There continues to be very little tropical activity in the Gulf, but because it’s been so quiet, sea surface water temperatures are two-degrees hotter than normal. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says that could spell trouble if a storm threatens Louisiana…
DOTD and Destination Zero Deaths launch the “Buckle Up, Phone Down” High School Video and Pledge Contest. DOTD Spokesman Rodney Mallet says the contest includes a pledge they are asking all Louisianans to sign – agreeing to avoid phone use, wear a seatbelt, and speak up when they feel unsafe in cars with others.
The pledge and contest rules can be found on DOTD’s website.
After casting what was, for all intents and purposes, the deciding vote that sealed his confirmation as health secretary, Senator Bill Cassidy sparred with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his health policies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing this morning. After Kennedy said he agreed with Cassidy’s assertion that President Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for his role in Operation Warp Speed – expeditiously developing COVID-19 vaccines – Cassidy took him to task for something he told Colorado Senator Michael Bennet.
Cut 6 (15) “…question of fact.”
What Kennedy actually told Bennet is that he agreed with one of his CDC nominees that evidence is mounting that mRNA vaccines cause serious harm, including death, among young people.