by Associated Press Published: March 16,2010
Tags: GPS, hurricanes, natural disasters, NOAA, Weather
BATON ROUGE, La. — How much storm surge will a hurricane drive ashore? How much rain will a hurricane that lands on the Gulf Coast bring to places as far inland as Kentucky or the Northeast? When will a monster hurricane suddenly dissipate from a record-maker to a dud? The answers to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 16,2010
Tags: floods, Mississippi River, natural disasters, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi River is starting its spring climb with forecasters predicting a rise of more than a foot a day beginning at midweek. The result could be another year of flooding in the Vicksburg area. “Right now, we’re looking at above-normal potential for spring flooding,” said Marty Pope, senior service hydrologist for the National [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — The economy is growing slowly, but snowstorms crimped activity along the East Coast last month, according to a Federal Reserve report. The Fed’s Beige Book survey, released Wednesday, showed that the nation’s recovery is managing to plod ahead though not at a strong enough pace to persuade companies to ramp up hiring. The Fed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 22,2010
Tags: hurricanes, natural disasters, Weather
WASHINGTON — Top researchers now agree that the world is likely to get stronger but fewer hurricanes in the future because of global warming, seeming to settle a scientific debate on the subject. But they say there’s not enough evidence yet to tell whether that effect has already begun. Since just before Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 12,2010
Tags: Mississippi Legislature, Weather
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers beat a deadline Thursday and cleared out of the Capitol ahead of a winter storm that promised to dump snow on many parts of the state. “This is, strangely enough, when I appreciate all of you the most,” Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant said as he thanked senators for [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: February 11,2010
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Gov. Haley Barbour declared a state of emergency Thursday in preparation for winter weather that could blanket parts of Mississippi with snowfall accumulations not seen during February in more than a century. Forecasters said several inches of snow could accumulate in central Mississippi by Friday afternoon with as [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 10,2010
Tags: casinos, gaming, power outage, Weather
BILOXI — Palace Casino is expected to reopen at 10 a.m. Thursday. The Sun Herald reports the parts needed to repair a primary power panel were located but delivery to the East Biloxi resort was delayed by snowstorms in the North. The power has been out since Sunday, when a short in the main power panel forced [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: February 8,2010
Tags: publicly traded company, utility, Weather
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — In its report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) said reduced power sales and wetter-than-normal weather are key factors that influenced the agency’s financial performance during the three-month period that ended Dec. 31, 2009. TVA reported net income for re-investment of $150 million in its quarterly [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 1,2010
Tags: attacks, oil prices, Weather
Oil prices rose above $73 a barrel today, driven by news of attacks on an oil pipeline in Nigeria and persistently cold weather in the U.S. northeast. Prices were kept in check, however, by stalling stock markets in Europe and Asia and the continued strength of the U.S. dollar, which made crude more expensive for investors [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: November 20,2009
Tags: agriculture, disaster, Weather
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Many acres of Mississippi crops remain in the fields, but now most of what is left has no market value and will not be harvested. Nearly all the state’s corn crop was harvested by Nov. 8, but large percentages of the other row crops were still in the fields. Historically, harvest of the [...] [...]