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A hurricane warning was in effect Sunday night from Pascagoula east to Indian Pass, Fla., and a tropical storm warning extended across the rest of the Mississippi Coast to Grand Isle, La., as Hurricane Ida swirled up the Gulf of Mexico with sustained winds of 105 miles per hour.
Emergency managers say their advice to residents about this hurricane season is the same as it has been every year: plan, prepare and review.
Emergency managers say their advice to residents about this hurricane season is the same as it has been every year: plan, prepare and review.
Harrison County Emergency Management AgencyJackson County Emergency Management AgencyPearl River County Emergency Management AgencyMississippi Emergency Management AgencyFederal Emergency Managment AgencyGeorge County: (601) 947-7557Hancock County: (228) 466-8200Harrison County: (228) 865-4002Jackson County: (228) 769-3111Pearl River County: (601) 795-3058Stone County: (601) 928-3077For whatever reason it now appears that thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of the residents of Galveston Island, and untold others along the Texas Coast have chosen to stay and face the wrath of Hurricane Ike. As your neighbors in South Mississippi, who have watched the deadly surge of Katrina destroy virtually every mile of our coast, we care for your survival, and beg you to leave now. You should know further that in a nighttime storm your chances will be further reduced.
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