{"title":"Jeff Klinkenberg","description":"Jeff Klinkenberg wrote for the Tampa Bay Times from 1977 to 2014. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Hansell Distinguished Journalism Award, the highest honor given by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors. He is the author of Alligators in B-Flat: Improbable Tales from the Files of Real Florida, Pilgrim in the Land of Alligators: More Stories about Real Florida, and Seasons of Real Florida.","products":[{"product_id":"son-of-real-florida-stories-from-my-life-hardcover","title":"Son of Real Florida: Stories from My Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs stories about \"Florida Man\" inspire wild headlines in the news, Florida's most beloved chronicler is here to show that the state is more than the stereotypes. 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We travel to Solomon's Castle of reclaimed materials, the neighborhood of \"Rattlesnake, Florida,\" and the smallest post office in the United States. Along the way, he stops to impart true Florida wisdom, from how to eat a Key lime pie to which writers and artists every Floridian should know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this heartfelt tribute, Klinkenberg portrays Florida's people, places, food, and culture with a deep understanding that does not relegate them to cliché. He writes with warmth and authenticity of a state he still sees as wondrous in its own ways. 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At UF's Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, wind engineers like Forrest Masters and David Prevatt study storm systems and design buildings to better withstand the forces of nature. Follow their stories as they venture inside Hurricane Wilma with wind gauges, travel to Joplin, Missouri to assess the wind-damage from the most powerful tornado in more than a half century, and conduct experiments with the lab's infamous \"Multi-Axis Wind Load Simulator,\" ominously nicknamed \"The Judge.\" Yet the job of the UF wind engineers does not end there. They take their findings to the drafting table, build roofs and walls, and test shingles, shutters, and garage doors. Their goal: to make sure our houses are still standing, and we are safe, after the storm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The stories chronicled in GATORBYTES span all colleges and units across the UF campus. 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