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[Gustav] - How to Volunteer to Help Gustav Victims

If you want to volunteer to help victims of Hurricane Gustav, please see this Jackpedia page, where you can also start posting about needs for specific volunteers. If you're available to volunteer, you can post contact info for yourself here. You can also go VolunteerMississippi.org to both…
 
by DonnaLadd on 08/31/08 at 10:00 AM Comments (1) -- Read More...

[Gustav] - Deadly Storm Surges Likely for Louisiana and Mississippi

As you're tracking the storm, don't just focus on where the eye of Gustav will make landfall. As we all learned during Katrina, the storm surge is one of the most dangerous components of a massive hurricane. You can track projections of the Gustav storm surge here (scroll down…
 
by DonnaLadd on 08/31/08 at 09:01 AM Comments (1) -- Read More...

[Gustav] - 10 Nurse Volunteers Needed for Special-Needs Shelter

Please spread the word that 10 nurse volunteers are needed for a special-needs shelter in Harrison County. See e-mails below for contact information.
You can visit the Gustav section of Jackpedia for a list of special-needs shelters and and to post needs yourself.
 
by DonnaLadd on 08/31/08 at 09:00 AM Comments (0) -- Read More...

[Gustav] - McCain, Palin Coming to Jackson Sunday for Gustav Face Time

The Associated Press is reporting that the McCain-Palin campaign is coming down to Gustav territory:

Likely GOP presidential nominee John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, are traveling to Mississippi on Sunday to check on people getting prepared for Hurricane Gustav.Their trip comes…
 
by DonnaLadd on 08/30/08 at 11:45 PM Comments (4) -- Read More...

[Gustav] - Governor: Contraflow Traffic Begins 4 a.m. Sunday in State

[Verbatim] August 30, 2008—The State of Mississippi is assisting Louisiana with contraflow operations for Interstate 59 and Interstate 55. This means all lanes will be dedicated to northbound traffic beginning Sunday at 4:00 a.m.

Contraflow will end in MS just south of Poplarville on Interstate 59 and…
 
by DonnaLadd on 08/30/08 at 06:36 PM Comments (2) -- Read More...

[Gustav] - Barbour Declares State of Emergency Due to Gustav

[Verbatim from Office of Governor] (JACKSON, Mississippi)--Today Governor Haley Barbour issued a State of Emergency for the State of Mississippi due to the threat posed by Hurricane Gustav, which has demonstrated potential to severely impact the entire state according to current predictions by the National Weather Service and National Hurricane…
 
by DonnaLadd on 08/30/08 at 06:34 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...

[Gustav] - [Politics] - W-P: GOP Considers Postponing Convention

Faced with the prospect that Hurricane Gustav would make landfall on or shortly the GOP convention begins, the Washington Post is reporting that the GOP is considering a delay for the start of the convention:

For Bush and Republican presidential candidate John McCain, Gustav…
 
by Todd Stauffer on 08/29/08 at 09:00 AM Comments (1) -- Read More...

[Gustav] - [Politics] - The Katrina Effect: National and State Politics After the Storm

Read Adam Lynch's in-depth analysis of how the inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi's Gulf Coast and in New Orleans—and the fact that so many people still leave in trailers as another massive storm looms—has dramatically changed the face of politics in the U.S. and in the South. 
by DonnaLadd on 08/27/08 at 09:47 PM Comments (0) -- Read More...

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