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Salvation Army providing resources to Slidell tornado victims [Video]

AND IM GOING TO CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE RIGHT NOW BY TOSSING THINGS OVER TO JONAH GILMORE LIVE IN SLIDELL. AND YOU ARE AT A SHELTER. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE AT THE SHELTER RIGHT NOW? JONAH? WELL. NO ONE IS AT THE SHELTER RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY ARE PREPARING TO ACCEPT PEOPLE AND PETS. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW SHELTERS THAT IS TAKING PETS ALONG WITH THEIR OWNERS. RIGHT NOW. WERE JOINED BY SAINT TAMMANY PARISH COUNCILMAN DAVID KUGEL. RIGHT NOW, MR. KUGEL, THIS PLACE IS SET UP TO ACCOMMODATE A LITTLE OVER 50 PEOPLE. YOU TELL ME. RIGHT. WELL, I THINK THEYRE SETTING UP 50 COTS. THERE ARE RIGHT NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THREE DIFFERENT FACILITIES OR SHELTERS, BUT I THINK THEY MIGHT END UP CONSOLIDATING BASED ON JUST NEED AND REQUIREMENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THIS PARTICULAR ONE, AS YOU MENTIONED, IS THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A PET FACILITY AS WELL, SO PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR PETS AS WELL. I REPRESENT UP AND DOWN MILITARY ROAD, HIGHWAY 41, SO A LOT OF THE DAMAGE IVE SEEN IS MORE NEAR SOUTH FROM HERE, PARTICULARLY HONEY ISLAND ELEMENTARY. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE TREES ARE DOWN THERE AS WELL. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST POWER, BUT I THINK THE PARISH IS ACTING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. CITY OF SLIDELL IS ALSO GOT HIT PRETTY BAD. I THINK THEYRE ALSO, YOU KNOW, ALL HANDS ON DECK TO DEAL WITH THIS. AND THATS CRITICAL. YOU JUST SAID ALL HANDS ON DECK. TALK ABOUT THAT RESPONSE. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE HAS JUST JUMPED IN AND JUST GOT TO WORK RIGHT OF WAY. ABSOLUTELY. IVE BEEN ON TEXT. I MEAN, IVE BEEN AND JOINING TEXT MESSAGE GROUPS ALL MORNING BETWEEN THE COUNCIL, OTHER OFFICIALS, JUST LIKE WHATS NEEDED WHERE JUST MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY GETS WHAT THEYRE WHATS NEEDED. STATE POLICE HAVE EVEN I WAS ALSO TOLD THE STATE POLICE WANT TO SEE IF THEY CAN CAN HELP AS WELL. BATON ROUGE IS FOLLOWING. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS FOLLOWING THE SPEAKER. THE STATE LEGISLATURE. BUT YOU KNOW, WELL SEE. I THINK WERE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, AS I MENTIONED, LOST POWER. I LOST POWER. SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE LOSING FOOD. YOU KNOW, PROBABLY AS WELL, IF THE POWER DOESNT GO ON. I THINK ITS GOING TO BE IF YOU SEE SOME OF THE DAMAGE, SOME OF THE. AREAS IVE SEEN, I THINK IT MIGHT BE A COUPLE DAYS, AT LEAST FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR POWER BACK. AND WE WANT TO QUICKLY TOUCH ON THOSE PETS. WE HAVE. ROBERT BEHRMAN HERE RIGHT NOW. TALK ABOUT THIS UNIT. WE HAVE BEHIND US. ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS IS OUR PARISHES ADOPTION TRAILER. THATS WHAT WE CALL IT. BUT ITS ALSO A MULTIPURPOSE UNIT. WE USE IT DURING EMERGENCY EVENTS JUST LIKE THIS TO HOUSE THE PETS OF THE PEOPLE COMING INTO THE SHELTER. UM, WE WE HAVE WE HAVE A COUPLE STAFF ON HAND RIGHT HERE. WE CAN HOUSE COMFORTABLY 28 ANIMALS IN THIS AIR CONDITIONED UNIT. UM, IF WE HAD MORE THAN THAT, THEN WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT. WE HAVE PLENTY OF CRATES AND WHATNOT AND WHAT HAVE YOU TO. TO MAKE SURE THAT PETS CAN BE BROUGHT WITH YOU AND NOT LEFT AT DEVASTATED HOMES WITHOUT FENCING. POSSIBLY TO GO AND RUN THE STREETS AND WHATNOT AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO, UM, WERE WERE PREPARED. WERE HERE, WERE WITH YOU GUYS. UM, SAINT TAMMANY HAS BEEN SHOWING UP IN DROVES, SO IM JUST IM REALLY PROUD OF MY COMMUNITY. AND AND WERE HERE TO HELP. GOTCHA. AND YOU DID TELL ME THAT THEY DO ACCEPT BOTH LARGE AND SMALL ANIMALS. THEY SAID YOU CAN BRING YOUR FOOD, BUT IF YOU CANT BRING THAT FOOD WITH YOU, THEY HAVE SOME FOOD ON SITE HERE. WELL BE HERE AT THE SHELTERS TO MONITOR IF PEOPLE COME IN OR NOT. UM, WELL HAVE THE LATEST FOR YOU ON AIR AND ONLINE. WERE LIV

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High School Volunteer baseball coach arrested after being accused of an inappropriate relationship with a student [Video]

KEVIN. THANKS, SHEENA. WDSU FIRST WARNING WEATHER ALERT DAY TOMORROW. SO WEVE ALREADY STARTED TO CHARGE THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY. YEAH, IT LOOKS KIND OF GRAY OUTSIDE. WEVE HAD SOME SHOWERS. ITS ALREADY A LITTLE BREEZY, WARM. ITS HUMID TOO WITH THE DEW POINTS UP. GOING TO KIND OF WHIP THROUGH THESE KIND OF CURRENT CONDITIONS. HIGHS TODAY WERE AROUND 81. RIGHT ON CUE. WERE STILL INTO THE 70S DEW POINTS WAY UP. WERE TO 70. SO THERES A LOT OF ENERGY ALREADY IN THE ATMOSPHERE. AND THOSE WINDS ARE AT ABOUT 15 TO 20. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ALL COME TOGETHER WHEN YOU PUT IN A STRONG STORM SYSTEM THAT CAN GIVE US THE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS AND EVEN POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THE BULK OF THAT STORM IS STILL WEST OF US, BUT IM GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO RADAR BECAUSE THIS DATA IS IT LINES UP. IF IT DOES LINE UP PRETTY WELL WITH THIS LATEST DATA THAT USUALLY SHOWS THIS FORECAST IS ON TO SOMETHING. SO WEVE GOT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES EARLIER HAD TORNADO WATCHES AND THATS CLUSTERS. STORMS THATS BEEN FORECAST PRETTY WELL. BUT TURN THE ATTENTION TO TEXAS STORMS THAT WILL START TO DEVELOP IN BLOSSOM HERE AS WE GO INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, MORE STORMS START TO WEAKEN NORTH. BUT ITS GOING TO BE THE STORMS ON THE BORDER TO LOUISIANA, EAST TEXAS AND SOUTH TEXAS IS THOSE GET CLOSER. IT DEVELOPS THIS ROUND OF SHOWERS TOMORROW. SO WE START WITH THE TIMING OF THE STORMS FOR YOU. HERES SHOWER ACTIVITY AND ITS JUST LIGHT. THIS ISNT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE BUT WATCH AS THIS LIFTS THROUGH EVENTUALLY. ESSENTIALLY AS A WARM FRONT. THE STORMS START TO STRENGTHEN HERE. SO THE TIMING OF STORMS TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE MOST ALL DAY LONG. NOT LONG AFTER SUNRISE AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS COULD BE SOME STRONG STORMS IF THEY START TO GET MORE INDIVIDUALIZED IN NATURE AND PICK UP THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND SPIN. BUT WE LOOK TO HAVE THAT WAVE MOVE THROUGH. AND THAT TO ME, USUALLY AT THE BEGINNING, IS THE WORST ROUND FOR POSSIBLE TORNADOES. BUT ITS A SECOND ROUND OF STORMS TO COME THROUGH AS WE WORK TO OUR LATE MORNING, MIDDAY AND THESE COULD BE SOME REALLY, REALLY HEFTY STORMS, BUT REALLY AFFECTING THE NORTH SHORE. BUT WERE NOT DONE JUST YET. MORE STORMS COULD FILL IN, AFFECTING THE METRO, EVEN THE SOUTH SHORE AND NOT COMPLETELY DONE. AS WE GET TO THE EVENING HOURS. SO YOU SHOULD EXPECT RAIN TOMORROW. ITS 100% CHANCE. BUT AGAIN, THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS THE ONE THATS REALLY GRABBING OUR ATTENTION. MENTION WE HAVE THIS LEVEL FOUR RISK OUT OF FIVE FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER, A MODERATE RISK. AND ITS THE TORNADO RISK THAT EXTENDS EVEN THROUGH THE METRO. THATS NOT JUST FOR ORDINARY TORNADOES THAT ARE ON THE WEEKEND. ITS UNFORTUNATELY FOR STRONGER TYPE VARIETY TORNADOES TOMORROW. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE WHY WERE A WDSU WEATHER ALERT DAY. AND WELL TAKE YOU THROUGH IT. BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE RISK FOR FLOODING. YOU CAN SEE WERE UNDER A LEVEL TWO RISK FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING, WHICH OUR FORECAST DATA ARE CALLING FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN AND FLOOD WATCHES ARE ALREADY OUT, MAINLY FOR THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTH SHORE, BUT THERES A CHANCE THEY COULD BE EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH SHORE. FINALLY, WE HAD SOME REALLY STRONG WINDS AND WIND ADVISORIES 20 TO 30 MILE PER HOUR WINDS, GUSTS, EVEN HIGHER. SO LETS GET SPECIFIC FOR THE NORTH SHORE TOMORROW. TIMING 8 TO 6 SEVERE STORMS. THE MAIN THREAT. BUT ITS THE FLOOD RISK. I THINK THAT IS THE GREATEST IMPACT, THE MOST. THEN WELL FOLLOW IT UP WITH THE RISK FOR TORNADOES BECAUSE THE NORTH SHORE, THATS YOUR BIGGEST THREAT. LETS GET TO THE SOUTH SHORE. WERE ALSO LOOKING FOR SIMILAR TIMING 8 TO 6 FOR SEVERE STORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN IS STILL THE GREATEST RISK. TORNADOES COME SECOND, COULD HAVE DAMAGING WINDS, AND THERE IS A HAIL THREAT HERE TOO. BUT THATS WHY THE STORM IMPACTS WILL BE THE HEAVIEST RAIN THREAT IS THE GREATEST IMPACT TO MOST, AND THATS WHY WERE GOING TO HAVE THOSE PARKING ON NEUTRAL GROUND. REGULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED LOW TEMPERATURES TOMORROW, STARTING AT 70. WERE GOING TO MAKE IT ONLY INTO THE 70S, WITH RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH A BETTER PART OF THE DAY. SO ITS MILD, ITS NOT OVERLY WARM, BUT I EXPECT A GRAY DAY. AND AGAIN, WERE GOING TO BE HERE WITH HOURLY UPDATES TO KEEP YOU SAFE. BUT AS WE GET PAST THESE STORMS, GREAT WEATHER COMES TO FINISH OUT THE WEEK FOR ALL THOSE BIG FESTIVALS. THE FRENCH QUARTER FEST, PONCHATOULA FEST, AND BEAUTIFUL WEATHER EXTENDING THROUGH THEN. BUT TOMORROW BEGINNING AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING THROUGH SIX AT NIGHT. WE’

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Coastal restoration could get more funding from possible ballot measure KQKI News [Video]

By Steve Wilson | The Center Square – March 29, 2024 (The Center Square) A ballot measure could decide whether federal royalties on alternative energy production such as offshore wind would be sent to Louisiana’s coastal restoration fund. House Bill 300, sponsored by Rep. Joseph Orgeron, R-Cut Off, would place a constitutional amendment on the…