Browsing entries posted on Wednesday, May 27, 2009

• Hurricane sales tax holiday this weekend

  Posted by Brett Troxler | 2theadvocate.com staff | on May 27, 2009 at 1:55 p.m.

  Hurricane season begins on June 1, and you can get ready this weekend with the state's sales tax holiday. Byron Henderson with the state Department of Revenue joined us with details on 2une In.

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• 2008 Hurricane Gustav and Ike photos posted

  Posted by Michael Wilson | 2theadvocate.com staff | on May 27, 2009 at 10:50 a.m.

  

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  This satellite image released by NOAA shows Hurricane Gustav above the Gulf Coast on Monday Sept. 1, 2008.

  2theadvocate.com has just recently collected the on-line photo galleries from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike onto one convenient index page.

  All published galleries, maps and informational graphics published on the site relating to both hurricanes is on the page.

  We have included both Advocate and WBRZ staff photos as well as all of our published user submitted photos of the storm and the resulting damage.

  Hurricane Photo Galleries from Gustav and Ike

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• Miss. contraflow plans improved, officials say

  Posted by SANDY DAVIS | Advocate staff | on May 27, 2009 at 10:55 a.m.

  

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  Hurricane evacuation contraflow plan for Southeast LA

  PICAYUNE, Miss. — Louisiana and Mississippi officials said Tuesday they’ve fine-tuned hurricane contraflow plans to alleviate traffic congestion not only on interstates but also in small southern Mississippi towns that bear the brunt of Louisiana’s evacuees looking for shelter, gas, food and restrooms. Col. Mike Edmonson, superintendent of Louisiana State Police, also said that for the first time, Mississippi officials will be inside Louisiana’s Emergency Operations Center when it opens for a hurricane. “Now if there’s a problem with contraflow, we’ll be able to fix it immediately because they’ll be in there with us,” Edmonson said. He and other officials from the two states held a joint news conference Tuesday at the Mississippi Welcome Center just over the Mississippi line on Interstate 59 where they announced a few changes to the contraflow system. Read more…

  Posted in: Traffic

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