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Florida resort visitor spots waterspout at Silver Shells Beach

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A massive waterspout was captured on video in Florida Tuesday morning. Boo Freeman took the video in Destin outside the Silver Shells Beach Spa and Resort. According to Freeman, he took the video just before 6 am In the video, you can hear Freeman say “That’s a biggun!” as the waterspouts move east across the ocean. WDSU meteorologist Lee Southwick said this waterspout is a tornado waterspout. “There are two types of waterspouts: fair weather waterspouts and tornadic waterspouts,” Southwick said. “This is a tornado waterspout, which is what it sounds like – a tornado over water. It forms the same way a tornado would form from a thunderstorm over land.”Southwick also explained how tornadoes form. “Warm air rising, cooler air falling, and strong wind shear causes wind to start rotating,” said Southwick. “The rotating wind will tilt, turn, vertical, and drop down out of the cloud forming a tornado.” …

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Company makes bid to buy New England ski resort that was rocked by massive fraud case

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A Utah-based resort company that owns several ski areas has made a bid to buy Jay Peak Resort, the Vermont ski resort that was rocked by a massive fraud case involving its former owner and president.

The court appointed receiver who has been overseeing Jay Peak for more than six years is seeking court approval to sell it for $58 million to Pacific Group Resorts, Inc., which owns Ragged Mountain Resort in New Hampshire, Powderhorn Mountain Resort in Colorado, and Mount Washington Alpine Resort in Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Receiver Michael Goldberg wants to be able to continue to market Jay Peak, and if there are qualified bids, an auction would be held “in order to assure the highest and best offer,” according to Monday’s court filing.

“The time has come for the Receiver to sell Jay Peak Resort,” Goldberg wrote, adding that when he took over Jay Peak in

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Tahoe ski resorts desperate for worker housing are even turning to brutal campsites

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With winter approaching and scant housing options for employees who hawk lift tickets or concessions, Palisades ski resort in Tahoe tried an online experiment last year.

The company opened a campground near Highway 89, where workers could park their vans and brave the snowy months with no heat, water or electricity. Palisades operated and maintained the campsite, which boasted a single amenity: waterless toilets with holding tanks underneath.

It was perhaps the most powerful illustration yet of a housing crisis gripping mountain towns in the Sierra, which rely on tourism to fuel their local economies — even as tourists squeeze the housing stock and generate more demand for low-wage workers.

Palisades secured a special-use permit to lease the campground from the US Forest Service, hoping to promote van living as an alternative for people with nowhere else to go.

“The idea was, in part, can we tap into this ‘van

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Two groups appeal approval of Oceanside artificial surf lagoon resort

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Two local groups have appealed the Oceanside Planning Commission’s approval of Ocean Kamp, a proposed resort with a three-story hotel, restaurants, shops and 700 homes to be built around an artificial surf lagoon.

The appeals by Preserve Calavera and San Diegans for Sustainable, Economic and Equitable Development (SD SEED) will send the commission’s decision to the Oceanside City Council. In recent years, the council has given the go-ahead to a number of large hotels and residential developments such as the proposed 585-home North River Farms community, despite significant opposition from nearby residents.

Both appeals raise similar concerns — economic sustainability, water supply, safety issues with the nearby airport, the use of an environmental impact report completed for a previous project, compliance with the city’s Climate Action Plan, and the analysis of details such as fire response times , traffic and energy consumption.

Ocean Kamp is proposed for the 92-acre site

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We Ko Pa’s new look

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Imagine stepping inside a cruise ship, but instead of ocean water, you’re surrounded by the Sonoran Desert.

We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, about 30 miles northeast of central Phoenix on land owned by the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, is where this vision becomes reality as a reimagined one-stop vacation spot.

People who visited We-Ko-Pa before the pandemic will find a different, higher-end experience today, said Gail Manginelli, a spokeswoman for the resort.

“We have everything right here — fine dining, a casino, golf, outdoor activities and a spa,” she said. “And you feel like you’re away from it all, even though you’re close enough. All you see is desert.”

Coming soon:This famous Scottsdale resort is getting a luxurious upgrade

A reinvention and rebranding

The 166.341-square-foot casino resort, an AAA Four Diamond hotel, reinvented and rebranded itself upon the completion of a new, 100% smoke-free casino in October 2020. It replaced the

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