The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is deploying employees and coordinating assistance from other state agencies for Hurricane Irma and Harvey response and recovery efforts. GOHSEP spokesman Mike Steele says there is a wide range of needs right now in Florida and Georgia, and ongoing cleanup in Texas…
CUT 3 (11) “and rescue teams going”

Louisiana has played an important role helping Texans and Floridians escape the wrath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. You may have noticed a lot of Florida license plates over the weekend and Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says the state did well in sheltering Harvey victims…
cut 13 (10) “…feel good”
The tropics are quieter compared to last week when there were three different hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin. But State Climatologist Barry Keim says we can’t let our guard down…
cut 8 (08) “…of us”

A Christmas tree farm owner in St. Tammany is trying to figure out who’s killing trees on his property. He says the vandalism has happened about 20 times over the years. Clarke Gernon owns Shady Pond Tree Farm in Pearl River and says it’s been difficult for him to express to law enforcement the idea that these are more than just trees…:
Cut 10 (09) “than animal abuse”
Gernon says because of the physical size of the 50 acre farm, it’s difficult to put in an effective security system.