South Florida doesn’t need reminders of what rising seas can do. Streets flood on sunny days, businesses brace for storm surges, and municipalities are under pressure to plan for a future where the waterline keeps creeping higher.
That’s the challenge SkyWind Solutions, a Boca Raton-based startup, is tackling with hyperlocal tide forecasts built to give coastal communities a sharper, more reliable view of what’s coming.
Bonnie Schneider knows this problem well. After years as a national TV meteorologist for CNN, HLN, and MSNBC, and authoring Taking the Heat, a book on climate change and health, she decided to move beyond reporting and start building solutions. Along with co-founders Dr. Greg Rainwater and Dr. Kevin Viner, she launched SkyWind to apply advanced science and AI to one of Florida’s most pressing risks…