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NOAA’s spring flood forecast is welcome news for everyone

by Clay Chandler Published: April 1,2012

Tags: backwater tributary, Henry Cote, Mississippi River, National Weather Service, NOAA, spring flooding, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Yazoo County Chamber of Commerce, Yazoo County Port

It was this time last year that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued its spring flood forecast for the Mississippi River Basin that used words like “historic” and “catastrophic.” It proved to be a prophecy, as a 100-year flood deluged areas near the Mississippi River and its backwater tributaries. Mississippi was among the hardest [...] [...]

Read April 2 issue of the MBJ online

by MBJ Staff Published: March 29,2012

Tags: China, Dollars & Sense Creative Consulting, Highway 9, Jeff Good, Mangia Bené Catering, NOAA

In this week’s MBJ — “Total 180” NOAA spring flood forecast welcome news for everyone. By Clay Chandler Also in this week’s paper: >>LEGISLATURE: “A tale of two Highway 9′s”: — by Clay Chandler >> ANALYSIS Reshoring, Part 2: Manufacturing pendulum could be swinging in state’s direction— by Ted Carter >> LABOR: Is China getting too pricey [...] [...]

Fishing ban expanded; one-third of Gulf closed

by Associated Press Published: July 5,2010

Tags: BP, gulf of mexico, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Vermilion Bay

NEW ORLEANS — A ban on fishing in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico has been estended to an area south of Vermilion Bay, La., roughly the western edge of oil spreading from the broken BP well. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the closing brings to more than 81,000 square miles of [...] [...]

NOAA using GPS technology to gauge hurricanes

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 many of these [...] [...]

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