First responders along the east coast are utilizing an LSU developed storm surge model to better position resources along the expected path of Hurricane Dorian. Matt Doyle has more.
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LSU merchanside is selling well ahead of Saturday’s showdown versus ninth ranked Texas. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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This Saturday the LSU Tigers are gearing up to play the Texas Longhorns and fans are getting their fan gear for the state line rivalry. Tickets for this weekend’s game aren’t the only hard thing to find. Purple and Gold Store Owner Sara Sanders says their specialty shirt for the big game is also a hot commodity.
Texas only allotted only 35-hundred tickets for LSU fans, yet the die-hards are making the road trip anyway. Sanders says there’s lots of excitement with the Tigers ranked 6th in the polls and a big game this Saturday, the store is seeing plenty of traffic.
LSU started the season with a 55-3 rout of Georgia Southern. Sanders says big victories are always good for business at Purple at Gold.
Texas is ranked 9th in the polls and Saturday’s game kicks off at 6:30 in Austin.
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South Louisiana authorities say over 40 handguns were reportedly stolen from a shooting range in Youngsville over the weekend. Youngsville Police Chief Ricky Boudreaux says it’s likely the guns will find their way into criminal hands.
Boudreaux says it’s an ongoing investigation with a few persons of interest, but no arrests have been made so far.
The Chief adds they may see a spike in crime across the Acadiana region as a result.
The business, Sentry Defense, reports that no electronics or money were stolen. Boudreaux says the criminal’s objectives were clear.
Boudreaux said he could not comment at this time when asked whether the firearms stolen included more than just handguns.
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The White House and Homeland Security are utilizing a storm surge model developed by LSU to better respond to Hurricane Dorian as it creeps it’s way up the east coast.
Director of Louisiana Sea Grant Robert Twilley says the program uses fine-scale resolution data of coastlines, bayous, and other waterways to provide lifesaving information.
The Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment program was developed with the help of the University of North Carolina.
The data isn’t just useful for the public. Twilley says it allows government agencies to swoop into effected areas a lot faster after a storm hits.
The current CERA projection shows storm surge concerns ranging from the northeast Florida coast all the way up to Maine.
Twilley says the Coast Guard has been big fans of CERA since 2017 when Irma struck…
You can see up-to-date storm surge predictions at cera-dot-coastal-risk-dot-live.
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A University of Louisiana at Lafayette study finds deficiencies with the coastal seafood industry in Acadiana. Moody-endowed chairman of regional business development at UL, Geoffrey Stewart, says one issue is not having a central point of contact for the seafood industry when problems arise…
Transportation is a day-to-day hurdle. Stewart says fresh seafood from the Acadiana coast is not shipped out of the region and that’s because they do not have enough product to make it cost-effective for truckers…
The Louisiana Sea Grant is interested in establishing a seafood innovation center in New Iberia, which could be a collection point for fresh seafood to be shipped out.
Stewart says there are also not enough cold storage areas. He says the study also found that Acadiana seafood could be marketed better if the stories of those involved in harvesting, producing and cooking the seafood were told…