November 21, 2024 • 11 mins
Two Hurricanes, One Week Apart! Join us in the Sonography Lounge and hear how we and our local area are doing after Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton paid us a visit!
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(00:05):
Recording from the Sunshine CitySt.
Petersburg, FL overlooking beautiful Tampa Bay, this is the
Sonography Lounge. Sponsored by Gulf Coast
Ultrasound Institute. This podcast is dedicated to
medical professionals and patients around the world
interested in diagnostic and interventional ultrasound.
(00:25):
Our podcast will discuss everything ultrasound from news,
trends, career paths, new technology, and industry
updates. Hosted by Lori Green and Tricia
Rio of Gulf Coast Ultrasound Institute, they bring over 4
decades of experience in the ultrasound profession and are
here to guide you through this journey.
Now sit back, relax and enjoy. Hey everybody, and welcome to
(00:51):
the Sonography Lounge. I'm Lori Green, and I'm here
with Tricia Rio. Everyone.
Downtown Saint Pete's beautiful out today, sunny day and as you
know our sonography lounge. We talk about everything
ultrasound, but today we are not.
We are bringing you a unique session that we're going to talk
(01:11):
about a lot of things that have recently happened to our area
and how we are. Doing.
Doing how we're doing exactly, yeah.
So as some of you may have heard, we have been hit by two
major storms pretty much in the course of two weeks.
So we just wanted to come on, let you guys know we're here,
we're alive, we're OK, and we wanted to kind of give you a
(01:34):
glimpse of a sense as to what our daily life looks like down
here in Saint Pete. As you can see, it's a beautiful
day. It's sunny out, we've got a
little bit of breeze, we're enjoying the sunshine, and the
city is hustling and bustling. In fact, looking around, you
would never know that anything even even happened.
We wanted to give you guys some fun information, so I'm going to
start out with just a little bitof information regarding
(01:55):
hurricanes. Our area, the Tampa Bay area,
hasn't been hit by a major hurricane since 1921.
That's a long time, over 100 years, 103 years.
And the National Weather Servicebegan naming storms in 1950,
beginning with a code based on the phonetic alphabet and then
moving into naming them women's names and then men and female
(02:16):
names. They started first with the
Atlantic Oceans and then into the Pacific and Gulf, and that's
how they started naming the storm.
So prior to that, it was just the year of the storm and the
area that it hit, which made it confusing for people who were
trying to track the storms. Additionally, if a storm is
particularly damaging or deadly,they will retire that name.
So we don't expect that we're ever going to hear Hurricane
(02:37):
Helene again, or at least we hope not.
Yeah. Or Melton, Yeah.
That's right. And you know, over the years,
I've actually lived in Florida, in the Saint Petersburg area
since 1975. It's a long time and, and
throughout the time that I've lived here, we have never had
any storm that has been as devastating as these two
(03:01):
hurricanes. And we've never had two
hurricanes back-to-back within two weeks hitting our area.
And I actually live on Saint Pete Beach as well.
And I've been there for 30 yearsand the same thing there's just
this has been historic event forus.
But as you can see from being down here, we have we are very
resilient in Florida. We're Florida strong and that's
(03:24):
why we wanted to bring this to you, as Tricia said was wanted
to show you first hand how beautiful it is in downtown
Saint Pete, right where our facility is located.
And just go through a few thingswith you on how we have overcome
some of these these major obstacles, but we're still here
for you. And so as Trisha was saying, we
haven't had a hurricane in 103 years that would hit our area.
(03:47):
And, and so a lot of people havealways asked me as well, just
even when we don't have hurricanes and why is it that
that happens? And probably if you talk to a
meteorologist, they would, they would say, you know, really what
happens is typically when hurricanes come into the Gulf of
Mexico, they pretty much parallel the coast of the Tampa
Bay region. So ultimately what happens, of
(04:09):
course, this is all during due to winds and steering currents
and all that sort of thing. But historically, the Hurricanes
will come into the Gulf of Mexico.
They'll parallel our area and then end up going up to the
Panhandle or maybe bearing off to the West or the east
slightly. But in order for a hurricane to
actually hit direct to Tampa Bay, it would have to come up
(04:32):
into the Gulf, make a 90° turn and hit Tampa Bay.
Or in this case, it started in Mexico, which never happens and
came directly at us. So that's kind of the the theory
behind why we have been, you know, free of hurricanes,
substantial hurricanes. That's a scientific theory.
(04:53):
That's a scientific theory, right?
Yeah, exactly. But you have a more interesting.
Theory. I have more of a fun fact theory
And so there are different theories on why we have not been
hit by a hurricane in so many years.
And So what some people may not realize is that our area has
many locations throughout the Tampa Bay that has sacred
(05:15):
mountains. And these sacred mounds are all
over the place, but many of themare waterfront.
We have sacred mounds that are in Old Northeast.
We have them in the southeast ofSaint Pete.
We actually have sacred mounds that are right down about two
blocks from us at the Venois. And our facility is just located
down here as well. But one of the more popular
areas where we have sacred mounds is in a location on the
(05:39):
western side of Saint Pete, but also a waterfront, and it's
referred to as Abercrombie Park.And so these mounds were the
works of indigenous cultures that dated back as far as 5 to
7000 years ago, so a long, long time ago.
And the mounds are located in different areas, as I said.
(05:59):
But the Tobago's, it's the Tocabago.
We're living here when the Spanish explorers arrived in the
1500s and they remained in the Tampa Bay area for over 1000
years. So as you might expect, everyone
who lives in this area highly respects those sacred mounds and
do our best to protect them. And legend has it that the Tampa
(06:22):
Bay area has been protected for over 100 years by these sacred
mounds. And that's why that we haven't
had any hurricanes directly hit Tampa Bay, however.
However, there's always one. There's always.
One right recently there was a resident who moved to Saint Pete
from another state and decided that he wanted to expand his
(06:43):
driveway and his home was located very close proximity to
these these mounds. And so we wanted to expand his
driveway, which unfortunately disrupted one of the mounds.
And so when that happened, then,of course, archaeologists came
in and the city officials and soforth, and they found many
artifacts from that era and evenskeletons that were found.
(07:05):
The next thing you know, we havetwo hurricanes directly hitting
our area within two weeks of each other.
Now, although the protection of the mounds is considered to be a
legend by some, others think that it's just merely A myth.
Nevertheless, these are historical events that have
happened in our area and back-to-back.
(07:27):
And so you just, I just go with the somethings just make it go.
So if you come to Saint Pete or Florida, please don't disturb
our sacred Indian burial grounds.
Just don't know just. Don't know.
All right, so moving on. You know, it's really
interesting information. We wanted to bring to you guys
some fun legends that the local people talk about a lot when we
(07:50):
talk about why these hurricanes hit us, how these hurricanes hit
us. And a lot of people moved to
this area because they they've depended on that legendary story
as a protection for them. And now we're kind of like,
well, maybe not, but we're goingto try to get back to protecting
those mounds so this doesn't happen again.
Go back to our town. As you can see, there's people
(08:12):
out walking, they're walking, they're dogs are running,
they're exercising, they're justhaving a really great time.
And we just wanted to come on, let you guys know, come on down
and visit US. 80% of our businesses and hotels have
reopened. There's people sitting out
having lunch right now. There's nothing to be afraid of.
This isn't a war zone. We are living life as we
normally were. As Laurie said she is, she calls
(08:34):
Saint Pete Beach home and there there's some differences, but
mostly it's just back to business as usual.
So you know it's a good time to come and visit. 35 miles of our
Gulf Coast beachfront are accessible and ready to enjoy.
So if you do want to take in thebeach while you're here, there
are definitely areas where you can do that.
We also have a very vibrant downtown nightlife.
There's also the amazing 26 acreSaint Pete pier, has a museum,
(08:58):
playground, restaurants, all sorts of fun things to do and
great walking trails in the local area.
So we definitely encourage you come down to Saint Pete, come
visit us. We are Florida strong, we are
resilient, but we also are a tourist state and we, we really
rely on you guys coming down here, spending your dollars and
playing in our home. So we invite you to come down
(09:18):
taking a course to get your ultrasound on with us, but enjoy
the area as well. It's not as bad as it seems.
Yeah, I mean, we have had a lot of calls and people concerned
about how the area is it, is it back together again?
Am I walking into a war zone? And you know, we, we, we
definitely that's the reason fordoing this is just to, you know,
help to reaffirm that we are back.
(09:40):
We're fully functional. We're offering all of our
classes anything that you need from Gulf Coast, we are here.
The beaches are rapidly coming back.
It's only been 4 weeks and having lived out there, I've
watched it go from one extreme to the other and, and exactly on
Sunday I was telling Tricia thatI was actually out on Saint Pete
(10:01):
Beach for sunset and it was beautiful.
The sand is probably even nicer than it was.
It was before hurricanes. It's that soft sugary sand.
The sunset was beautiful green flash.
So if you haven't seen a green flash, you see them a lot here
in Florida. So we are back.
We are back. We are strong.
There's no reason to have concern for coming to Florida,
(10:24):
especially Saint Pete area, one of our classes, because we're
fully functional and our town and our city is up and running
and vibrant and you're going to have an amazing time if you
come, yeah. All right, well, thank you guys
for joining us for this special episode.
We look forward to bringing you more content in the coming
weeks. So please make sure you're
following us and get social withus.
(10:45):
You can join us on X Instagram, Facebook, and of course, you
want to subscribe to our podcast, The Sonography Lounge.
All right, we wish you all a great day.
Happy scanning. Happy scanning.
Thanks for listening to the Sonography Lounge.
Don't forget, if you like this episode, please subscribe and
leave us a review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get
(11:08):
your podcasts. You can also find us on
Instagram at Sonography Lounge and Twitter at Sonography LNG.
If you have any questions, comments, or topic suggestions,
feel free to send an e-mail to us at
sonographylounge@gmail.com. Have a great week.
Recording from the Sunshine CitySt.
Petersburg, FL overlooking beautiful Tampa Bay, this is the
Sonography Lounge. Sponsored by Gulf Coast
Ultrasound Institute. This podcast is dedicated to
medical professionals and patients around the world
interested in diagnostic and interventional ultrasound.
(00:25):
Our podcast will discuss everything ultrasound from news,
trends, career paths, new technology, and industry
updates. Hosted by Lori Green and Tricia
Rio of Gulf Coast Ultrasound Institute, they bring over 4
decades of experience in the ultrasound profession and are
here to guide you through this journey.
Now sit back, relax and enjoy. Hey everybody, and welcome to
(00:51):
the Sonography Lounge. I'm Lori Green, and I'm here
with Tricia Rio. Everyone.
Downtown Saint Pete's beautiful out today, sunny day and as you
know our sonography lounge. We talk about everything
ultrasound, but today we are not.
We are bringing you a unique session that we're going to talk
(01:11):
about a lot of things that have recently happened to our area
and how we are. Doing.
Doing how we're doing exactly, yeah.
So as some of you may have heard, we have been hit by two
major storms pretty much in the course of two weeks.
So we just wanted to come on, let you guys know we're here,
we're alive, we're OK, and we wanted to kind of give you a
(01:34):
glimpse of a sense as to what our daily life looks like down
here in Saint Pete. As you can see, it's a beautiful
day. It's sunny out, we've got a
little bit of breeze, we're enjoying the sunshine, and the
city is hustling and bustling. In fact, looking around, you
would never know that anything even even happened.
We wanted to give you guys some fun information, so I'm going to
start out with just a little bitof information regarding
(01:55):
hurricanes. Our area, the Tampa Bay area,
hasn't been hit by a major hurricane since 1921.
That's a long time, over 100 years, 103 years.
And the National Weather Servicebegan naming storms in 1950,
beginning with a code based on the phonetic alphabet and then
moving into naming them women's names and then men and female
(02:16):
names. They started first with the
Atlantic Oceans and then into the Pacific and Gulf, and that's
how they started naming the storm.
So prior to that, it was just the year of the storm and the
area that it hit, which made it confusing for people who were
trying to track the storms. Additionally, if a storm is
particularly damaging or deadly,they will retire that name.
So we don't expect that we're ever going to hear Hurricane
(02:37):
Helene again, or at least we hope not.
Yeah. Or Melton, Yeah.
That's right. And you know, over the years,
I've actually lived in Florida, in the Saint Petersburg area
since 1975. It's a long time and, and
throughout the time that I've lived here, we have never had
any storm that has been as devastating as these two
(03:01):
hurricanes. And we've never had two
hurricanes back-to-back within two weeks hitting our area.
And I actually live on Saint Pete Beach as well.
And I've been there for 30 yearsand the same thing there's just
this has been historic event forus.
But as you can see from being down here, we have we are very
resilient in Florida. We're Florida strong and that's
(03:24):
why we wanted to bring this to you, as Tricia said was wanted
to show you first hand how beautiful it is in downtown
Saint Pete, right where our facility is located.
And just go through a few thingswith you on how we have overcome
some of these these major obstacles, but we're still here
for you. And so as Trisha was saying, we
haven't had a hurricane in 103 years that would hit our area.
(03:47):
And, and so a lot of people havealways asked me as well, just
even when we don't have hurricanes and why is it that
that happens? And probably if you talk to a
meteorologist, they would, they would say, you know, really what
happens is typically when hurricanes come into the Gulf of
Mexico, they pretty much parallel the coast of the Tampa
Bay region. So ultimately what happens, of
(04:09):
course, this is all during due to winds and steering currents
and all that sort of thing. But historically, the Hurricanes
will come into the Gulf of Mexico.
They'll parallel our area and then end up going up to the
Panhandle or maybe bearing off to the West or the east
slightly. But in order for a hurricane to
actually hit direct to Tampa Bay, it would have to come up
(04:32):
into the Gulf, make a 90° turn and hit Tampa Bay.
Or in this case, it started in Mexico, which never happens and
came directly at us. So that's kind of the the theory
behind why we have been, you know, free of hurricanes,
substantial hurricanes. That's a scientific theory.
(04:53):
That's a scientific theory, right?
Yeah, exactly. But you have a more interesting.
Theory. I have more of a fun fact theory
And so there are different theories on why we have not been
hit by a hurricane in so many years.
And So what some people may not realize is that our area has
many locations throughout the Tampa Bay that has sacred
(05:15):
mountains. And these sacred mounds are all
over the place, but many of themare waterfront.
We have sacred mounds that are in Old Northeast.
We have them in the southeast ofSaint Pete.
We actually have sacred mounds that are right down about two
blocks from us at the Venois. And our facility is just located
down here as well. But one of the more popular
areas where we have sacred mounds is in a location on the
(05:39):
western side of Saint Pete, but also a waterfront, and it's
referred to as Abercrombie Park.And so these mounds were the
works of indigenous cultures that dated back as far as 5 to
7000 years ago, so a long, long time ago.
And the mounds are located in different areas, as I said.
(05:59):
But the Tobago's, it's the Tocabago.
We're living here when the Spanish explorers arrived in the
1500s and they remained in the Tampa Bay area for over 1000
years. So as you might expect, everyone
who lives in this area highly respects those sacred mounds and
do our best to protect them. And legend has it that the Tampa
(06:22):
Bay area has been protected for over 100 years by these sacred
mounds. And that's why that we haven't
had any hurricanes directly hit Tampa Bay, however.
However, there's always one. There's always.
One right recently there was a resident who moved to Saint Pete
from another state and decided that he wanted to expand his
(06:43):
driveway and his home was located very close proximity to
these these mounds. And so we wanted to expand his
driveway, which unfortunately disrupted one of the mounds.
And so when that happened, then,of course, archaeologists came
in and the city officials and soforth, and they found many
artifacts from that era and evenskeletons that were found.
(07:05):
The next thing you know, we havetwo hurricanes directly hitting
our area within two weeks of each other.
Now, although the protection of the mounds is considered to be a
legend by some, others think that it's just merely A myth.
Nevertheless, these are historical events that have
happened in our area and back-to-back.
(07:27):
And so you just, I just go with the somethings just make it go.
So if you come to Saint Pete or Florida, please don't disturb
our sacred Indian burial grounds.
Just don't know just. Don't know.
All right, so moving on. You know, it's really
interesting information. We wanted to bring to you guys
some fun legends that the local people talk about a lot when we
(07:50):
talk about why these hurricanes hit us, how these hurricanes hit
us. And a lot of people moved to
this area because they they've depended on that legendary story
as a protection for them. And now we're kind of like,
well, maybe not, but we're goingto try to get back to protecting
those mounds so this doesn't happen again.
Go back to our town. As you can see, there's people
(08:12):
out walking, they're walking, they're dogs are running,
they're exercising, they're justhaving a really great time.
And we just wanted to come on, let you guys know, come on down
and visit US. 80% of our businesses and hotels have
reopened. There's people sitting out
having lunch right now. There's nothing to be afraid of.
This isn't a war zone. We are living life as we
normally were. As Laurie said she is, she calls
(08:34):
Saint Pete Beach home and there there's some differences, but
mostly it's just back to business as usual.
So you know it's a good time to come and visit. 35 miles of our
Gulf Coast beachfront are accessible and ready to enjoy.
So if you do want to take in thebeach while you're here, there
are definitely areas where you can do that.
We also have a very vibrant downtown nightlife.
There's also the amazing 26 acreSaint Pete pier, has a museum,
(08:58):
playground, restaurants, all sorts of fun things to do and
great walking trails in the local area.
So we definitely encourage you come down to Saint Pete, come
visit us. We are Florida strong, we are
resilient, but we also are a tourist state and we, we really
rely on you guys coming down here, spending your dollars and
playing in our home. So we invite you to come down
(09:18):
taking a course to get your ultrasound on with us, but enjoy
the area as well. It's not as bad as it seems.
Yeah, I mean, we have had a lot of calls and people concerned
about how the area is it, is it back together again?
Am I walking into a war zone? And you know, we, we, we
definitely that's the reason fordoing this is just to, you know,
help to reaffirm that we are back.
(09:40):
We're fully functional. We're offering all of our
classes anything that you need from Gulf Coast, we are here.
The beaches are rapidly coming back.
It's only been 4 weeks and having lived out there, I've
watched it go from one extreme to the other and, and exactly on
Sunday I was telling Tricia thatI was actually out on Saint Pete
(10:01):
Beach for sunset and it was beautiful.
The sand is probably even nicer than it was.
It was before hurricanes. It's that soft sugary sand.
The sunset was beautiful green flash.
So if you haven't seen a green flash, you see them a lot here
in Florida. So we are back.
We are back. We are strong.
There's no reason to have concern for coming to Florida,
(10:24):
especially Saint Pete area, one of our classes, because we're
fully functional and our town and our city is up and running
and vibrant and you're going to have an amazing time if you
come, yeah. All right, well, thank you guys
for joining us for this special episode.
We look forward to bringing you more content in the coming
weeks. So please make sure you're
following us and get social withus.
(10:45):
You can join us on X Instagram, Facebook, and of course, you
want to subscribe to our podcast, The Sonography Lounge.
All right, we wish you all a great day.
Happy scanning. Happy scanning.
Thanks for listening to the Sonography Lounge.
Don't forget, if you like this episode, please subscribe and
leave us a review on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get
(11:08):
your podcasts. You can also find us on
Instagram at Sonography Lounge and Twitter at Sonography LNG.
If you have any questions, comments, or topic suggestions,
feel free to send an e-mail to us at
sonographylounge@gmail.com. Have a great week.
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