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Prepare ahead to keep food safe during power outages

Tue, 08/25/2020 - 4:08pm

BATON ROUGE — With Hurricane Laura expected to make landfall on the coast of Louisiana, many residents in the state may find themselves without electricity. The safety of refrigerated and frozen foods is always a concern following extended power outages.
LSU AgCenter food safety expert Wennie Xu recommends planning ahead to have plenty of ice on hand before the anticipated outage.
You can purchase or make ice and store it in the freezer for use in the refrigerator or in a cooler. You also can freeze gel packs for use in coolers.

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Pecan Island Water Works District No. 3

Tue, 08/25/2020 - 2:55pm

The Pecan Island Water Works District No. 3 will be turning the water off plant either late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
The district will be turning the water off at the water plant due to the potential threat from Hurricane Laura. The plant suffered damage during Hurricane Rita in 2005. The water had been left on and a busted pipe led to a burnt motor at the plant.
Those who are on the water system are asked to please make preparations to be without water for a couple of days.

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1 P.M. UPDATE.: LAURA NOW A HURRICANE, BUILDING TOWARD CATEGORY 3 STRENGTH

Tue, 08/25/2020 - 1:52pm

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
HURRICANE LAURA
Hurricane Laura Intermediate Advisory Number 23A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL132020
100 PM CDT Tue Aug 25 2020
...LAURA MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO...
...EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN INTO A MAJOR HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...
SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...24.3N 87.6W
ABOUT 525 MI...845 KM SE OF LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA

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The flood gate at Seventh Ward Elementary has been closed.

Vermilion Parish Public schools push back start of school to September 3-4

Mon, 08/24/2020 - 3:53pm

Because of two tropical systems in the Gulf of Mexico, public, private, and Catholic schools have been canceled at least for the first few days of this week.
Catholic schools (Maltrait, VC and Mt. Carmel) began last week, but because of the storms, the Catholic schools canceled school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Harvest Time Academy, a private school in Abbeville, canceled school on Monday and Tuesday. The Harvest Time administration will decide Tuesday at 1 p.m. for the rest of the week.

Public school schedule

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Marco weakening, Laura expected to make landfall late Wednesday, early Thursday

Mon, 08/24/2020 - 10:43am

Marco is weakening quickly and is not expected to cause any weather problems in our region today or tomorrow, according the 10 a.m. update from the National Weather Service in Lake Cahrle
The tropical storm warnings have been discontinued for south central and southwest Louisiana. Most of the rain associated with Marco is well to the east of the system.
Laura is expected to make landfall between southeast Texas and south central Louisiana as a category two hurricane late Wednesday or early Thursday.

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