🌱 Patch AM: How a downed power line left a Safety Harbor couple homeless

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In today's newsletter:

• How a downed power line left a Safety Harbor couple homeless

Also on today's calendar: Peace Concert Series- Bay String Quartet- Classics to Pops and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 81 and low of 72 degrees.
• Thursday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 77, low: 71.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 84 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'I'd be dead': Pinellas man says downed power line sparked fire, nearly electrocuted him in shower (tampabay28.com) — A Safety Harbor couple is still displaced after a July 24 fire investigators say was sparked when a downed power line energized their home's gutter. They're questioning Duke Energy's tree-trimming schedule after reporting overhanging limbs before the incident, and local fire officials say the homeowner narrowly avoided electrocution by stepping out of the shower minutes before the line hit.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday October 11
• Peace Concert Series- Bay String Quartet- Classics to Pops →
  Peace Memorial Presbyterian Church, 110 S Fort Harrison Ave, Clearwater
  3:00 pm
Saturday October 31
• The Great Westchase 10K, 5K & Fun Run →
  9902 Brompton Dr, Westchase
  7:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday October 8
• Baby Café - Mease Countryside Hospital →
  Mease Countryside Hospital, 3231 N. McMullen Booth Rd, Safety Harbor
  12:00 pm
• Football Game @ Lakeside Christian →
  Safety Harbor City Park 940 7th St. S, Safety Harbor
  4:00 pm
• Living Meaningfully, Dying Joyfully - What Follows Death? (Thursdays) →
  201 6th Ave S, Safety Harbor
  7:00 pm
• Safety Harbor Ghost Tour: Haunted History & True Crime →
  , Safety Harbor
  8:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Zero Empty Spaces Artists Gallery & Studios →
  Tyrone Square, 6901 22nd Ave N, St. Petersburg
  11:00 am
• Coffee Ink Watercolor Workshop →
  Café Vino Tinto, 509 Main St, Safety Harbor
  11:30 am
Saturday October 10
• Zero Empty Spaces Artists Gallery & Studios →
  Tyrone Square, 6901 22nd Ave N, St. Petersburg
  11:00 am
• Book Signing with Shane Pittman at the Jack Kerouac House →
  Kerouac House, 5169 10th Ave N, St. Petersburg
  4:00 pm
• Jack Kerouac House Ghost Hunt →
  Kerouac House, 5169 10th Ave N, St. Petersburg
  8:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• Sunday Morning Meditations - How to Solve Our Human Problems →
  201 6th Ave S, Safety Harbor
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Clearwater

• Clearwater Beach resort to open restaurant and bar with Dr. BBQ (tampabay.com)
• Cedarville University will open new Clearwater location in 2027 (whio.com)
• Clearwater 9-year-old faces long recovery after dirt bike crash: 'He's a warrior' (fox13news.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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