillac, nicknamed "The Beast" for its bombproof features, fails to make it out of the
Barack Obama and his wife, en route to his ancestral home in County Offaly , had to abandon the car after the collision in front of waving crowds in Dublin .
Specially built for Mr. Obama, the General Motors vehicle boasts its own oxygen supply in case of chemical attack and armor-plated doors.
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Boy retaliates after he gets 'mean mugged'
A 15-year-old boy was arrested May 13 on charges of battery.
A man told deputies, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's arrest report, that he was walking home from the Fort Walton Beach Skating Center when he was stopped by the teen.
The boy asked if the man wanted to fight and the man told him no. The boy then began to punch the man on his arm and face.
The boy later told deputies he punched the man because he "mean mugged" him, which meant he stared at him.
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