by MBJ Staff Published: April 11,2013
Tags: air base, defense, disaster preparedness, federal agency, military, natural disaster, severe weather, storm, tornado, Weather
MERIDIAN — The Naval Air Station in Meridian is the fourth government or military site to earn the National Weather Service’s StormReady designation in Mississippi, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Mississippi has 26 counties, 15 communities, four state universities and four government/military sites designated as StormReady in Mississippi. StormReady is a nationwide program [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 8,2013
Tags: casino, cloud, computer, convention, data protection, disaster preparedness, disaster recovery, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hardware, hospitality, hotel, inforamtion technology, lodging, meeting, restaurant, softeware, tourisdt, tourism, visitor
BRANDON and BILOXI — The Solutions TEAM, a Brandon-based IT services outsourcing and cloud-based data protection solutions provider, has been selected by Treasure Bay Casino and Hotel in Biloxi to provide cloud-based data protection and disaster recovery solutions and services. “After a thorough analysis of all available alternatives, including software and online backup solutions, we [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 10,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster assistance, disaster preparedness, emergency, executive, federal, government, hurricane, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, natural disaster, severe weather, storm, tropical, Weather
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is asking Obama administration officials to support changing federal disaster laws that draw out recovery work following major disasters. Cochran serves on the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee that conducted a hearing on Hurricane Sandy response and recovery issues. The hearing occurred as congressional appropriations panels await [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 4,2012
Tags: agency, damage, disaster, disaster preparedness, disaster recovery, elected official, federal, flood, flooding, government, hurricane, lawmaker, natural disaster, public official, rain, representative, Senator, state, storm, storm surge, tornado, tropicazl, Weather, wind
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency director is making recommendations to Congress about streamlining the recovery process in large disasters. Robert Latham says after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Mississippi officials were frustrated that the federal government required separate environmental and historic preservation reviews for some projects. He says the duplicated efforts slowed recovery [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 30,2012
Tags: disaster preparedness, electricity, energy, flood, flooding, hurricane, light, lighting, natural disaster, nuclear power, power, Power plant, rain, storm, storm surge, tornado, tropical, wind
JACKSON — Entergy Nuclear reports its Indian Point Energy Center and James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in New York, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant in Vermont have all safely weathered Hurricane Sandy. Indian Point 2, FitzPatrick and Pilgrim remained at full power while Vermont Yankee reduced power [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 29,2012
Tags: conference call, delay, disaster preparedness, earnings, electricity, energy, flood, flooding, hurricane, natural disaster, postpone, postponement, publicly traded company, rain, severe weather, sorm surge, tornado, tropical weather, utility, Weather, wind
NEW ORLEANS — Citing Hurricane Sandy approaching the northeastern U.S., Entergy Corporation has rescheduled its third quarter 2012 earnings teleconference to Nov. 5, 2012, from Oct. 30. “The current weather forecasts show Hurricane Sandy likely bringing with her widespread and high winds to the Northeast, beginning Monday night and potentially not dissipating until Wednesday. With [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 29,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster preparedness, federal agency, flood, flooding, forecast, government, hail, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, sleet, tornado, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — National Weather Service meteorologists are warning Mississippi residents to be wary of severe weather in November. Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana are the only states that historically have a fall tornado and severe weather season each year, Stephen Wilkinson, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Jackson, tells The Northeast [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 3,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster preparedness, emergency, engineering, first responder, flood, flooding, geotechnical, higher education, natural disaster, response, state agency, university
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has funded a University of Mississippi project to assist local emergency response agencies in the Delta in preparing for flood-related disasters. “Flood Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Associated with Mississippi River Levees” is a $470,776 study that began in June 2011 and continues through April 2013. Geological and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 24,2012
Tags: alderman, builder, building, building supplies, Business, city, cleanup, construction, contractor, debris, disaster preparedness, flood, flooding, garbage, government, Harrison County Young Lawyers, hurricane, law, municipality, ordinance, rain, stor, storm, surge, trash, tropical, wind
LONG BEACH — Alderman Mark Lishen says Long Beach should require businesses and construction sites to make sure their building materials, trash and trash containers won’t become battering rams in hurricanes. He tells WLOX-TV he wants an ordinance to make sure that such things are secured or removed before hurricanes arrive on shore. Lishen’s current [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 24,2012
Tags: alarm, alert, city, disaster, disaster preparedness, federal agency, federal government, flood, flooding, government, municipal, municipality, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, storm, thunderstorm, tornado, Weather, wind
JACKSON — The Capital City is the newest Mississippi community to earn the National Weather Service’s StormReady designation. Mississippi now has 24 counties, 15 communities, four state universities and three government sites designated as StormReady. StormReady is a nationwide program of the National Weather Service that helps communities protect their citizens during severe weather and [...] [...]
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