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Jacksonville, FL — “Talking the Tropics With Mike” is updated every day through the end of the Atlantic hurricane season on Nov. 30th.
The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was off to a slow start with no significant threats to the U.S. through Aug. But Sept., Oct. & Nov. have more than made up for it with 11 named storms over the 3 month period.
The latest storm – Nicole – developed from an upper level low over the Central Atlantic that helped develop a non-tropical then subtropical low several hundred miles north of Puerto Rico & well to the east of the Bahamas. In the end, Nicole’s hit on Florida’s east coast was the latest on record for a hurricane landfall & the 2nd latest U.S. hurricane landfall on record. Only Cat. 2 Kate on Nov. 22nd, 1985 was later (Fl. Panhandle near Mexico Beach). For Jacksonville/NE Fl. & SE Ga., Nicole was one of the latest strong tropical cyclones to ever heavily impact the local area.

On Fri., Nov. 3rd I sent the following memo to our First Alert weather team & station management:
A major storm will hit the local area next week. There are still plenty of question marks when it comes to exact details, but in a general sense – wind & rain – there will be widespread impacts.
Stay tuned for updates…
In “Talking the Tropics With Mike” the week of Oct. 30th, I wrote about the “high likelihood of tropical development over the Caribbean &/or SW Atlantic within the next 1-2 weeks”. Halloween, Mon. Oct. 31st: “The Caribbean is a typical “hot bed” for late season development & will be an area that needs to closely watched for additional development over the next 1-2 weeks or so. In fact, most global models shows low pressure trying to develop over the Caribbean &/or SW Atlantic this coming weekend into the following week.” The next day on Tue., Nov. 1: “The Caribbean is a typical “hot bed” for late season development & will be an area that needs to closely watched for additional development over the next 1-2 weeks or so. In fact, most global models shows low pressure trying to develop over the Caribbean &/or SW Atlantic – perhaps not far from Florida – by next week”.
Until Sun., Nov. 6th, the global forecast models had been at great odds as to whether or not a tropical system would develop not to mention location & where a storm might go. While the GFS forecast models were pretty consistent/insistent the previous week with development, it had wide swings in location & intensity. The European model generally showed only very weak low pressure or nothing at all. But then on Nov. 6th – 4 days before the Fl. landfall, most of the global models finally jumped “onboard” with tropical development over the SW Atlantic emanating from an upper level (500mb, ~ 30,000 feet) low & trough in the same general area.
The graph below from Brian Hong-An Tang, Associate Professor University at Albany – SUNY Dept. Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences shows the errors in kilometers from 24 through 96 hours. It should be noted there were several models not initializing Nicole at 96 hours (4 days). Unfortunately there is no data – in this particular sample – that includes the European model. In general… the model errors at 72 hours & less were not terribly bad with the model errors pretty tightly clustered & – in general – respectable. A list of the model abbreviations (key) * here *.

Once on to the potential development, forecast models fairly quickly became pretty locked in on general movement, strength & timing. But at 4+ days out, there were several models – the European included – that failed to show much development of the low pressure area that eventually became “Nicole”. Ultimately, the key to the track forecast was a narrow upper level ridge building north of Nicole that would push the tropical cyclone west, even a little southwest before an approaching upper level trough of low pressure helped create an alleyway from Fl. through the Appalachians which would be the path of least resistance that Nicole needed to turn northwest then north then N/NE.
500mb (~30,000 feet) forecast for Nov., 9 followed by Nov. 11th:


Initially – for about 24 hours or so – Nicole was subtropical technically lacking a pure warm core that had frontal features. While scientifically correct, I felt the distinction caused confusion for our viewers & listeners & muddled our messaging (similar to “post-tropical storm Sandy in the Northeast in 2012). I implored our newsroom to only use the name of the storm – ‘Nicole’ – & to not get caught up in semantics with a storm I fully expected to become tropical & that would be very damaging for especially our coast & St. Johns River. In other words, I wanted folks to understand Nicole would be a significant late season storm. Always remember: there’s no such thing as “just a” – any & all storms can be dangerous & have nuances that can be “surprising” & dangerous. So I worked tirelessly to communicate the threats while not going overboard with “the sky is falling”. That’s a delicate balance & communication especially if your home has a tree on it or is flooded. Then Nicole does out to be severe for your exact location.

Another serious aspect of the forecast & communicating the threats was the good ol’ forecast cone. Now 20 years in the making, the pros are solid but the cons are getting in the way. Case & point: once the cone narrows – which demonstrates a high confidence forecast – some thought you were outside of the “impact zone” if you were no longer in the cone. So following the lead of a NHC graphic (good idea!), the First Alert Weather Team consistently showed the cone while at the same time showing the wind wind field of tropical storm force winds. I also had a graphic created showing Ian from just 6 weeks earlier vs. Nicole impacts. This proved to work well for many viewers/listeners.

The narrow forecast cone below vs. the wind field in the 2nd image:


“Spot on” First Alert Forecast Sunday, Nov. 6th:
All eyes are on the tropics this week as development is likely to occur as low pressure heads toward Florida. Coastal impacts will be high and will stretch far from the storm center. Magnitude of impacts will be track-dependent, so stay tuned. @ActionNewsJax #flwx #scwx pic.twitter.com/UWAIUvM6n4
Wed.-Thu., Nov. 9-10 rainfall:


First Alert Doppler HD as the eye of Nicole approaches the coast at 1AM EST:


Front St., Fernandina Beach:

#firstalertwx from Joe along A1A coast, St. Johns Co early Wed., 11/09 @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/eNC0tZ4XxU
Downtown Jacksonville St. Johns River flooding which fell about a foot short of Irma’s crest in 2017…

#firstalertwx Landon Circle, d’town Jacksonville just after midnight Fri., 11/11 @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/NlEN3ZF2Jy
Tree on a home on Jacksonville’s Northside:


Crescent Beach severe erosion:

Action News Jax Robert Grant reporting on the severe Southern St. Johns Co. beach erosion:
Summer Haven funding controversy
Action News Jax Kennedy Dendy on FEMA & storm recovery:
Waiting for storm recovery funding
The lighter side of Nicole as man’s best friend takes a “bath”:
#firstalertwx video of the day! 🙂 … from Steph Bollerud, St. Augustine. as man’s best friend, Kenny makes the best of a day full of flooding. @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/mPLLJOrSBC
First Alert Weather Team “at attention” 🙂 ….. L-R: Corey Simma, Garrett Bedenbaugh, “Chief”, Trevor Gibbs…

Making sure the office studio light is in working order:

On the air live w/ Rich Jones, 104.5 WOKV – crucial partnership – radio & t.v….

The Jacksonville N.W.S. preliminary Nicole summary/survey:
POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT…HURRICANE NICOLE…UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
919 PM EST THU NOV 17 2022
NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE ARE PRELIMINARY….AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.
THIS REPORT INCLUDES EVENTS OCCURRING WHEN WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT…OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH NICOLE
OR ITS REMNANTS WAS AFFECTING THE AREA. COUNTIES INCLUDED…ALACHUA…BAKER…BRADFORD…CAMDEN…CLAY… COLUMBIA…DUVAL…FLAGLER…GILCHRIST…GLYNN…MARION…NASSAU…PUTNAM…ST JOHNS…SUWANNEE…UNION
NOV 17…UPDATED FOR…CAMDEN AND NASSAU COUNTY IMPACTS
NOV 17…UPDATED FOR…
A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS
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METAR OBSERVATIONS…
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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KGNV-GAINESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT FL
29.68 -82.27 995.0 10/1853 090/027 10/1741 050/054 10/1608
KSGJ-SAINT AUGUSTINE AIRPORT FL
29.97 -81.33 1001.2 10/1356 070/044 10/1310 060/053 10/1303
KNRB-MAYPORT NAVAL STATION FL
30.39 -81.42 1001.4 10/1952 080/039 10/1511 080/053 10/1509
KJAX-JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FL
30.49 -81.69 1000.6 10/1956 060/034 10/1425 040/052 10/1422
KCRG-CRAIG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FL
30.33 -81.52 1000.9 10/1953 080/028 10/1455 070/050 10/1503
KNIP-JACKSONVILLE NAS FL
30.24 -81.68 999.5 10/1853 060/030 10/1445 120/046 10/1916
KSSI-ST. SIMONS/MALCOLM MCKINNON AIRPORT GA
31.15 -81.38 1003.9 10/2153 080/028 10/1525 080/046 10/1524
K28J-PALATKA FL
29.66 -81.69 998.3 10/1835 100/031 10/1535 100/044 10/1535
KFHB-FERNANDINA BEACH FL
30.61 -81.45 1002.35 10/2035 080/033 10/1515 080/043 10/1415
KFIN-BUNNELL FL
29.47 -81.20 998.9 10/1215 050/029 10/1035 070/041 10/1135
KJAX-JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FL
30.49 -81.69 999.3 10/1950 080/024 10/1550 060/040 10/1410
KAMG-BACON COUNTY AIRPORT GA
31.54 -82.50 1001.6 10/2253 120/017 10/2355 100/037 11/0122
KOCF-OCALA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FL
29.18 -82.22 992.0 10/1751 130/025 10/1820 130/036 10/1817
KBQK-BRUNSWICK/GLYNCO AIPORT GA
31.15 -81.47 1004.0 10/2215 090/022 10/2055 090/036 10/2055
K24J-LIVE OAK FL
30.30 -83.02 995.2 10/2215 350/024 10/1615 350/035 10/1615
KAYS-WAYCROSS GA
31.25 -82.40 1000.8 10/2215 120/020 10/2155 050/035 10/1715
REMARKS: FLAGLER COUNTY AWOS DATA WAS NOT AVAILABLE FROM NOV 10
1235Z TO NOV 11 0255Z.
NON-METAR OBSERVATIONS…
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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1423W-WEATHERSTEM MARINELAND FL
29.67 -81.21 998.5 10/1230 090/050 10/1120 090/063 10/1120
2.7
XHUP-HUGUENOT PARK
30.42 -81.41 1002 10/1946 060/050 10/1456 060/063 10/1456
12.2
1426W-WEATHERSTEM ST JOHNS COUNTY FL
29.99 -81.32 070/052 10/1330 090/062 10/1340
3.9
XJAK-BUCK ISLAND
30.40 -81.47 1000 10/1950 070/039 10/1515 070/054 10/1515
10.4
XHSE-WEATHERFLOW CRESCENT BEACH SUMMERHOUSE
29.72 -81.23 1000 10/1820 350/031 10/2015 350/050 10/1955
5.2
XJEK-JEKYLL ISLAND GA
31.05 -81.41 9999 060/032 10/1514 060/043 10/1524
10.4
REMARKS: DATA PROVIDED BY WEATHERFLOW-TEMPEST NETWORK AND
WEATHERSTEM.
B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS…
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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SAUF1-CMAN STATION SAINT AUGUSTINE FL
29.86 -81.26 1000.8 10/1900 040/045 10/1210 060/061 10/1303
8.8
GTXF1-NERR STATION GUANA TOLOMAO MATANZAS FL
29.66 -81.22 1001.0 10/2000 130/022 10/1815
4.4
MYPF1-NOS STATION MAYPORT FL
30.40 -81.43 1001.9 10/1954 070/037 10/1454 070/047 10/1500
11.2
FRDF1-FERNANDINA BCH, FL NOS
30.67 -81.47 1002.4 10/2042 010/023 10/1054 010/036 10/0906
8.8
BKBF1-I295 BUCKMAN BRIDGE
30.19 -81.69 999.6 10/1836 100/036 10/1830 050/046 10/1330
11.1
NFDF1-NAVY FUEL DEPOT, ST JOHNS RV, FL NOS
30.40 -81.63 1000.8 10/2006 050/032 10/1430 050/042 10/1430
REMARKS: THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT (HS) AT BUOY 41117 REACHED 5.7 METERS OR 18.7 FEET, WITH A PEAK WAVE (HMAX) OF 9.9 METERS OR 32.5 FEET ON 11/10 AROUND 1330 UTC. BUOY 41112 MEASURED SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT (HS) TO 4.5 METERS OR 14.7 FEET, WITH PEAK WAVE (HMAX) OF 8.4 METERS OR 27.5 FEET ON 11/10 AROUND 1430 UTC. DATA PROVIDED BY SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY.
C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 0000 UTC NOV 10 UNTIL 0000 UTC NOV 12
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CITY/TOWN COUNTY ID RAINFALL
LAT LON (IN)
DEG DECIMAL
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1 NE FRUIT COVE ST JOHNS FW6950 4.14
30.11 -81.61
1 ENE MANDARIN DUVAL FW6993 4.12
30.16 -81.63
4 NE BAKERSVILLE ST JOHNS FW8076 3.67
29.94 -81.44
2 ESE SAN MATEO PUTNAM FL-PT-24 3.33
29.59 -81.55
5 NW INTERLACHEN PUTNAM DW9112 3.31
29.67 -81.95
5 NW SALT SPRINGS MARION LGRF1 3.25
29.40 -81.81
5 NW GAINESVILLE ALACHUA EW3527 3.22
29.73 -82.42
1 NW ORANGE PARK CLAY AW004 3.20
30.18 -81.73
3 NW UNIVERSITY OF FLORI ALACHUA DW8556 3.13
29.67 -82.39
NAS JACKSONVILLE DUVAL KNIP 2.94
30.22 -81.67
CRAIG AIRFIELD DUVAL KCRG 2.67
30.33 -81.52
GAINESVILLE ALACHUA KGNV 2.55
29.70 -82.28
ST AUGUSTINE ST JOHNS KSGJ 2.42
29.97 -813167.00
JACKSONVILLE INT AIRPORT DUVAL KJAX 2.17
30.50 -81.68
D. INLAND FLOODING…
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E. MAXIMUM OBSERVED WATER LEVEL (WL)…
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ID CITY/TOWN COUNTY STATE WL DATUM DATE/ SOURCE
OR LOCATION (FT) TIME
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PELF1 PELLICER CREEK ST JOHNS FL 3.82 MHHW 10/1700 USGS
29.6692 -81.2597
BKBF1 ST JOHNS RIVER, DUVAL FL 3.82 MHHW 10/1906 NOS
30.1924 -81.6889
FRDF1 FERNANDINA BEAC NASSAU FL 3.81 MHHW 10/1900 NOS
30.6717 -81.4650
JAKF1 CEDAR RIVER AT DUVAL FL 3.73 MHHW 10/1900 USGS
30.2819 -81.7406
TRJF1 TROUT RIVER AT DUVAL FL 3.72 MHHW 10/1715 USGS
30.4172 -81.6967
BRNG1 ST SIMONS ISLAN GLYNN GA 3.67 MHHW 10/1500 USGS
31.1333 -81.3967
MYPF1 ST JOHNS RIVER DUVAL FL 3.58 MHHW 10/1506 NOS
30.3917 -81.4300
BUCF1 ST JOHNS RIVER DUVAL FL 3.57 MHHW 10/1915 USGS
30.1900 -81.6664
DMSF1 ST JOHNS RIVER DUVAL FL 3.53 MHHW 10/1612 NOS
30.3867 -81.5583
GCEF1 ST JOHNS RIVER ST JOHNS FL 3.52 MHHW 10/2000 USGS
30.0058 -81.6150
CSAG1 SEA CAMP DOCK O CAMDEN GA 3.47 MHHW 10/1600 USGS
30.7644 -81.4714
BRJF1 BROWARD RIVER B DUVAL FL 3.46 MHHW 10/1800 NOS
30.4433 -81.6683
DPBF1 ST JOHNS RIVER DUVAL FL 3.45 MHHW 10/1630 USGS
30.3858 -81.5583
SJLF1 ST JOHNS RIVER DUVAL FL 3.36 MHHW 10/1800 USGS
30.3222 -81.6656
CCJF1 CLAPBOARD CREEK DUVAL FL 3.34 MHHW 10/1630 USGS
30.4483 -81.5183
MSBF1 ST JOHNS RIVER DUVAL FL 3.26 MHHW 10/1806 NOS
30.3200 -81.6583
SPUF1 DEEP CREEK AT S ST JOHNS FL 3.15 MHHW 10/0230 USGS
29.7294 -81.4869
SRPF1 ST JOHNS RIVER ST JOHNS FL 3.11 MHHW 10/2115 USGS
29.8000 -81.5500
DNSF1 DUNNS CREEK NEA PUTNAM FL 3.10 MHHW 10/1315 USGS
29.5775 -81.6264
DCDF1 DUNN CREEK AT D DUVAL FL 3.04 MHHW 10/1730 USGS
30.4550 -81.5969
PALF1 ST JOHNS RIVER PUTNAM FL 2.94 MHHW 10/2345 USGS
29.5961 -81.6833
JULF1 JULINGTON CREEK DUVAL FL 2.91 MHHW 10/2130 USGS
30.1433 -81.5558
PCUF1 POTTSBURG CREEK DUVAL FL 2.79 MHHW 10/1745 USGS
30.2869 -81.5700
SRWG1 SATILLA RIVER A CAMDEN GA 1.72 MHHW 10/1745 USGS
30.9744 -81.7258
REMARKS:
F. TORNADOES…
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(DIST)CITY/TOWN COUNTY DATE/ EF SCALE
LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL) TIME(UTC) (IF KNOWN)
DESCRIPTION
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G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY…
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COUNTY DEATHS INJURIES EVACUATIONS
DESCRIPTION
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FLAGLER 0 0 0
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS CONTINUE ACROSS FLAGLER COUNTY. STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND STORM SURGE AFFECTED FLAGLER COUNTY AND LED TO SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ORDERED EVACUATIONS FOR ZONE A ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9TH. THE ZONE-A EVACUATION AREA CONSISTS OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS OR THE REGION BETWEEN THE INTRACOASTAL AND OCEANFRONT, GENERALLY ALONG STATE ROAD A1A. PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ESTIMATES FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY’S CUMULATIVE IMPACT IS 23.7 MILLION DOLLARS WITH 299 STRUCTURES DAMAGED. EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE BEVERLY BEACH AND SOUTH FLAGLER BEACH AREAS; IN TOTAL, 24 STRUCTURES SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE DUE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED STORM SURGE OF 3 FEET ABOVE NORMALLY DRY GROUND . A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SURVEY INDICATED 2 FEET OF INUNDATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH FLAGLER AVENUE AND SOUTH 25TH STREET, 1 FOOT AND 9 INCHES OF INUNDATION AT BINGS LANDING, AND 1 FOOT AND 7 INCHES OF INUNDATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH DAYTONA AVENUE AND SOUTH 26TH STREET. A PORTION OF STATE ROAD A1A COLLAPSED AFTER BEING UNDERCUT AS STORM SURGE AND WAVE ACTION ENTIRELY ERODED THE ADJACENT DUNE. TREE AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 72 MPH WAS RECORDED AT MARINELAND AT 6:20 AM.
ST JOHNS 0 0 0
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL ONGOING. SOME PROPERTIES THAT RECEIVED SURGE FLOODING WHERE IN THE MATANZAS INLET AREA. MANY AREAS WERE FLOODED IN THE DAVIS SHORES AREA, CRESCENT BEACH, BUTLER BEACH, DAVIS SHORES, ANASTASIA ISLAND, VILANO BEACH, AND PORTIONS OF ST AUGUSTINE. PARTS OF A1A WERE UNDERMINED AROUND VILANO BEACH. SEVERE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE BEACHES AND OTHER ROADS ALONG THE COAST. SO FAR, ESTIMATED STORM SURGE AND WIND DAMAGE LOSS IS AROUND 24.1 MILLION DOLLARS.
PUTNAM 0 0 0
SOME DAMAGE ASSESSMENT STILL ONGOING. MANY REPORTS OF RESIDENTIAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER IN EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY WITH MAINLY MINOR TO MODERATE STORM SURGE FLOODING IN DRAYTON ISLAND, FRUITLAND, WELAKA, EAST PALATKA, SAN MATEO, AND NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY. A FEW REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE AS WELL.
GLYNN 0 0 0
STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS STILL BEING DONE. MANY AREAS OF STORM SURGE FLOODING REPORTED FROM JEKYLL ISLAND TO AREAS IN BRUNSWICK AND ST SIMONS ISLAND. MORE SIGNIFICANT SURGE FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST ST SIMONS ISLAND AND IN THE CITY OF BRUNSWICK.
CAMDEN 0 0 0
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS ARE ONGOING IN CAMDEN COUNTY. MOST IMPACTS WERE NEAR AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO COASTAL WATERWAYS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS OCCURRED AROUND HIGH TIDE THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11TH WHERE MOST STORM SURGE INUNDATION DAMAGE OCCURRED IN DOWNTOWN ST. MARYS AREA AND CUJO POINT, A SMALL SUBDIVISION IN THE DOVER BLUFF AREA IN NORTHEAST CAMDEN COUNTY. AROUND 9:30 AM ON 11/10, SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION, SURGE FLOODING, AND FLOOD WATER ENTERED THE DUNE SYSTEM ON CUMBERLAND ISLAND. AT 9:55 AM, CUMBERLAND ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE EMPLOYEES REPORTED WATER TOPPED THE SEAWALL AND MINOR STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN ST. MARYS ON ST. MARYS STREET. THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TIDE STATION ON CUMBERLAND ISLAND AT THE SEA CAMP DOCK RECORDED A PEAK WATER LEVEL OF 3.47 FT ABOVE MHHW DATUM ON NOVEMBER 11TH AT 11 AM. MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS AT 3.7 FEET ABOVE MHHW. THIS WAS THE HIGHEST TIDE RECORDED AT THIS GAUGE SINCE HURRICANE MATTHEW IN OCTOBER 2016, WHEN THE PEAK WATER LEVEL WAS 3.48 FT ABOVE MHHW. ON 11/10 AROUND 2:20 PM, SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING OCCURRED IN DOWNTOWN ST. MARYS NEAR THE WATERFRONT AT ST. MARYS HOWARD GILMAN MEMORIAL WATERFRONT PARK, BOAT RAMP, AND ON RESIDENTIAL ROADS NEAR ST MARYS STREET W AND ST MARYS STREET E. TWO BRIDGES WERE CLOSED IN ST. MARYS. PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 39 MPH WERE OBSERVED AT THE STAFFORD GAUGE AND ALONG I-95.  IN ST. MARYS, TWO HOUSES WERE DAMAGED FROM FALLING TREES, BOTH AWAY FROM THE WATER, AND SEVERAL HOMES AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE ST. MARYS RIVER THAT HAD WATER INTRUSION INSIDE THE STRUCTURES. ONE ST. MARYS RESIDENT TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF THE WATERFRONT REPORTED 7 INCHES OF WATER IN ONE OF THEIR BUILDINGS. AT CUJO POINT, RESIDENTS HAD AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES OF WATER IN THEIR YARDS. THERE WAS ONE RESIDENCE WITH APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES OF WATER IN THEIR LIVING QUARTERS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A LARGE VOLUME OF MARSH GRASS TO CLEAN UP FROM YARDS AND THE ROADWAY. THERE WERE 5 BRIDGES IMPACTED BY STORM SURGE AND TIDAL FLOODING, AND ALL WERE CLEARED BY GDOT AS HAVING NO DAMAGE. THE FOUR ST. MARYS BRIDGES IMPACTED WERE HIGHWAY 40 AT DARK ENTRY CREEK, BORRELL BLVD, SUGARMILL BLVD (SOUTH DARK ENTRY CK), AND THE NORTH RIVER CAUSEWAY. AT ITS HIGHEST POINT, WATER WAS ON THE TRAVEL PORTION OF THE CAUSEWAY. IN UNINCORPORATED AREAS, THE BRIDGE ON HARRIETTS BLUFF ROAD JUST WEST OF SHEFFIELD ISLAND RD. WAS IMPACTED BUT NOT DAMAGED. SHEFFIELD ISLAND RD WAS BRIEFLY UNDER WATER, AND A ONE MILE STRETCH OF DIRT ROAD IN THE DOVER BLUFF AREA, NEAR CUJO POINT, WAS FLOODED THEN WASHED AWAY. THREE TORNADO WARNINGS WERE ISSUED DURING THE EVENT WITH NO INDICATIONS OF TORNADO DAMAGE. RAIN BANDS CREATED BRIEF PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. A TREE DOWN/POWER OUTAGE INCIDENT NORTHWEST OF WOODBINE WAS DETERMINED TO BE FROM THE WIND GUSTS AND NOT A TORNADO.
DUVAL 0 0 0
SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND SIGNIFICANT DUNE LOSS OCCURRED ALONG AREAS BEACHES DURING THE STORM. MINOR DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO BEACH WALKOVERS. JACKSONVILLE BEACH PIER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH A FEW PLANKS BLOWN OUT. MAYPORT NOS STORM SURGE WATER LEVEL WAS 3.58 FEET MHHW. A BOAT BROKE LOOSE FROM THE MARINA IN ORTEGA RIVER AND CAUGHT FIRE AND SUNK. IN THE ST JOHNS RIVER, MEASURED WATER LEVEL WAS UP TO 3.25 FEET MHHW. MINOR TO MODERATE STORM SURGE FLOODING OCCURRED UP AND DOWN THE ST JOHNS RIVER WITH FLOODING REPORTED IN THE TROUT RIVER AREA. RIVERSIDE MEMORIAL PARK WAS FLOODED, WITH WATERS MOVING INTO THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE ADJACENT BUILDING AT PARK LANE CONDO. INUNDATION IN RIVERSIDE REACHED TO OSCEOLA AND OAK STREETS. IN SAN MARCO, INUNDATION OCCURRED ALONG LASALLE STREET. STREET FLOODING OCCURRED IN PIRATES COVE IN ORTEGA RIVER AREA. WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AS A LARGE TREE FELL ONTO A HOME IN THE NORTHSIDE RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. OTHER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE COUNTY. AN ELECTRICAL FIRE DESTROYED AN APARTMENT BUILDING AT ISLAND POINTE COMPLEX ALONG THE TROUT RIVER. NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES REPORTED WERE ABOUT 25,000.
NASSAU 0 0 0
IMPACTS FROM NICOLE WERE LIMITED MAINLY FROM YULEE EAST TOWARD THE COAST. MAJOR STORM SURGE FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS FERNANDINA BEACH AND AMELIA CITY. AT 10:54 AM ON THU NOV 10TH, THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDE STATION ALONG THE AMELIA RIVER IN FERNANDINA BEACH RECORDED A PEAK WATER LEVEL OF 3.81 FEET ABOVE MEAN HIGHER HIGH WATER (MHHW). MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS AT 3.5 FEET ABOVE MHHW. THIS WAS THE HIGHEST WATER LEVEL SINCE HURRICANE MATTHEW IN OCTOBER 2016, WHEN THE WATER LEVEL AT THIS GAUGE PEAKED AT 4.13 FEET ABOVE MHHW. ON WEDNESDAY NOV. 9TH AROUND 9:50 AM, NASSAU COUNTY FIRE RESCUE REPORTED TIDAL FLOODING ALONG NORTH FRONT STREET. AT 11:12 AM, NASSAU COUNTY FIRE RESCUE REPORTED ESCAMBIA STREET WAS FLOODED AN IMPASSABLE DUE TO TIDAL FLOODING INUNDATION DUE TO THE STRONG LOCAL NORTHEASTER AHEAD OF NICOLE. AT 11 AM, NASSAU COUNTY FIRE RESCUE REPORTED THAT DADE STREET WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD WATER. AROUND 815 AM ON THU NOV. 10TH, MAJOR STORM SURGE FLOODING WAS OBSERVED NORTH OF THE HARBOR MARINA IN FERNANDINA BEACH. THE FERNANDINA BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG N FRONT STREET. DADE STREET WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. AROUND 1038 AM ON NOV. 11TH, A STRUCTURE BENEATH THE SHAVE ICWW BRIDGE HAD ABOUT 6-12 INCHES OF WATER INSIDE. AT 10:41 AM, NASSAU COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING ON PINEY ISLAND DRIVE WITH ABOUT 1 FOOT OVER ROADWAY. WEATHER OBSERVATIONS MEASURED WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40-50 MPH IN YULEE AND FERNANDINA BEACH. AROUND 2.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN FERNANDINA BEACH.
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The earth movers have been on site for months, but a ceremony makes it official: Lorena Plaza has broken ground in Boyle Heights.
The project from non-profit developer A Community of Friends, now taking shape on a Metro-owned property at the intersection of 1st and Lorena Streets, will consist of a four-story building featuring 49 studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments atop roughly 7,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
Aerial view of Lorena Plaza siteGary Leonard
Most of the new apartments at Lorena Plaza are to be set aside for rent by unhoused individuals in families, although 16 apartments will also be reserved as general low-income housing. Likewise, one quarter of the apartments have been earmarked for veterans.
Per a 2021 application for tax credit financing, Lorena Plaza will include a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom dwellings, reserved for households earning at or below 30 and 50 percent of the area median income level. Rents for the property are expected to range between $591 and $1,464 per month, inclusive of utilities.
“The need for affordable and permanent supportive housing has never been more urgent,” said First District Supervisor Hilda Solis in a statement. “The need for more housing in Boyle Heights, a community in the First Supervisorial District, is great. By leveraging Metro property for housing and other community benefits, the Metro Joint Development Program is a powerful means of improving Angelenos’ access to opportunity.”
Groundbreaking ceremony for Lorena PlazaGary Leonard
GGA is designing Lorena Plaza, which is depicted in a rendering as a contemporary low-rise structure with new publicly accessible open space fronting the intersection of 1st and Lorena Streets. In addition to housing, the mixed-use project will also incorporate a landscaped interior courtyards, a children’s play area, a computer room, a fitness center, and offices for case management staff.
According to Metro, Lorena Plaza is part of a group of new developments featuring 300 affordable housing units that have broken ground on property owned by the agency this year. Metro’s real estate portfolio 2,200 existing units in Metro’s portfolio. A number of those projects, such as the Los Lirios apartments at 1st and Soto Streets, abut L Line stops in Boyle Heights.
The Lorena Plaza project was nearly a decade in the making, due in large part to a prolonged standoff between A Community of Friends and the owners of El Mercado, a neighboring marketplace and commercial center, who had sought to block construction of the project. The owners of El Mercado were briefly joined in opposition by former Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar, who alleged that the project team had failed to generate support within the surrounding neighborhood. After ACOF agreed to make changes to the project (and after the L.A. Times ran a handful of editorials calling for its approval), Huizar dropped his objections to the project.
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Community members asked to give feedback on amenities, location
Nov. 15, 2022 1:57 pm
IOWA CITY — The Iowa City Senior Center wants community input on what improvements and renovations to prioritize, as well as if the current location is the best for seniors.
The Senior Center will be asking for feedback through a short survey and community input sessions in November and December as part of the center’s master planning.
The Senior Center master plan has been in the works since December 2019, and an initial draft was presented earlier this year to the Iowa City Council. The Senior Center, a division within the City of Iowa City, has been serving older adults for decades.
The city owns the historic building on South Linn Street and will be renovating the exterior for the first time in 41 years. But before money is spent on interior renovations, the city wants to find out if the current location is the best for programming, or if there are other locations that would better meet the needs of seniors.
LaTasha DeLoach, Senior Center coordinator, previously told The Gazette the master plan is a “community changing opportunity.”
Membership is open to all adults age 50 and older, regardless of where they live. The center offers classes, activities and volunteer opportunities, as well as space for rent.
Last month, the Iowa City Senior Center — previously known as The Center — announced its rebranded name and logo.
There will be five scheduled input sessions throughout November and December. The first three are in person, and the last two will be held over Zoom. Each session is scheduled for an hour and a half, except for the last session on Dec. 11, which is expected to last an hour.
For the two Zoom sessions, individuals can sign up at tinyurl.com/icsc-input to receive the link. The sign up for the input sessions is under “ICSC Meeting.”
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The online survey asks for input from individuals age 40 and older.
The online survey asks respondents about what amenities are important to them, transportation getting to the Senior Center and other feedback.
There are also questions specifically about the location, including whether the center should stay at the current location or move.
The online survey can be found by going to the Senior Center’s website.
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Samuel Kuborn has joined IQ-EQ’s Luxembourg-based management team. Photo: IQ-EQ
The IQ-EQ Group has appointed Samuel Kuborn to the newly created position of regional chief operating officer for Continental Europe, to be based in Luxembourg.
The fund and corporate services provider IQ-EQ has continued its executive recruitment drive. Having named Diana Senanayake regional CEO in August, IQ-EQ has hired Samuel Kuborn as regional chief operating officer for Continental Europe,  a newly created position.
“In his role at IQ-EQ, Samuel will hold responsibility for day-to-day operations across the Group’s Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and Cyprus offices, making sure regional strategy and plans are successfully implemented,” the group stated on Wednesday 2 November. “The creation of this new leadership position reflects the ongoing regionalisation of the group’s operating model as it seeks to ensure it has the right expertise and oversight in each of its key regions globally.”
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Kuborn has more than 25 years of experience in investor services. He was previously managing director, product & profitability for trustee, depositary & fund corporate services at RBC Investor & Treasury Services.
This story was first published in French on Paperjam. It has been translated and edited for Delano.

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It’s Back! Moog Resurrects Its Popular Minimoog Model D Synth After 50 Years  Lifewire
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A suspended North Carolina sheriff has resigned in the aftermath of a leaked audio recording in which he called Black employees by derogatory names and said they should be fired
WHITEVILLE, N.C. — A suspended North Carolina sheriff has resigned in the aftermath of a leaked audio recording in which he called Black employees by derogatory names and said they should be fired, his attorney announced Monday.
Attorney Michael Mills made the announcement during a hearing on whether Jody Greene, who was elected Columbus County sheriff in 2018, should be removed from office, according to news outlets.
“Jody Greene loves Columbus County and does not want to put the people he has served through this ordeal,” Mills told Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser. The announcement prompted applause from some in the courtroom, The News & Observer reported.
District Attorney Jon David had sought Greene's removal alleging that he had engaged in racial profiling of employees both personally and through those under his command, WECT-TV reported.
Sasser suspended Greene earlier this month until Monday's hearing on the petition for removal. The rest of the hearing was called off and David, the district attorney for Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus counties, said it was no longer necessary due to Greene’s resignation.
David has said that he asked the State Bureau of Investigation to probe allegations of obstruction of justice within the sheriff’s office. That investigation is ongoing.
The recording of the phone call was given to WECT-TV by a former sheriff’s captain who’s now running against Greene to be sheriff. Located about 120 miles (193 km) southeast of Raleigh, Columbus County has about 50,000 people and is approximately 63% white and 30% Black.
The 2019 call to then-Capt. Jason Soles came shortly after Greene narrowly defeated former Sheriff Lewis Hatcher, who is Black. Soles was temporarily acting as sheriff at the time due to a court-mediated agreement that kept Greene from assuming the duties of the office while election officials examined the contest, which was ultimately decided by fewer than 40 votes.
In the call, Greene, who is white, said he believed someone in the sheriff’s office was leaking information to Hatcher, the station reported.
“I’m sick of it. I’m sick of these Black (expletives),” Greene is recorded saying. “I’m going to clean house and be done with it. And we’ll start from there.”
Greene was also recorded as saying: “Every Black that I know, you need to fire him to start with, he’s a snake.”
Several Black officers in leadership positions were later demoted or fired. WECT-TV reported that two Black officers were on the previous sheriff’s group of high-ranking officers known as command staff, but that a captain was fired and a lieutenant was demoted after Greene was sworn in. Another Black sergeant said he was fired shortly after Greene was elected. The station reported that several Black deputies appear to remain in the sheriff’s office in positions below the level of command staff.
Greene issued a statement arguing that the recording of the 2019 phone call had been edited or altered. But he didn’t deny in the statement that he was on the call or that he made the statements.
Though Greene had been suspended since Oct. 4, he had been campaigning for reelection. His name remains on the ballot in the Nov. 8 election. But if Greene wins next month, David said in a statement late Monday that his office would have an ethical obligation to file a new petition to remove Greene based on the same allegations.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Some Corpus Christi food truck operators haven’t been happy with the outcome of some food truck festivals.
“He almost put me out of business, for my first year,” said Charity Benson, a food truck owner.
John Garcia runs JAG Downtown Festival and Events. He’s gotten city permits to put on a few food truck festivals a year. To take part in his events, Garcia charges a registration fee.
Benson is the owner of Fatty’s ThirdCoast food truck. She started her food truck a couple of years ago as a side hustle, but it’s now become her main source of income.
She took part in a couple of Garcia’s events in 2021. She said the first one went great, but then she started noticing problems that caused her to lose money.
“We paid 300, 400, $500 fees to get into these events and he did not advertise as promised and we all lost money,” she said.
Benson added that lack of variety and truck placement have impacted the ability to make money at events too. She cited an event at the Packery Channel. Benson didn’t take part and checked it out.
“It just looked like a nightmare, it was a cluster,” said Benson. “I talked to the “out-of-towners” that were there and they’re like we’re not making money.”
Benson claims Garcia invites food truck owners from outside the area and will charge them different registration fees.
“All of these “out-of-towners” who get made all these promises and all of these new food truckers get made all of these promises, he burns them and they never come back,” Benson said.
She wasn’t the only one who has taken issue.
Sandi Clark of ‘Sandi’s Diner’ told Benson the lack of advertising may have contributed to her losing money at an event. On top of that, Clark said she entered a trailer design contest for the holidays one year. After coming in third at Garcia’s event, she said she has yet to receive her prize money.
“He (Garcia) sent me an audio recording of an advertisement that he said he was going to put on the radio,” Benson said. “We never heard it on the radio. We never heard it anywhere. The only promoting he did was the food truck festival’s page which he controls.”
Aaron Barrios also had an issue a few years ago. Barrios has operated a food truck since 2014. Like Benson, the first event of Garcia’s he attended went well.
Barrios said Garcia did deliver on that first event. But there was an issue when the next event was canceled and Barrios asked for a refund of his registration fee.
“Then we ended up chasing him down for almost nine months to get that money back until he completely blocked my calls,” said Barrios, owner of Gordo’s Good Eats food trucks. “My wife had to call him on her own number, then he answered.”
Barrios eventually did get his money back.
Benson said it costs a lot of time and money to just get up and running for an event.
For the average food truck festival in Corpus Christi, she estimates needs at least $1,000 worth of product. Then there’s the registration fee cost and the cost of gas for the truck and generator.
What these food truck vendors want to see happen is the creation of some regulation by the city.
“I want a food truck committee to run, to have that food trucker for food truckers so that nobody gets burned again,” said Benson.
“If one man is running the entire event, nobody knows how it’s being coordinated or how it’s being functioned,” Barrios said.
Garcia declined an interview, but he denies all the allegations.
Garcia did provide a statement that said:
“Makes me unhappy to see that people can be so evil in this world. This disgruntled food truck vendor has NOT been in any of my 2022 festivals. Our food truck festivals have been overwhelming with attendance and successful for 2022. Thank you to all the citizens of Corpus Christi who support small businesses. Looking forward for our biggest food truck festivals ever in 2023! I wish this food truck vendor nothing but prosperity for the coming new year.”
Benson and Barrios said they haven’t taken part in Garcia’s events this year because of the complaints they’ve cited.
Benson is already looking to make changes in the city.
Beginning Dec. 10, a food truck festival will be held outside First United Methodist Church downtown. It’ll take place every second Saturday of the month. For food truck owners to partake, they’ll pay 20 percent of their total revenue from that day. Some of that money will go towards the church and some will go towards putting the event on.
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Loopmix is available at a reduced price until December 4.  ·  Source:
Until December 4, you can get the Audiomodern Loopmix plug-in at a reduced price, so pick it up while you still can.
Loopmix is an advanced multi-channel loop sequencer that gives you workstation-level control with a straightforward workflow.
You can get started with Loopmix by loading up the six sequencer channels with loops and simply hitting the red randomize button above,
The algorithm instantly creates a sequence comprised of slices from each of the loaded loops, and you have a starting point to work from to begin exploring the other sections of the plug-in.
There are six different areas to work in, including the sequencer, re-arrange, reverse, volume, and pitch sections. As you cycle through each area, the selected zone will be displayed in the main operations window.
Each of these individual zones then allows more detailed editing, including three quick access functions for randomize, reset, and bypass. Overall, the interface design allows quick navigation and creative fluency.
The Loopmix sequencer.
Whether you use Loopmix for drum pattern arrangement or doing intricate vocal edits, there’s no denying its utility as a production tool. The sheer variety of options increases the likelihood of stumbling across inspiration, making it a desirable instrument.
What makes Loopmix even more interesting, is when you approach it from a MIDI perspective. Not only do the parameters offer interesting automation possibilities, but you have the option of triggering controls like a real-time MIDI instrument.
This opens the scope of the different styles of music that might suit a plug-in like this considerably. From an arrangement perspective, the ability to trigger different parameters over different sections of a song is an attractive prospect.
Whether it becomes a core element in your sound, or something more subtle, Loopmix is an instrument capable of adding depth to your music.
You can get Loopmix from Thomann at a reduced price until December 4.
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17 Nov · Yes, retail price. Thomann’s price was 915€ for a long time, so less than 200€
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — When the Prius Plug-In concept model was first revealed at the Los Angeles Auto Show back in 2009, few could have seen the important role it would play in the future of mobility. It offered customers a versatile solution with its pure EV or hybrid modes, impeccable MPG and all the tech people expected from a Prius – making it a perfect addition to the third-generation Prius lineup. Fast forward to now, and the automaker is ushering in a new era of the Prius legacy — with the reveal of the 2023 Prius Prime at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show.
Now in its 10th year of production, this plug-in hybrid model has continued to offer customers the flexibility of getting around town on zero emission battery power or hybrid mode for fuel efficient road tripping. And now, this plug-in offers a thrilling experience in its own right – by bringing even more performance and technology to an already incredible package. With a larger lithium-ion battery that increases its EV range by more than 50% over the previous range of 25 miles. With over 20 million hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles sold globally, the all-new Prius Prime brings a flexible player to Toyota’s ever-growing team of electrified vehicles.
As part of Toyota’s diverse approach to carbon neutrality, the Prius Prime is part of lineup that looks to move “beyond zero.” With ten hybrids, two plug-in hybrids, the new bZ4X battery electric vehicle and zero emission hydrogen fuel cell technology Mirai, Toyota is committed to finding highly efficient and zero emission solutions that fit customers lifestyles across the US. As a symbol of that commitment, the 2023 Prius will be the first Toyota vehicle to wear a new “Beyond Zero” badge, a global effort to achieve carbon neutrality in our products, manufacturing, and beyond.
Price and on-sale date of the exciting, all-new Prius Prime will be announced in the first half of 2023.
A focus for Prius Prime is to allow it to have a similar ethos to the new Prius hybrid model, but with a little something extra – more performance, technology, safety and even a little attitude. Overall, the goal is to build a vehicle that not only meets the practical needs of today’s customers, but also one that appeals to their emotions and that starts with a new sport grade lineup.
Available in SE, XSE and XSE premium grades, the 2023 Prius Prime is built on the second-generation TNGA-C platform, offering a low center of gravity with reduced weight and increased rigidity compared to the previous generation. The result? A wider stance and a lower driving position that feels sporty, yet comfortable.
The all-new Prius Prime also blends its athletic side with a bit of star powered tech: a solar roof. This on-board charging feature uses roof mounted solar panels to recharge the Prius Prime’s battery when parked. The panels deliver supplemental power to accessory functions, like air conditioning, when driving and they also use a clever design that conceals the electrodes for a seamless, glossy appearance.
Compared to the previous generation Prius Prime, it’s 2-inches lower, 1-inch wider, 1-inch longer length and with a hip point that’s almost 1-inch lower. The placement of the traction battery placement is also optimized, with placement under the rear seat for a low center of gravity and enhanced luggage capacity.
When it comes to performance, Prius Prime is purpose-built – with a plug-in hybrid system designed to enhance both fuel economy and driving performance, when compared to the outgoing model. The acceleration feel and vehicle speed controllability have also been enhanced, providing a driving feel and accelerator response unique to electric vehicles.
Under the hood is the 5^th generation hybrid powertrain coupled with a 2.0L engine and a newly developed lithium-ion battery, located underneath the rear seat. The result is a zero-emission electric range increase of over 50%, a nearly 100 hp increase to 220 hp, and a 0-60 time of 6.6 seconds.
The all-new 2023 Toyota Prius Prime takes standard and available features to a whole new level. Whether one chooses SE, XSE or the XSE Premium grade – in Wind Chill Pearl, Cutting Edge, Guardian Gray, Black or Supersonic Red – Prius Prime drivers will be ready to look to the road ahead.
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The all-new 2023 Toyota Prius Prime is equipped with the tools to make life more convenient – thanks to the available 12.3-inch Toyota Audio Multimedia system designed and engineered by Toyota’s Texas-based Connected Technologies team. Prius drivers will also have the opportunity to access a wide range of enhanced connectivity and convenience features, including Over-the-Air (OTA) updates.
Users can interact with the system through intuitive touch and voice activation controls. With the available Connected Service Drive Connect, drivers and passengers have access to Intelligent Assistant, Cloud Navigation and Destination Assist. With Intelligent Assistant, simple phrases like “Hey Toyota” awaken the system for voice activated commands to search for directions, find Points of Interest (POI), adjust audio controls, change the cabin temperatures and more. Cloud Navigation, the available onboard navigation solution, utilizes the cloud to download the latest available map, traffic and routing information.
To ensure users have the most up-to-date search capabilities, POI search is provided by Google Points-of-Interest data. Destination Assist also gives access to 24/7 live agent assistance to locate the next destination.
The new Toyota Audio Multimedia allows for dual Bluetooth® phone connectivity, with support for standard wireless Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™ compatibility. With further connectivity, the Prius Prime has an available Wi-Fi Connect 1-month trial that offers 4G connectivity for up to five devices – turning the Prius Prime into an AT&T Hotspot. Adding to the already robust offering of audio playback ability with HD Radio®, USB data and a SiriusXM® Platinum Plan 3-month trial subscription, Wi-Fi Connect also enables the new Integrated Streaming feature, providing customers the ability to link their separate Apple Music® and Amazon Music subscriptions to the vehicle for onboard control.
For those looking for an enhanced audio experience, the Prius Prime offers a JBL® Premium Audio system with eight speakers, creating a mobile concert from any music genre. Standard on the Limited grade only, with the use of Clari-Fi® technology, the system is also able to breathe life into compressed digital music formats enhancing the audio experience.
Each Prius Prime offers a host of additional available Connected Services. Safety Connect includes an Emergency Assistance Button (SOS), 24/7 Enhanced Roadside Assistance, Automatic Collision Notification, Stolen Vehicle Locator and Collision Assistance with up to a 10-year trial. Service Connect gives drivers the capability to receive Vehicle Health Reports, Maintenance Alerts and reminders, also with up to a 10-year trial.
With the Toyota app, users can stay connected to their Prius Prime with a 1-year trial of Remote Connect service, available on LE grade and standard on XLE and Limited. Users can activate headlights, lock/unlock the doors and remotely start the vehicle. Users can also check vehicle status, receive reminder notifications and set Guest Driver Alerts. Digital key is also standard with Remote Connect for the XLE and Limited Grades – making it easy to lock and unlock doors, remote start and more all from a smart phone.
Ready to handle all your device charging needs, the Prius Prime is equipped with six USB ports in the cabin. Up front, two Type-C USB ports at the bottom of the center stack plus two more Type-C USB ports in the center console. For second-row passengers, two Type-C USB ports are located at the bottom rear of the center console.
Convenience features are aplenty for Prius Prime, too. Blind Spot Monitor (BSM) with Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) is standard on all grades. Front and Rear Parking Assist with Automatic Braking (PA w/AB) is available on SE and standard on XSE and XSE Premium. A Panoramic View Monitor is available on XSE Premium and provides a live rotating 360-degree view around the vehicle. Advanced Park is available on XSE Premium, a hands-free system designed to assist you with parallel parking or backing into a parking space.
For 2023, Prius Prime will come standard with the latest Toyota Safety Sense generation, TSS 3.0. This suite of active safety systems includes the existing feature set available on the prior generation Prius Prime but includes some additional enhancements and capabilities.
This suite of safety features includes:
Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection
Lane Departure Alert with Steering Assist
Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control
Lane Tracing Assist
Road Sign Assist
Automatic High Beams
Proactive Driving Assist
Another new addition to Prius Prime’s safety features is Proactive Driving Assist. When system operating conditions are met, using the vehicle’s camera and radar, this system provides gentle braking into curves or gentle braking and/or steering to help support driving tasks such as distance control between a preceding vehicle, pedestrian or bicyclist. Proactive Driving Assist is not meant to be a substitute for the Pre-Collision System and operates in different circumstances.
The Toyota Safety Sense features from the prior generation Prius Prime have been enhanced for TSS 3.0:
The Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection has enhanced detection capabilities thanks to new system sensors. It receives enhanced intersection support with improved detection capability in certain circumstances. It also adds the capability to detect motorcyclists, in addition to bicyclists and pedestrians.
Lane Departure Alert with Steering Assist has enhanced lane recognition that includes detection of certain 3D objects, like guardrails, that may be used to help define the lane.
Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control adds a fourth following distance setting, from the previously available three. Enhanced vehicle detection allows for the ability to detect more than one preceding vehicle, as well as vehicles in adjacent lanes. This helps the system to provide smoother, more natural speed adjustments, especially when the driver changes lanes.
Like Lane Departure Alert, lane recognition is enhanced for Lane Tracing Assist. This system now also helps provide more space between vehicles being passed in adjacent lanes. It works by offsetting the vehicles’ driving path with minor steering adjustments while keeping the vehicle within its lane.
An Emergency Driving Stop System has been added to Lane Tracing Assist. It’s designed to monitor the driver’s inputs, such as steering operation, to determine if they’re inattentive or non-responsive, such as during a medical emergency. This feature can bring the vehicle to a stop if the driver doesn’t respond to alerts to take control.
Road Sign Assist gets expanded sign detection capabilities that now include certain intersection signs and warning signs, like pedestrian crossings.
 
Prius Prime will also come standard with some additional features made possible by the equipped front corner radar sensors and a driver monitor camera. These features include Lane Change Assist, Front Cross Traffic Alert, Advanced Park and, a first among the Toyota line-up, Traffic Jam Assist.
Lane Change Assist works in collaboration with Lane Tracing Assist, meaning it also only operates when DRCC is activated. When a driver partially engages the turn signal, the system sensors monitor to confirm there are no vehicles in the path of the lane change, and then provides steering support into the new lane with the driver’s hands on the steering wheel.
Front Cross Traffic Alert uses the front corner radar sensors to detect vehicles approaching from the side in situations such as when stopped at an intersection. Arrows are displayed to warn the driver, and if the driver attempts to proceed when there’s cross traffic, the vehicle provides an audible alert and warning on the MID.
Advanced Park executes the necessary steering and brake controls to navigate the vehicle into a selected parking space. Advanced Park is capable of parallel parking, backing into a perpendicular parking space, and can assist in exiting a parking space, all hands-free under the driver’s supervision.
Traffic Jam Assist is a first to Toyota and Prius Prime and can help take some of the stress out of the low-speed, stop-and-go driving in a traffic jam. When driving on a highway with DRCC and LTA activated, if the system sensors detect traffic is slowing, and if operating conditions are met, this system will assist by providing acceleration, braking and hands-free steering control under active supervision of the driver. This system is designed to operate only under speeds of approximately 25 miles per hour, and the driver monitor camera must confirm the driver has their eyes on the road to allow for hands-free operation. If operating conditions are no longer met, or if the speed of traffic increases beyond 25 miles per hour, the system will prompt the driver to take control of the vehicle.
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Toyota directly employs more than 39,000 people in the U.S. who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 32 million cars and trucks at our nine manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota’s 10th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, a quarter of the company’s 2021 U.S. sales were electrified.
To help inspire the next generation for a career in STEM-based fields, including mobility, Toyota launched its virtual education hub at www.TourToyota.com with an immersive experience and chance to virtually visit many of our U.S. manufacturing facilities. The hub also includes a series of free STEM-based lessons and curriculum through Toyota USA Foundation partners, virtual field trips and more. For more information about Toyota, visit www.ToyotaNewsroom.com.
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In her role as a senior lecturer of Biology, Dr. Alison Hill routinely speaks to classes of many as 300. She may occasionally feel a few fleeting butterflies, but after 13 years of teaching Duke students molecular biology, talking to large audiences doesn’t faze her.
“It can be a rush,” said Hill, who recalls being mortified by public speaking situations as a young scientist. “When you’re up there and things are going well, it can be quite exhilarating.”
That feeling is something she’s now sharing with students.
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“It’s amazing how many of those students are willing to do that,” said Hill, who was honored for her teaching last year by the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. “They’re putting themselves in a pretty vulnerable place by going up there, but our students are always very supportive of anybody that does that.”
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But as Hill, and Thompson Writing Program Senior Lecturing Fellow Ingrid Bianca Byerly, who teaches public speaking courses for Duke students, point out, the prospect of talking in front of an audience is something we’ll all likely face at some point in our lives.
“There’s hardly a job in the world where you don’t need public speaking,” Byerly said. 
Across Duke, there are staff and faculty members who had no intention of becoming seasoned public speakers when they began their career journeys, but now have become ones. We asked some of these colleagues what helped them overcome their nerves and get comfortable sharing what they know with audiences.
Nearly two decades ago, early in her time at Duke, Dr. Loretta Que was invited to speak about her research at a conference in California. Facing the biggest speech of her career at that point, Que scripted out her talk in index cards and spent hours trying to memorize it.
When the time came to deliver the speech, her mind went blank and, in the darkened conference room, she couldn’t read her meticulous notes.
“I felt like I did horribly,” said Que, who managed to make it through the talk. “Some people are natural speakers and some are not. I don’t consider myself a natural speaker.” 
In the years since, Que, now a professor of medicine and the chair of the Pulmonology Division of the Duke Department of Medicine, has become more comfortable as a speaker. And while she’s can make it look easy in front of audiences, it’s only because of the hard work she puts in beforehand.
Now, when faced with a public speaking opportunity, Que plans what she wants to say and delivers practice talks to her husband, children and, on occasion, her dog, Rocky. Her goal is to know her subject matter well enough to not have to rely on any text-filled index cards. Instead she’ll take the stage carrying notes with the flow of her talk and, perhaps, remind her of a few key transitions. 
“I’m very much a believer in knowing the roadmap of your speech and then speaking spontaneously,” said Byerly, who teaches Duke’s public speaking courses. “When you’re up there, you shouldn’t have to think about what comes next because you’ve formulated your speech in a way that’s very logical to how you’re moving. It’s a wonderful combination between preparation and spontaneity.”
When she began her career as a librarian, Dracine Hodges didn’t expect public speaking would loom large in her career. Almost two decades later, Hodges, now Duke University Libraries’ associate university librarian for technical services, is part of a staff filled with seasoned public speakers.
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Mount’s public speaking skills have evolved since 2015, when he went from patrolling the campus for the Duke University Police Department to serving as a liaison with the Duke community. He said he’s learned how to map out his talking points before a presentation and how to weave in personal anecdotes to help audiences connect with his information.
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Growing up in Hampton, Virginia, Mount played drums in bands with friends, occasionally performing in front of crowds as large a few hundred. More recently, he’s indulged his love of music by periodically moonlighting as a DJ for weddings and events. While being on stage in front of students is quite different, Mount said his goal is still to put on a good show.
“If I can just come across as having a good time up there, and not just somebody just reading from a script, I think they’ll see that and not tune me out,” Mount said.
The Thompson Writing Program’s Ingrid Bianca Byerly, who teaches public speaking, said it’s common for people to start off anxious about public speaking. But she said it’s also common to quickly overcome nerves.
“Most people are terrified about public speaking,” Byerly said. “I always explain to them that once you’re in the groove, it’s a fantastic experience to give a public speech. I’ve never taught a course where people do not come to love it. About halfway through our course, I’ll ask who wants to go first and students will throw up their hands, they can’t wait to get to the podium. It’s because they’ve crossed that bridge.”
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