If you or a loved one is overwhelmed with hurricane recovery or the pandemic there is free counseling available and it’s as easy as picking up your phone. Brooke Thorington has more.
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You can sort of breathe a sigh of relief that today we’ve reached the statistical midway point of this year’s hurricane season. But, as Dave Brannen reports, we’re not out of the woods yet
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Saturday marks twenty years since the September 11th attacks on New York and Washington. Kevin Gallagher has more from a Louisianan who was there…:
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While many are dealing with the stress of hurricane recovery State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter reminds residents that free and confidential help is available for those feeling overwhelmed during this most traumatic period. He says you can call the Keep Calm phone line at 1-866-310-7977…
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Hurricane recovery on top of a pandemic is extremely daunting and Kanter notes there is help available and it’s completely confidential.
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Kanter highly encourages anyone who is feeling overwhelmed, or you if you have a loved one who is extremely stressed with the pandemic and/or hurricane recovery to reach out for help.
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For more information visit SAMHSA.gov website or call 1-800-985-5590 or text TalkWithUs (all one word) to 66746.
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It’s Friday, and as State Climatologist Barry Keim tells us, we’re about halfway through this year’s hurricane season.
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He says that’s why more storms form during this time of the hurricane season that runs from June through November. So far this year, Keim says we’ve had 13 named storms which put us far ahead of an average season of storms.
Keim says while we still have half the hurricane season left, there’s an upside to this situation.
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State Climatologist Barry Keim says that as we hit the statistical midway of the 2021 hurricane season, there is one thing to note. We won’t see the repeat of last year’s use of Greek names for the storms.
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And Keim says NOAA predicts a 70 to 80 percent chance of a LA Nina forming towards the end of the season which could result in a repeat similar to last year of a lot of storms, some of them powerful.
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Saturday marks twenty years since the 9-11 Terrorist Attack on the U.S.A. Islamic extremists crashed two planes into the World Trade Center in New York, and one jet into the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Baton Rougean Trey Williams was working for the federal government in D.C. at the time. He says he witnessed much of the confusion of that day from his office in the U.S. Capitol…:
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A fourth plane on September 11, 2001, was planning to crash into the U.S. Capitol, but passengers teamed to rush the cockpit and cause the plane to crash in Shanksville, PA. Williams, who worked for the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services at the time, said the Capitol was eventually evacuated with staff left to find their own way out of the area…:
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Williams remembers the smoke rising from the Pentagon in the distance and the eerie silence of virtually NO air traffic, save for the sounds of fighter jets. Still, he says he’ll always remember the compassion people showed each other at that chaotic time…:
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The LSU Tigers kick off their first home game against McNeese State Saturday night and for the first time, fans will have to show proof of vaccination or a negative PCR COVID-19 test to enter Tiger Stadium. LSU Athletics Spokesperson Cody Worsham says for the most part things will be the same with the exception of your journey from tailgating to the stadium.
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Worsham says prior to the game they will have 12 pre-verification sites on campus where you can show proof of vaccination or negative COVID test to help ease congestion into the stadium. He says there’s a map of the sites on lsusports.net and they will be open from 10-3.
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In addition to the 12 sites, Worsham says they will have mobile teams on golf carts that will offer prescreening services for tailgaters also.
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Guests younger than 12 will not need to present a negative test; masks will be encouraged for children younger than 5 and required for children ages 5 to 11 years old.
For more information go to lsusports.net
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A new era of Saints football begins Sunday when New Orleans opens the season against Green Bay in Jacksonville. Instead of Drew Brees at quarterback, it will be Jameis Winston
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Winston says the time re-located in Fort Worth, Texas has been good for the team as they’ve come together…
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Winston knows this opening game has added meaning for those who suffered through Hurricane Ida and its aftermath…
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New ULM Coach Terry Bowden gets to coach his first game in Malone Stadium on Saturday when the Warhawks host Jackson State. Kentucky spoiled Bowden’s debut with ULM last week as the Wildcats handled the Warhawks 45 to 10. Kentucky threw for 419 yards and Bowden says they need to be assignment sound in the secondary
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Bowden says there were some bright spots in the loss to Kentucky, like Boogie Knight who had six catches for 58 yards
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