by MBJ Staff Published: April 1,2013
Tags: construction, damage, destruction, education, higher education, hurricane, public university, renovation, severe weather, tropical weather, Weather
LONG BEACH — With four of five building projects completed, the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park campus is nearing its full return from damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The first buildings to be completed were the Science Building and Nursing Building, both located on the northwest corner of campus. The Science [...] [...]
GULF OF MEXICO — Forecaster William Gray says he expects a very active hurricane season, but he’s not yet giving likely numbers of named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes. Gray told hundreds of people at the National Hurricane Conference the first numeric predictions will come out April 10. Gray, head of Colorado State’s Tropical Meteorology [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 21,2013
Tags: Air Force, air force base, aricraft, aviation, defense, employee, hurricane, job, military, natural disaster, relocation, tropical weather, work, worker
BILOXI — The Air Force is transferring 10 C-130j aircraft from Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi to Pope Field near Fayetteville, N.C. The planes are part of the 403rd Reserve Wing, and are being used primarily for tactical airlift missions locally and overseas. Keesler officials say in a news release that the 53rd Weather [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 13,2013
Tags: beach, damage, disaster recovery, fish, fishing, hurricane, jetty, natural disaster, outdoors, pier, repair, storm, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, tropical weather, vacation, visitor
GULFPORT — Gulfport officials say piers along the Gulf Coast that were damaged by Hurricane Isaac in August may not be repaired before summer. The Category 1 storm that hit Aug. 29 tore up slats, pilings and jetties from Biloxi to Pass Christian. Officials say the repairs and improvements must be approved by FEMA and [...] [...]
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 26,2012
Tags: disaster recovery, flood, flooding, home, house, housing, hurricane, land, natural disaster, property, rain, real estate, residence, resident, severe weather, storm surge, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Federal and Louisiana officials, looking for housing solutions for Hurricane Isaac-damaged parishes, are studying post-Hurricane Katrina housing built in Mississippi. Jon Mabry of the Mississippi Development Authority’s Disaster Recovery Division led a tour of post-disaster housing complexes Wednesday, answering questions for representatives of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 24,2012
Tags: beach, college, disaster, education, erosion, experiment, flood, flooding, higher education, hurricane, natural disaster, rain, research, sand, science, severe weather, storm surge, tropical weather, university, Weather, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Scientists at Mississippi State University have been working to find an inexpensive, attractive way to keep the sand on the 26 miles of manmade beach between Biloxi and Pass Christian, and Hurricane Isaac tested their experimental site. As the researchers expected, all of the vegetation at the site is still intact [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 20,2012
Tags: cleanup, damage, debris, disaster, disaster recovery, flood, flooding, hurricane, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, storm surge, tornado, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind
OCEAN SPRINGS and MCCOMB — A decision is expected in the next couple of days on whether Jackson County will clean up Hurricane Isaac debris along East and Front beaches in Ocean Springs. The Sun Herald reports attorneys for the city, county and secretary of state held a conference call to determine if the county [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 18,2012
Tags: COST, damage, disaster, distribution, elecvtricity, energy, flood, flooding, hurricane, light, line, loss, natural disaster, pole, power, rain, recovery, storm surge, tornado, tropical storm, tropical weather, utility, wind
NEW ORLEANS — Entergy Corporation has released an update on preliminary financial effects, liquidity resources and recovery initiatives after Hurricane Isaac. Total restoration costs for the repair and/or replacement of the electrical facilities in areas with damage from Isaac are estimated to be in the range of $400 million-$500 million. Each utility company is responsible [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 5,2012
Tags: dam, evacuation, flood, flooding, hurricane, lake, rain, tropical weather, water, Weather
LAMAR COUNTY — Officials are using pumps to drop water levels in an earthen dam at the southern end of the Lake Serene system in Lamar County near Hattiesburg that was damaged by the heavy rains of Hurricane Isaac. More than a foot of rain that fell in the area last week saturated the barrier [...] [...]
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