Tropical Storm Sally is now 120 miles east-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Storm Surge and rainfall of up to 10 inches is possible for Louisiana’s most southeastern parishes…
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Hurricane Isaac was 2012 and caused three-billion dollars in damage in the United States. But there is some good news for us when it comes to Sally. Its forecast track has shifted to the east and landfall along coastal Mississippi is more likely. The worst of the weather could occur in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida panhandle.

The extra 300-dollars a week in federal unemployment benefits are set to expire in Louisiana and across the country. The final checks go out this week. Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Dejoie says President Trump created this temporary boost in unemployment benefits, so Congress could approve another pandemic relief package, but that never happened…
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Dejoie urges unemployed workers to check the Lousiana Workforce Commission’s website for available jobs.

Mosquito swarms have invaded southwest Louisiana following Hurricane Laura leaving some livestock dead. The bugs either bite the animals into exhaustion or form globs in nasal passages, suffocating them. In an effort to protect herds, Ag Commissioner Mike Strain recommends keeping animals in a barn with forced airflow.
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Strain says local governments are doing the best they can with aerial sprays to reduce the mosquito population.