As of the 10PM Advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Sally is 90 miles east of the mouth of the Mississippi River with max sustained winds of 100 miles per hour. National Weather Service New Orleans Meteorologist Robert Ricks says overnight, there has been a flare-up of new thunderstorms around Sally’s center.
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A hurricane warning remains in effect from Grand Isle, Louisiana to Navarre, Florida.
Sally isn’t expected to bullseye Louisiana but it could bring some tropical-storm-force winds and heavy rain to the southeastern parts of the state. 12,000 Hurricane Laura refugees are being housed by the state in New Orleans hotels and Governor Edwards says while the city is expecting heavy rains…
12,700 Laura refugees are being housed in non-congregate settings across Louisiana by the state.
Plaquemines Parish residents may have dodged a bullet in avoiding the worst impacts of Hurricane Sally. Parish President Kirk Lepine says residents did not take the initial threat lightly.
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Lepine says while parish residents are relieved by the latest forecast, they are continuing to brace for a storm that has shown an indecisive track in its slow approach to land.
One of Louisiana’s two Fortune 500 Companies, CenturyLink, is rebranding itself as Lumen Technologies. Lumen Consumer Markets President Maxine Moreau says they’re taking on a new vision that’s aimed at creating technology that helps companies through the 4th industrial revolution.
The other Fortune 500 Company based out of Louisiana is Entergy.