Update: What's happening north of Tampa's Downtown Interchange on I-275?

The construction project on I-275 from Martin Luther King north to Hanna Ave is moving forward. It was approved back in 2020, and the Department of Transportation substantially reduced the widening amount initially proposed. It is scheduled to break ground within the next couple of months and take several years to complete.

So, I'm providing a video update that includes comments from FDOT District 7 Secretary David Gwynn at a recent Cafe con Tampa meeting; I asked him to explain what was happening north of Martin Luther King up to Hannah Ave. Please click on the tab to watch 

The update includes a call to action. 

Since this project affects a corridor used by children going to and from Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough Middle School, Broward Elementary, and the Seminole Heights Library we need FDOT to do more for public safety. 

So here is what I'm asking of you. 

Please contact county Commissioners Gwen Myers, Mariela Smith, Pat Kemp, and Kimberly Overman. 

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Contact City Councilman Guido Maniscalco, Orlando Gudes, John Dingfelder, and Joe Citro.     

Ask them to partner with FDOT for the following

1. ADD SIDEWALKS AS PART OF THIS CONSTRUCTION ON OSBORNE AND CHELSEA FROM NEBRASKA TO FLORIDA AVENUE

2. CREATE A WALK/BIKE AREA ON TALIAFERRO FROM HILLSBOROUGH TO EAST LAKE TO HELP RECONNECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CARS ON THE ROAD.

This is about Public Safety and Building Back Better.

Noah's Ark 2.0

So God said to Noah, “Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights" Genesis 5:32-10:1 New International Version (NIV)

That is one powerful message! Noah had no doubt of its authenticity. He did not question it. If God said it, then it must be true.  Fast forward to the year 2017. Noah is no longer around, but God is now sending a similar message.  The oceans will rise, cities will flood, and many will die. This time the message was received by the new Noah, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA 2.0. However, unlike Noah, who took God at his word, today's humans especially the "Conservative American Christians" are arguing against Him. The Buddhists and Muslims are on board.  Even the people's pope, Pope Francis is asking world leaders to heed the guidance from science. It is not complicated.  On the contrary, it is a simple absolute truth, the Earth's climate is changing. 

Massive Full-Scale Version of Noah's Ark

We have the architects, engineers, electricians, plumbers, carpenters and the tools to build NOAA's Ark 2.0 but instead of governments working together some are denialists. Americans are in a delusional downward spiral. They are wasting time, money and finite natural resources building replicas of the mythical biblical Ark. Instead, of being good stewards of Earth.

China's Three Gorges Dam

The Chinese government is busy building ghost cities, and mega structures like the Three Gorges Dam creating an inevitable environmental catastrophe. The satellite image compares the river before the dam in 1987 and in 2006 after it was completed.

Vladimir Putin and Rex Tillerson

Vladimir Putin sees climate change as a means to hinder Russia's economic growth. 

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto

Thankfully not all governments are working against the science, Mexico, India, France, Costa Rica, Germany, Canada and many other governments are taking Climate Change seriously. Hopefully, the major political players will step up to the plate and help build Noah's Ark 2.0. 

NOAA's Ark