Episode 290: WSLR News, Wed. Oct. 16: Day 7 after Milton: Recovery roundup; insurance; debris removal; seniors facing disaster

A week after the direct hit, WSLR News reporter Ramon Lopez brings you a roundup of the area's robust recovery after Milton. Next: At a protest in St. Petersburg, elected officials and community activists press Gov. Ron DeSantis to recognize climate change as a fact of life. Partner station WMNF reports. Then: Insurance is on everybody's mind. We have a look at FEMA application lines, and we talked to an adjuster while he was stuck in traffic to the islands as well as to an advocate for insurance reform. Then: Debris removal has been a bottleneck and hazard before Milton hit, and now double-whammy mountains are piling up in front of homes. WSLR reporter Della Hale has the latest on Sarasota County efforts. Finally: Milton wrecked the Lido Beach condo building that is the main residence of a couple in their 80s. Do they see a future in Sarasota? Ramon Lopez asked them.