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Ex-county chair candidate & 'retired' AT&T tech Greg Gimbert warns linemen of customers he terms 'eaters' as they work to get greater Daytona power fully restored in Matthew's wake

Create: Thu, 10/13/2016 - 04:42
Author: Henry

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- He was once an AT&T outdoor tech himself who "retired" or so he claimed in his failed campaign in the August primary for Volusia County chair. And so Greg Gimbert in a social media treatise to linemen, has nothing but admonition and disdain for utility cutomers he dismisses as "eaters" who have been without electricity since Hurricane Matthew's wrath six days ago.

Sunshine State's Death Toll Mounting in Matthew's Wake: Daytona boy among 3 killed Monday in addition to 5 Floridians who perished in Friday's hurricane

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- How ironic that the parents of 9-year-old Jose Angel Barrios would learn well after the fact that thick grey-colored packing tape affixed to keep windows from breaking during Friday's crush of Hurricane Matthew -- would continue to hold the glass in place three days later as he lay lifeless on his bed in the family's home at 113 Mason Park Drive, the result of acute carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator in another room being used because the electricity had not yet been restored, Daytona Beach cops said.

 

Post-Matthew: Buying a hurricane-ready home provides peace of mind

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Robert Hahn Jr. of Palm Coast had less to worry about than most people when Hurricane Matthew, the monster storm storm packing winds of 90 mph hit Central Florida, thanks to his hurricane-ready home.

Post-Hurricane Matthew: Damage forces temporary closure of New Smyrna Beach Municipal Sports Complex

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Damage from Hurricane Matthew of the city's municipal sports complex, 1800 Turnbull Bay Road, means it won't reopen until an assessment is done and repairs made, a city official said.

Post-Hurricane Matthew: Volusia County gov't closed Monday, but Supervisor of Elections Office will be open for voter registration

DELAND, Fla -- Although county offices will be closed on Monday due to clean up from Hurricane Matthew; the Department of Elections will be open from 8 am to 5 pm.
 

Matthew Fatality: DeLand woman posted hurricane Facebook meme that eerily foreshadowed her own death the next day

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Betty Jean Lappin Cogley was upset by the social media message her sister, Susan Lappin Mathes of DeLand, posted the day before she was killed when a tree fell on her after she went outside to feed her animals during Hurricane Mathew.