of restoring power to 6 million people, getting gasoline back in these ports. jim and david, going to be a big story in port tampa bay later on today, which handles 37 million tons of cargo a year a third of all cargo that comes in and out of florida, 5,000 acres, the largest port in the state, in physical size. we re going to talk to the president of port tampa bay, paul anderson later in thelogis airlines and fdr saying specialty retail, 10% of their coverage universe is affected by irma versus only 2% in harvey. one more indication how large the wind field was in this storm. guys carl, thank you of course, carl s down there all weekend monitoring the storm, and going to be fully part of the show as he always is. right but bring us up to date on all the things he just mentioned, jim i guess in some ways a sigh of relief, strangely enough. right, right. could seemingly have been worse. yeah. i mean seemingly could have been a lot worse. it is strange on the
little bit better. i m glad that they are actually getting involved now. reporter: but, she is still leery about the lack of information from mosaic officials and the dep. the sink hole opened in august leaking more than 200 million gallons of contaminated water into the florida aquifer. the public was not notified about this potential environmental disaster until weeks later. after 8 on your side broke the story. do you regret not telling the public sooner? absolutely. our staff was outdated law. so, the governor gavetous proposed rule, the new emergency rule. that is what we are following now. it concerned me they didn t notify us and they are suppose today be protecting us. reporter: well, if the company does not comply with all of the stipulations, they could be fined as much as $10,000 a day. stacie? so, have they paid anything up front to guarantee that they will follow this order? reporter: yeah, as of now, if the price to fix all of this goes up, they wi
mosaic must also make sure to keep toxic runoff out of the water supply. as melissa marino explains, residents are still a little leery. reporter: though recent well test results were normal, natasha mccormick can t shake the unsettling feeling that one day it won t be. we don t know a year from now, or six months. reporter: now the state is stepping in under a deal with the florida department of environmental protection, mosaic will be required to fill in the recover all of the pollution that drained into the aquifer. residents like mccormick are relieved. it makes us feel a little bit better. i m glad they are actually getting involved now. reporter: but she is still leery about the lack of information from mosaic officials and the dep. it concerned me they didn t notify us and they are supposed to be protecting us. melissa marino, newschannel8. a serious substantiateoff with a man barricaded in a new port richey motel ended safely with his arrest. deputies cl
how much it costs and how it works. good morning america, welcome to news channel 8 today. thanks for joining us on this 1st day of november, tuesday morning, the day after halloween, so you know everybody is waking up with that sugar hangover, maybe a little slow this morning. let s ease on over to lee span to get your forecast it was really comfortable for all the trick or treaters. 55 in brooksville, 63 in lakeland, 67 in sarasota. these temperatures are actually a little cooler than this time yesterday, anywhere 2 to 6 degrees cooler. and the dry upper level air continues. so i still expect it to be sunny, i still expect november to be a warm start, 86 degrees with breezy conditions, and at 4:38, i have an eight-day temperature trend, taking you through the first eight days in november. leslie is here to let you know what s happening on the roads. reporter: november is finally here. i hope everybody is feeling okay this morning after all that sugar last night. ve
news this morning. i m allison kropff. and i m ian reitz. the day is finally here. you ve heard about a new ferry service connecting downtown st pete to downtown tampa. today - the cross bay ferry will make it s first trip across tampa bay. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live on 2nd avenue northeast where the ferry is stationed this morning. sarah, by friday, we re going to have a new way to get around town. take its maiden voyage today carrying city leaders from both sides. starting today you can buy tickets for the first day this opens to the public: friday. leaders in hillsborough and pinellas have worked for years towards this day. the 149-person ferry is part of a 6-month pilot program. connect you from the pier behind the museum of history in st pete to the convention center in downtown tampa. it will run twice a day and start with mostly weekend service. st pete mayor rick kriseman says sitting on this ferry will sure beat sitting in traffic. city leaders want t