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Friday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Guitar-shaped hotel tower nears top-off at Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood has announced it is less than three weeks away from topping off its new guitar-shaped hotel — a 450-foot tower that has become visible for miles around South Florida.
› Disney workers find peace with yoga at Cinderella Castle
They arrived before the sunrise Thursday, their yoga mats in hand as they headed toward the Cinderella Castle, three hours before Disney’s Magic Kingdom opened. The world’s busiest theme park briefly became a yoga studio as more than 1,000 Disney employees took a free, 45-minute class as part of the company’s wellness program.
› Florida-based fast-casual Mexican restaurant expanding
3 Pepper Burrito Co., a fast-casual Mexican food restaurant founded in Cape Coral, plans to open its first Sarasota location later year. Currently, 3 Pepper Burrito has one restaurant in Cape Coral and three in Fort Myers, another on the way.
› Are Florida's hurricane shelters safe enough to protect evacuees during a big storm?
If a deadly hurricane threatens Florida this year, just over a third of the state’s counties would not have adequate shelter space considered safe enough for storms that intensify to a strong Category 4 or an even more dangerous Category 5, according to state estimates. See the full document from Florida's State Emergency Response Team (SERT): "2018 Statewide Emergency Shelter Plan."
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