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June 26, 2021
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Eliseo De La Guardia was climbing an avocado tree behind a Broward County duplex when the limb he was balancing on got too close to a power line carrying 7,620 volts. The contact sent electricity through his body.
For years, neighbors had complained to the power company that the lines dividing the small block’s backyards were choked by tree limbs. When branches touched the lines, home lights dimmed and electricity visibly jumped from one stretch to another. And when the wind blew, the avocado tree’s branches would hit the wires and spark.
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The daily rundown Between Sunday and Monday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 1,700 to 1,910,921; active hospitalizations went up by 6 (nearly 0.2 percent), to 3,685; deaths rose by 147 (nearly 0.5 percent), to 30,999; 3,034,636 Floridians have had at least one dose of the vaccine.
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Published Feb. 20
We couldnât let this week pass without applauding and jeering at several items in the news that otherwise would have gone under the editorial radar. We look forward to revisiting some of them in coming weeks.