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This week’s broadcast of Eye on Travel broadcasts from Panama City Beach, Florida. Peter has the latest update on the investigation into the Boeing 737 Max 8 jet crashes. And Mayor Mike Thomas updates the condition of his city and the relief efforts five months after it was hit by Hurricane Michael.  The good news: the beach is back. Local CBS News Anchor, Paris Janos, on the intense connection between a natural disaster and tourism, and how one storm brought the community together. Musician Barry Fish stops by to perform; Captain Brian Robinson with an update on the return of sea life and the unexpected treasures unearthed below the surface of the water by the storm, and how they will soon sink the El Dorado, a former casino boat to create the newest artificial reef. And the Wall Street Journal’s Travel Editor Scott McCartney talks about the somewhat dark science of airlines building big time buffers to their schedules so that flights appear to be on time when they might actually be arriving 40 minutes later than ten years ago. There’s all this and more as Eye on Travel  broadcasts from Panama City Beach, Florida.

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