Mother Honors Navy Veteran Who Is Now A Tampa Firefighter

Mother honors Navy Veteran who is now a Tampa Fire Fighter for Military Monday this week. Shelby is honoring her son, Garrett, who is stationed right here in Tampa Bay at MacDill Air Force Base. After graduating from Tampa Bay Tech he went straight into the Navy. Garrett is now a Tampa Firefighter.

Congrats to Garrett as he receives a $100 Tampa Premium Outlets gift card.

Every Monday we honor a member of the military in Tampa Bay. Do you have someone in your life that is or has been in the military? Someone that you admire, a relative, a friend? Whoever it is that you want to spotlight. We want to hear from you and you can nominate someone right now by doing so HERE. The nomination process takes about five minutes. Once you nominate someone we will be in touch with you to schedule a call with you.

What are the top things that you fear?

When you think of things that people fear, you think snakes, going to the dentist, bugs, flying. Those sorts of things.  But here in Florida, we fear different things.  WFLA did an interesting poll of the things we fear the most and I think we can all agree.

There is nothing worse then getting into a car or walking into your home and there is no A/C. A broken A/C is the number one we fear in Florida.

They are scary because they are so unpredictable. Just recently with Hurricane Ian, we all know to well that Hurricanes can cause major damage and so many lives lost due to the strength of the storms that come through.

The one rule in Florida you need to follow, if you come across a body of water, including swimming pools, always assume there may be an alligator swimming or sunbathing nearby.  Always.

Why isn't this number 1?  I think we can all agree that when we get into our cars and know we have to get on I-4 at some point during our commute, we will be stuck in traffic.  It is very rare that you drive on I-4 at 80 miles an hour near Tampa, there is usually a slowdown at some point.  And forget about ever sailing through the I-4/275 interchange.

Pretty hard to go out in the boat or swim at the beach without at least "thinking" or looking for sharks.  They are in our Gulf. From black-tipped sharks, to bonnet head sharks found in Tampa Bay, to bull sharks, hammerheads and whale sharks in the Gulf of Mexico, it’s very possible you’ll see a fin in the surf here in Florida.

Not sure we are really "afraid" of the Love Bugs, but they are a pain in the ....you know what.   Takes a lot of elbow grease to clean them off our cars and doesn't make it fun for kids who are outside playing when you run into a swarm of them.

Yes and Yes.  We all know that March/April is the time to stay away from the popular beach places.  Spring Breakers bring lines, traffic and crowded bars.  We love they bring money into our state, but we love when they are gone and we get our beaches back.

There is no escaping pollen season in Florida. From oak and pine season, to grass pollen season, ragweed and more, if you’re prone to allergies, pollen might be what you’re most afraid of here in Florida.  It's beyond bad for some.