Barry is a tropical depression in Arkansas this morning after dumping several inches of rain, knocking out power and producing some flooding along the coast. But Barry didn’t live up to projections of major flooding, of 15 to 20 inches of rain. State Climatologist Barry Keim says you can thank wind shear that the models didn’t take into account…
Most of Louisiana appears to have dodged a bullet from once Hurricane Barry, and Governor Edwards says the state will begin ramping down its state of emergency activities. Governor Edwards thanked the emergency personnel who rose to the occasion during the storm. He says operations took place in a number of locations.
Today is the first day of SEC Media Days. LSU Coach Ed Orgeron will speak to hundreds of reporters today. Braden Gall covers college football for Athlon Sports and ESPN-U Radio. He says LSU and Florida are two dark horses to make the college football playoff.
LSU receives a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Science in an effort to tell the stories of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and active duty military through the creation of virtual footlockers. Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Ed Benoit says footlockers would include social media posts, digital photos, videos, emails, and stories from the troops.