Drones launched from St. Pete went inside Hurricane Isaias. Here’s video of what they saw

A research drone from Saildrone captured this image on Friday from inside Hurricane Isaias as the Category 3 storm barreled toward Florida's Gulf Coast.

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Drones launched from St. Pete went inside Hurricane Isaias. Here’s video of what they saw

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Autumn turns the hazards over: leaf-slick roads, heating fires, and shorter days ahead

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The FirstResponders Desk · 14hr ago

Cold-season hazard load starts now — heating fires, CO calls and early ice

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The FirstResponders Desk · 22hr ago

Hurricane Isaias closes on the Gulf Coast as NWS Mobile posts extreme hurricane and storm surge warnings across six warnings

Two tropical systems hit opposite coasts on Friday while a chain-reaction crash, an ICE shooting and a cluster of unconfirmed satellite fire detections ran in the background — here is your shift read for 9 October 2026.

The FirstResponders Desk · 1d ago

The heating season starts before the cold does — and so do its calls

The shift into fall is when the first furnaces, space heaters and chimneys come back online, and the hazard pattern changes faster than the weather does.

The FirstResponders Desk · 2d ago

Drones launched from St. Pete went inside Hurricane Isaias. Here’s video of what they saw

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