100+ Jackson homes could be impacted by flooding, mayor says

YOU JUST HEARD FROM THE GOVERNOR AND STATE OFFICIALS WILL RIGHT NOW YOU’RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM JACKSON CITY LEADERS MAYOR CHOKWE ANTAR LUMUMBA ABOUT TO SPEAK. BUT FIRST, I BELIEVE WE’RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM THE PEARL RIVER VALLEY WATER DISTRICT. WHERE TO GO NOW TO THAT LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE WE PLAN TO HOLD THAT FLOW FOR THE NEXT HOURS, IF POSSIBLE, AND THEREFORE, WE WILL BE ALLOWED LATE TO INCREASE IN LEVEL SOMEWHAT. IT’S ALREADY IN A SCARY RANGE, AS I SAID, AND IT’S GETTING MORE SCARY. BUT WE FEEL LIKE IT’S PRUDENT TO STORE IN THE LAKE AT THIS TIME OPPOSED TO STORING IT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CAN ACHIEVE THAT. IF WE DON’T, WE’LL CERTAINLY AND EVERYONE KNOW. BUT RIGHT NOW YOU STILL NEED TO PLAN ON A SIX FOOT RIVER OF HOPEFULLY WE’LL GET THERE. BUT SURE, YOU DON’T PLAN ON IT. IT WILL. AND IF WE GET A LOT OF RAIN COMING IN, THAT’S GOING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. HOWEVER, AT POINT IN TIME, WE DON’T THINK THERE’S ANY RAIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AND CHAD, ON TOMORROW WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUST LIKE WHAT JOHN WAS SAYING AND I’M NOT GOING TO REPEAT ALL THE INFLOWS THINGS COME THE RESERVOIR. BUT THE KEY POINT IS, AS HE ALLUDED TO, EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE SOONER. SO THE WATER COMING IN, THE RESERVOIR IS PROBABLY. 18 TO 24 HOURS SOONER. SO WHEN THEY RELEASE ALL THAT WATER, WHAT THAT’S GOING TO DO TO THE RIVER GAUGE THAT WE USE AT HIGHWAY 80, IT’S ALSO GOING CREST A BIT SOONER. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TUESDAY, BUT WE’RE LOOKING AT MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS THE CREST THAT’S THE PEAK. BUT AS WE TOUCHED ON THE LAST DAYS, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE IT CRESTS ON ONE DAY DOESN’T MEAN THERE’S NO IMPACTS ON OTHER DAYS AROUND THAT. WE ALREADY ARE HAVING WATER. THE CURRENT STATE IS AT AT HIGHWAY IS AT 34.6 FEET. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE THE STEADY RISE UNTIL WE GET THE CREST. BUT IT’S ALSO GOING TO BE A SLOW SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE’RE GOING TO BE IN THE FLOOD WATERS THAT WE’RE SEEING EVEN TODAY PROBABLY. WELL INTO THE END OF THE WEEK, THURSDAY, FRIDAY WITH THEN A GRADUAL RECESSION THAT SO I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE REITERATE KIND OF THE MAIN POINT IS THE SOONER ARRIVAL OF THE HIGHER WATER AND THE CREST, JOHN TOUCHED ON TO THE POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL, WE’RE KIND OF WE’RE KIND OF LUCKY, MORE ISOLATED, SCATTERED TYPE ACTIVITY THAT WE’VE SEEN YESTERDAY. SO THAT WAS LAST. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THERE ARE RAIN CHANCES OUT THERE EVERY AFTERNOON BUT IT’S MORE ISOLATED. IT IS SCATTERED IN NATURE AND THAT REALLY SHOULDN’T ADD A LOT OF WATER TO TO THE AREA HOWEVER LOCALIZED BUT 1 TO 2 MAYBE THREE INCHES SOME ARE DOWN FOUR IS THAT WE MAY SEE BUT USUALLY THAT DOESN’T REALLY IMPACT THE WHOLE RIVER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE MAIN POINT IS THE EARLIER ARRIVAL AND, THE FORECAST IS STILL GOING TO BE THREE FEET AND WE’RE JUST HOPING FOR THE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THAT’S WHAT WE’RE PLANNING FOR. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. AND AS PROMISED, THE COALITION IS WITH YOU EARLY AND OFTEN AS WE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, SO WE’RE HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL UPDATE WITH RESPECT TO THE EVENTS THAT WE EXPECT THE WITH THE RIVER EXCUSE, THE RIVER WILL CREST. 24 HOURS EARLIER THAN PROJECTED. I HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED CALLS INDIVIDUALS WONDERING OR QUESTIONING WHETHER THEY SHOULD GET OUT NOW IF YOU ARE CAPABLE OF GETTING NOW GET OUT NOW. GET OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT ANY INCIDENT OR CHALLENGE WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO LEAVE THE AREA ALL AT ONCE OR ANY OVER WHETHER RIVER CREST SOONER THAN YOU MAY ANTICIPATE. OUR PROJECTIONS, THESE ARE ALL PROJECTIONS. WE’RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU THIS INFORMATION TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO PINPOINT THOSE TIME LINE LINES. THE GOVERNOR HAS DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR IMPACTED AREAS ALREADY. PLEASE HEED THE WARNINGS FOR EVACUATIONS. AS I STATED A MOMENT AGO, JAY TRAN IS STILL AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE GETTING OUT OF THOSE PROJECTED IMPACTED AREAS. ENTERGY WILL STRATEGICALLY CUT OFF POWER IF YOU ARE IF YOU REMAIN IN A FLOODED AREA, YOU LIKELY WILL NOT HAVE POWER. AND SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL REASON WHY YOU SHOULD SEEK ALTERNATE ARRANGEMENTS, WHETHER IT BE A HOTEL OR STAYING A FAMILY MEMBER OUTSIDE OF FLOOD PRONE AREA OR. IN THE EXTREME AND DIRE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER PLACE TO GO. WE DO HAVE THERE IS A SHELTER AT THE POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY, WHICH IS AT 3000 SAINT CHARLES STREET. ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS A SHELTER, THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY RECOURSE AND NEED A PLACE TO STAY. AND THAT IS AT 3000 SAINT CHARLES STREET, CALAIS. COLLECT ALL OF YOUR IMPORTANT ITEMS AND PLACE THEM IN A STORAGE VAN. CONSIDER IF THEY IN THE HOUSE PLACE THEM AS HIGH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. IF YOU CAN REMOVE CERTAIN FROM THE HOME THAT IS, TAKE PICTURES. YOU WANT TO TAKE PICTURES THAT IF THERE ARE ANY INSURANCE CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO DAMAGE THAT YOU SUFFER IN YOUR HOME, YOU HAVE DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE AND THE CONDITION THAT THEY IN PRIOR TO THE EVENTS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT I DON’T I’M NOT 100% CERTAIN THAT WE MENTION IN THE 2020 FLOOD, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN WE MENTION THIS TO RESIDENTS NOW, IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES OF COURSE, IF YOU’RE EVACUATING, YOU’RE TAKING THE CAR THAT YOU’RE DRIVING AWAY IN. BUT IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES AT HOME, PLEASE REMOVE, THOSE VEHICLES, IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DRIVE WE HAVE TALKED TO NEW JERUSALEM. WE WANT TO THANK PASTOR PICKETT, WHO HAS OFFERED HIS CHURCH AS A PLACE TO PARK THOSE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES. AND THAT IS NOT A GREAT DISTANCE FROM THE MANY OF THE INTENSIVE, UPDATED, IMPACTED AREAS. AND SO YOU CAN PARK YOUR VEHICLE AT NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM PRECINCT FOUR. POLICE. AND SO WE HAVE EYES ON YOUR PROPERTY, EYES ON YOUR VEHICLES AS HAS BEEN STATED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS JP ALONG WITH THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WILL STEP UP PATROLS IN THE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED AND SO YOU WILL HAVE FREQUENT AND CONSISTENT PATROL IN THE AREA IT IS POSSIBLE FOR APPROXIMATELY. THE 100 TO 150 HOMES TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS YEAR’S EVENT. THE QUESTION WAS ASKED YESTERDAY THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED IN ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME IS 100 AND 150 STAY OUT OF FLOOD AREAS. NOT ONLY FOR THREAT TO. YOUR LIFE, BUT THREAT TO THE WORK AND EFFORT OF VOLUNTEERS AND AGENCIES WHO ARE TRYING TO PROTECT THE AREA. AGAIN, EVEN IF THE WATER APPEAR APPEARS SHALLOW, YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF WHAT MAY BE LURKING UNDERNEATH THE EVEN THAT SHALLOW, WHAT APPEARS TO BE SHALLOW WATER THERE BE A MANHOLE COVER THAT HAS COME UP BECAUSE THE WATER HAS AS RELEASED IT AND YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF IN A POSITION WHERE YOU MAY DROWN. AND THERE ARE ALSO OTHER AGENTS THAT MAY BE IN THAT WATER THAT MAY BE THREATENING TO YOU AND WE WANT YOU TO STAY OUT OF FLOOD AREAS AND IMPACTED AREAS. I THINK SOMEONE SAID IN ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS PRESS CONFERENCES, WE DON’T NEED SIGHTSEERS TO WATCH. YOU KNOW, WATCH THE FLOODING FROM, YOUR TV CAMERA, OUR NEWS MEDIA, I’M CERTAIN, DO A OUTSTANDING JOB IN COVERING EVERYTHING THAT’S TAKING PLACE. WE DO NOT NEED SIGHTSEERS AND WE DO NOT NEED YOU TO PUT YOURSELF OR THOSE THAT ARE HELPING WITH RESCUE EFFORTS IN HARM’S WAY. SANDBAGS WILL CONTAIN YOU TO BE PROVIDED. AND MICHAEL AVALON. UNTIL 6 P.M. TODAY AND. FROM 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M. TOMORROW SUNDAY SUNDAY. YOU HAVE TO FEEL THE SANDBAG. ASK YOURSELF AT THIS TIME FOR THOSE RESIDENTS MAY BE PHYSICALLY INCAPABLE OF THAT WE WILL LOOK TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT AND SUPPORT YOU BUT BECAUSE OF THE GREAT NEED FOR SANDBAGS AND THE MANY RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMING, PLEASE HELP US OUT. WE WILL PROVIDE THE SANDBAGS, BUT IF YOU ARE CAPABLE OF FILLING THEM YOURSELF, HELP. YOU KNOW, OFFSET THE AMOUNT OF MANPOWER LABOR THAT HAS TO GO INTO FILLING THOSE SANDBAGS FOR THE MULTIPLE RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN NEED. 311 IS OPEN FOR SUPPORT DURING EVACUATION. PLEASE CALL THREE. ONE, ONE. DO NOT CALL. 91149. AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY. WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THAT STAYS. THAT LINE STAYS AVAILABLE TO THOSE RESIDENTS, NOT IN THOSE IMPACTED AREAS, BUT ACROSS THE CITY WHO. NEED TO CALL 911 FOR OTHER EMERGENCIES. CALL 311. YOU’RE IN OF SANDBAGS. IF YOU WANT, KNOW WHERE WATER DISTRIBUTION IS. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT J TRAIN AND ITS IMPACT ON EVACUATIONS. NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT OVER THE LAST PRESS CONFERENCES. CALL 311 FOR THAT ASSISTANCE. THE CITY’S WEBSITE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED FOR TIPS REGARDING THIS EVENT. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO YOU A LIST OF STREETS THAT AS OF TODAY ARE ALREADY IMPASSABLE. THAT IS FOXBORO HIGH ROAD, RIVERWOOD, RED RIVER, GLEN RIVER COAL AND THE CORNER OF YUCCA YUCCA YUCCA AND ROLLING WOOD. SO THOSE ARE THE STORIES THAT ARE ALREADY AS OF TODAY IMPASSABLE. AND THE LIST WILL ONLY GROW. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, JOEY HINDS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. THE BIG THING THAT WE WANT TO STRESS THIS IS TO BE PREPARED. AGAIN, IF YOU NEED TO EVACUATE, GATHER YOUR BELONGINGS, LET SOMEONE WHERE YOU’LL BE GOING IN, EVACUATE. I’LL TALK ABOUT ROSEMARIE ROAD AND MONICA ROAD IN THE THREE AREA. THERE’S WATER IN THE ROAD THERE. COUNTY PUBLIC HAS TAKEN BARRICADES TO BLOCK THAT OFF. SO IF YOU CAN AVOID THAT AREA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THE BIG BLACK RIVER AND EDWARDS STILL WITHIN THE BANKS. EVERYTHING’S GOOD THERE. IF YOU’RE IN BYRAM, THE CITY OF BYRAM, AND YOU NEED SANDBAGS. THEY’LL BE AVAILABLE AT DAVIS ROAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. YOU’LL HAVE TO FILL YOUR OWN. BUT THEY ARE AVAILABLE. AND LASTLY, IF YOU IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED DAMAGE FROM THE RAIN EVENT OR FLASH FLOODING OR DO RECEIVE DAMAGE IN THE COMING, WE’D LIKE FOR YOU TO USE THE SELF REPORTING TOOL AT MCO OR THE THERE’S A BUTTON THERE. CLICK ON IT TO HINDS COUNTY SELF. REPORT YOUR DAMAGE SO WE CAN COLLECT THAT AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. AGAIN, WE’RE WORKING WITH ALL THE AGENCIES AND ENTITIES TO COORDINATE THIS EFFORT AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE. THANK. GOOD MORNING. WE WANT TO MAKE A SMITH VIEWER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI CHAPTER, AMERICAN RED CROSS. AND I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ABOUT ACTIVITY. LAST NIGHT, WE ONE PERSON STAY OVERNIGHT IN THE SHELTER LOCATED AT THE JACKSON POLICE ACADEMY AND THAT SHELTER REMAINS OPEN. AND WE OPENED THAT SHELTER AHEAD OF TIME. SO THAT PEOPLE AREN’T RUSHING AROUND AT THE LAST MINUTE LOOKING FOR PLACES SAFE TO STAY. WE DID FOR THE SAFETY OF NOT ONLY THE RESIDENTS, BUT FOR OUR WORKFORCE AS WELL. WHO IS WORKING IN THE VOLUNTEERS IN THAT SHELTER. SO WE JUST HEARD THE MAYOR MENTIONED GET OUT NOW, A PLACE TO GO. AND YOUR PLANS, YOU KNOW, ACTIVATE YOUR PLAN. SO I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD THING ON OUR PART TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED SO IF ANYBODY NEEDS A PLACE TO STAY YOU CAN GO TO THAT TO THE JACKSON POLICE ACADEMY WHERE FRIENDLY VOLUNTEERS ARE THERE TO WELCOME YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE TRAINING GOING ON THIS AFTERNOON FOR SHELTERING VOLUNTEERS. SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN WORKING IN OUR SHELTERS BECAUSE WE JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS EVENT MAY LOOK LIKE. SO WE’RE STARTING TO OFFER SHELTERING, TRAINING FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT MAY COME. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU CAN GO TO OUR RED CROSS OFFICE TODAY FROM 4 TO 6, FROM 4 TO 6. AT OUR OFFICE IN FLO WOOD, LOCATED AT NINE RIVER BEND PLACE IN FLO WOOD. AND THAT’S FROM 4 TO 6. WE’RE GOING TO ALSO HAVE TRAINING GOING ON TOMORROW AND THAT TIME FRAME IS. 2 TO 4 P.M. SAME LOCATION, RED CROSS OFFICE IN FLO WOOD, NINE WILL BE IN PLACE AND. SO AGAIN, ALL THIS INFORMATION WILL BE ON OUR SOCIAL SITES AND FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, EVERY TIME THERE IS A DISASTER, PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, I WANT TO WORK IN A RED CROSS SHELTER. SO THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR YOU NOW TO GET TRAINING. COME ON OUT AT CHURCH OR THIS AFTERNOON IF YOU HAVE TIME AND GET CERTIFIED TO WORK ALONG WITH US AND SEE AND HELP OUR COMMUNITIES REPAIR AND RECOVER FROM ANY SORT OF DISASTER. SO THAT’S ALL THAT I HAVE. AND AGAIN, JUST REFER TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. IF YOU HAVE MORE NEED FOR DETAILS ABOUT WHAT THE RED CROSS IS DOING IN RESPONSE TO THIS FLOOD. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. CLAUDIA SANDERS, DEPUTY FIRE TO PROVIDE FOR APARTMENT DAM WHICH IS A LIGHT TO IN THE MAYOR’S WORDS APPRECIATE OUR COALITION WHO HAS ASSEMBLED TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT FOR OUR CITY OF JUST TO RESUME. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO REITERATE SOME OF THE SAFETY POINTS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN STATED. MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU ARE, DON’T HAVE TO DO NOT WALK THROUGH STANDING WATER. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH STANDING IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT GOING TO EVACUATE DURING THIS TIME WITH ENTERGY DECIDES TO OR HAS TO OF SERVICES. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE THAT THAT STAYS IN JACKSON IS SAFE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU’RE GOING TO USE A PORTABLE GENERATOR, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS AT LEAST TEN FEET AWAY FROM ANY OPENING, ANY DOOR OPENING THE WINDOW. SO YOU CAN BE SAFE. SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU TAKE THE BATTERIES IN YOUR CAR OR MONOXIDE ALARMS BECAUSE WE DON’T ANY INADVERTENT DEATHS. SO WE ASK THAT YOU WILL USE THOSE GENERATORS APPROPRIATELY. AND ALSO, WE WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT WE KNOW THAT THE THE PRESSURE OF RESCUE IS GOING TO BE DEMAND AND KNOW THAT FIRST RESPONDERS. SO WE ARE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HELP. THE JACKSON FIVE APARTMENT AND THE REST OF THE RESPONDERS BY YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE COOKING MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAND IN THE KITCHEN BECAUSE WE DON’T WANT IN ANY ACCIDENTAL FIRES SO IF YOU CAN HELP US OUT ON THAT DURING THIS TIME MAKING SURE YOUR SMOKE ALARMS ARE WORKING, MAKING THAT IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE IN THE KITCHEN COOKING, THAT YOU ARE MONITORING IN THOSE AREAS DURING THAT TIME BECAUSE LIKE I SAY, YOU KNOW, OFFERS IS ALWAYS ABOUT LIFE SAFETY. AND WHILE WE ARE PREPARED FOR THIS FLU, WE JUST DON’T WANT ANY INADVERTENT FIRES OR ACCIDENTAL FIRE. SO WE THAT YOU HELP US OUT AND THAT THAT TO HELP KEEP OUR CITIZENS AND EVERYONE SAFE. LAST THING I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR PERSONALLY. OUR RECRUITMENTS ARE OUR RECRUITS. THEY HAVE BEEN ASSISTING WITH SANDBAG AND AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN ASSISTING WATER DISTRIBUTION. SO WE JUST ASKED DID YOU ALL WHEN YOU SEE A FIREFIGHTER YOU KNOW, JUST THANKED THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE BECAUSE THEY HAVE EVEN DURING THIS TIME, WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ASSIST OUR CITY OF JACKSON RESIDENTS DURING THIS TIME. SO THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. THE WAY ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO COMMEND THE HARD WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF THE JACKSON DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE HEROES IN OUR SHEROES. THEY HAVE A VERY THANKLESS AND A VERY SELFLESS JOB. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THEY’VE DONE. THUS, DURING THIS EVENT. OKAY. ALSO, AS WE MOVED OUR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PHASE, I’VE TALKED TO THE STAFF THAT WE PREPARE ALL THE TIME FOR THESE OF SITUATIONS, PROPER PREPARATION PREVENTS POOR PERFORMANCE. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AS WE PREPARE, WE ASK THAT YOU PREPARE. YOU PREPARE. HELP US HELP. YOU HELP. US ASSIST. YOU HELP US MITIGATE SITUATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST AND AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. I WANT TO SAY WE’RE VERY PROUD TO WORKING WITH THE RED CROSS. WE’VE ALL HEARD OUR POLICE TRYING ACADEMY AS A SHELTER. WE’LL BE THERE TO RECEIVE YOU. YOU WILL BE SAFE. WE’LL MAKE SURE YOU WHEREVER IT THERE AND WANT TO THANK YOU AND PRAY FOR YOUR VIGILANCE. WE ARE JACKSON STRONG AND WE WILL GET PAST THIS. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. TERRY JONES HINDS, COUNTY SHERIFF. OF COURSE, WE’VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE ROMERO AREA AS IT RELATES TO THE COUNTY BOARD AND HOW WE’LL WILL BE AFFECTED OR HAS BEEN AFFECTED AS WELL. HAS BEEN AN EVACUATION FROM THAT AREA AS WELL. FROM OUR SO, OF COURSE, HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE WILL BE CONDUCTING PATROLS IN THAT AREA. I’M NOT EXACTLY SURE IF THERE WILL BE ANY MANDATORY OUTAGES IN THAT AREA NOW AS WELL. BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THAT AREA AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS SURROUNDING THAT THAT THAT GRID AS WELL. ANOTHER THING IS VERY IMPORTANT IS WE ARE STILL WORKING TO NATIVELY WITH THE JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT AS IT RELATES TO PATROLS IN, THE NORTHEAST JACKSON AREA. WE, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE THAT WILL BE CONDUCTING PATROLS IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA ON A ROUND THE CLOCK BASIS STARTING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT. THE TENURE OF THIS EVENT IS WILL ONE THING THAT THE CITIZENS SHOULD KNOW. IF IT’S A KNOWN EMERGING SEE A UNITA HIGH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE BEGIN TO FALL DOWN. SO ONE, THREE, FIVE, TWO, ONE, FIVE, TWO, ONE. THERE’S THE NUMBER TWO. OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION FOR A NON EMERGENCY SITUATION. ANOTHER THING IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO SPEAK IS WHERE ARE PEOPLE THAT? WE WILL BE EVACUATING. WE BASED THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. FIND THE BEST WAY THAT YOU CAN TO SECURE YOUR PEERS. FIND THE BEST PLACE FOR YOU PARENTS. OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR PETS BEHIND WHEN YOU EVACUATE A RESIDENCE, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PETS ARE SAFE AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN’T BE A SITUATION WHERE THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE HIGH COUNTY EOC HAVE TO GO IN AND RESCUE PETS. AND WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHO THESE PETS BELONG TO AS WELL. AGAIN, I’D LIKE TO THANK THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO IS WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROPERLY ADDRESSING THIS EVENT AND DOING EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE THE CITIZENS FEEL SAFE AND THEIR PROPERTIES FEEL SAFE AS WELL. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, ERIC GREEN, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. JUST WANT TO AGAIN ECHO THE THANKS FOR THE MAYOR OF THE CITY. OUR COUNTY OFFICIALS, ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND OF COURSE, OUR PARTNERS AND ALL THOSE WHO JUST LOVE JACKSON IS WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION AND TO THOUGHTFULLY THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FLOOD EVENT AND TO PLAN AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. VERY BRIEFLY, FOR OUR PART, THE JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, GIVEN THE THE TIME LINE, THE UPDATED TIMELINE THAT WE’VE COME TO UNDERSTAND, WE WE WILL BE MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS LIKELY BY THE END OF THIS FOR OUR PARENTS OF OF AND STAFF MEMBERS, OF COURSE, OF THOSE AND SCHOOLS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY THE FLOOD. WE KNOW BY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES AND CERTAINLY IN OTHER TIMES THAT THAT THE SOONEST THAT WE CAN GET INFORMATION OUT TO FAMILIES, THE SOONER YOU CAN PLAN FOR THE ANY CHANGES TO OUR SCHEDULES AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND OF COURSE, FOR ALL OF THE TEAM MEMBERS IN THE JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE JUST WANT TO DO OUR VERY BEST TO MAKE SMART DECISIONS AND TO KEEP FOLKS SAFE, WHILE ALSO ENSURING THAT ALL OF THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH THE EDUCATION OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT ALSO FEEDING AND OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR PROGRAMMING THAT THAT OUR SCHOLARS AND FAMILIES HAVE TO THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO TO OUR FAMILIES. WE WILL BE LOOKING TO GET ADDITIONAL AND UPDATED INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO MONDAY AND TUESDAY OUT TO THOSE AFFECTED. AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE AND WE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY WITH CITY OFFICIALS, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AND USING THE MODELING AND THE UPDATED INFORMATION ENSURE THAT OUR PLANS ARE IN AND ALIGNED WITH THE BEST AND MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION. SO JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE THE PATIENTS FOLKS HAVE HAD WITH US AND LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF US GETTING THROUGH THESE TOGETHER. THANK YOU. I HAVE A FEW ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE RELATED TO THE THE WATER CONCER IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY AND JUST JUST SOUTH OF OUR CITY. SO WITH RESPECT TO BYRON, REPAIRS MADE AND THE PRESSURE IS BEING RESTORED TO THOSE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM LOW OR NO WATER PRESSURE. SOUTH JACKSON RESIDENTS THAT ARE ON THE WELL SYSTEM SHOULD RECEIVING SHOULD BE SEEING RELIEF AND THE SOUTH JACKSON RESIDENTS ON THE SURFACE SYSTEM SHOULD BE SEEING GAINS COMING OUT OF THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY. THERE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT PRESSURE COMING OUT OF THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES. SO THEY ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR WHERE THERE MAY BREAKS OR VALVES POTENTIALLY MAYBE DUE TO ELECTRICAL CHALLENGES OR OR MANY OTHER SORT. AND SO YOU SHOULD BE SEEING GAINS SOON. CREWS ARE STILL OUT CHECKING LINES AND VALVES FOR SOUTH JACKSON RESIDENTS WHO REMAIN WITHOUT POTABLE AND, NON-POTABLE WATER. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE FIRE STATIONS IN YOUR AREA HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO HELP YOU TO TO OFFER NON-POTABLE WATER FOR YOU. YOU DO HAVE TO BRING CONTAINERS IN ORDER TO TO HOUSE THAT NON-POTABLE WATER. AND WE ASK THAT YOU YOU DO SO OR MAKE A ARRANGEMENTS FOR EVEN NEIGHBORS OR FRIENDS THAT THAT MAY BE UNABLE TO MAKE THAT TRIP. AS I INSTRUCTED OR ADVISED YESTERDAY OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICE DIVISION AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO BEEN HELPING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF WATER, HAVE NOW HAD TO PRIORITIZE THE DISTRIBUTION OF SANDBAGS. AND SO WE ASK THAT THAT YOU SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS. WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING WATER PALLETS TO EACH COUNCIL AND THERE WILL BE DISTRIBUTION IN YOUR AREA COORDINATED BY YOUR COUNCIL, REPRESENTS EVEN LESS. LAST I WANTED TO SAY, WITH RESPECT TO WATER IS THAT WHILE THE ISSUE OF TURBIDITY WAS SOLVED WITHIN 24 HOURS AT THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE AS OF LATE TO TEST IN THE 120 LOCATIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO LIFT THE BOIL WATER NOTICE BECAUSE OF CONSISTENT RAIN. AND SO IF WE HAVE THAT CONSISTENT TIME WHERE WE DON’T HAVE RAIN, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO RESUME AND PRAYERFULLY LIFT THE BOIL WATER NOTICE WITH THAT. I WILL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY ONCE AGAIN THAT WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS COALITION, WHICH RANGES FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE COUNTY AND THE STATE. THEY HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE. THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE MONEY WITH SUPPORT FOR FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. WHEN WE POTENTIALLY SEE THE WORST, THAT IS WHEN THEY ARE AT BEST. AND SO WE’RE GRATEFUL FOR THEM. YES, THEY WILL GET THERE AT THIS POINT. THAT IS THEIR WATER STAGE OR STAGE THAT WOULD ENDANGER THE WATER TREATMENT AT SOME POINT OF NOWHERE. 136 BUT WOULD THAT BE A 37 OR 38 OR 39? OR DO WE HAVE WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT IN THE 2020 EVENT, THERE WAS NO THREAT TO THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY AT THAT TIME. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE INTO MODELING, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHER YOU GO, THERE’S THE POTENTIAL THREAT TO ANYTHING. THE CITY IN ITS ENTIRETY. FOR EXAMPLE IF WE GET TO A CERTAIN STAGE BUT AS A REFERENCE POINT I CAN JUST SAY THAT IN 2020 THERE WAS ANY ANY THREAT REGISTERED TO THE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY AT THAT TIME. AND AS STANDS TODAY, THE MODELING WHILE SO SIGNIFICANT RISK AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I ARTICULATE TO OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT ANTICIPATE IT TO BE HIGHER THAN THE 2020 EVENT. ALL RIGHT CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE SHELTER AND WHAT’S AVAILABLE? ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT PLAN WHAT DO THEY PLAN DO TO MAKE. 81 TO ENABLE THE SHELTER? WE DO ASK THAT YOU BRING SOME ITEMS WITH YOU TO MAKE YOUR SAY. THEY’RE COMFORTABLE. SO MAYBE YOU NEED EXTRA SNACKS EVEN THOUGH WE’LL HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT JUST THINGS THAT TO YOUR LIKING TO BRING THOSE ITEMS WITH YOU. MAYBE EXTRA PILLOWS IF IT’S YOUR FAVORITE LITTLE PILLOW. SO A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE LITTLE GAMES FOR CHILDREN. THIS THINGS TO MAKE US STAY. THEY’RE COMFORTABLE. WE RECOMMEND MAYBE AT LEAST 2 TO 3 DAYS OR HOWEVER, DO YOU THINK THAT YOU’LL NEED TO BE AWAY FROM HOME? BUT USUALLY ITEMS LIKE SNACKS THAT WE DO HAVE FEEDING THAT GOES ON THERE AS WELL TO SHELTERS AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT DO DIFFERENT LEVELS AS AND AS FAR AS THE SPECIAL THAT PEOPLE MAY NEED IN OUR SHELTERS. AND SO THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE ASKING TO VOLUNTEER WITH IF THOSE NEEDS ARISE AS THEY MAY BE, SPECIAL MEDICATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN GO IN AND LISTEN AND WORK WITH OUR HEALTH SERVICES TO SURE PEOPLE HAVE THE ITEMS THAT THEY NEED AS WELL. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO YOURSELF COMFORTABLE FOR A WHILE WHILE YOU’RE THERE, ADDITIONAL TOILETRIES. I DO WANT TO REPEAT THE ADVICE OF PROVIDING OR MAINTAINING CRITICAL DOCUMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE INSURANCE CARDS, THINGS THAT THAT MAY NEED WHILE YOU’RE AWAY FROM YOUR HOME, IF YOU HAVE HEALTH CONCERNS. ALL OF THOSE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS COULD POTENTIALLY BE THREATENED IN THE EVENT OF FLOODWATERS COMING IN TO YOUR HOME. WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THOSE

100+ Jackson homes could be impacted by flooding, mayor says

Residents urged to prepare for Pearl River flooding

Updated: 12:03 PM CDT Aug 27, 2022

Between 100 and 150 Jackson homes could be impacted by flooding from the Pearl River, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said Saturday.The mayor said residents who are facing the threat of flooding are urged to evacuate before it’s too late.”Those who are capable of getting out, get out now. Get out as soon as possible,” Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said during a Saturday briefing.The mayor urged residents to stay with family, friends or if they have no other resources, they can stay at the Jackson Police Training Academy on St. Charles Street.”Entergy will strategically turn off power,” Lumumba said. “If you’re in a flooded area, you will not have power. This is another reason (to evacuate).”Residents should move belongings out of their homes, if possible. If not, they should get it up off the floor and away from possible flooding. The mayor also asked people to stay out of flooded areas.”We don’t need sightseers. We do not need you to put yourself, or those who are helping with rescue efforts in harm’s way,” Lumumba said.The Pearl River is now predicted to crest Monday morning at 36 feet. The river crested in 2020 at 36.7 feet, impacting 267 homes in Hinds County, and about another 250 in other counties around the state.”It’s already in a scary range, as I said, and it’s getting more scary, but we feel like it’s prudent storing it in the lake at this time, opposed to storing it in the floodplain,” said John Sigman, general manager of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. “Hopefully, we can achieve that. If we don’t, certainly, we’ll let everyone know.”Sigman said as of Saturday, the river isn’t expected to go higher than 36 feet.

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JACKSON, Miss. —

Between 100 and 150 Jackson homes could be impacted by flooding from the Pearl River, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said Saturday.

The mayor said residents who are facing the threat of flooding are urged to evacuate before it’s too late.

“Those who are capable of getting out, get out now. Get out as soon as possible,” Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said during a Saturday briefing.

The mayor urged residents to stay with family, friends or if they have no other resources, they can stay at the Jackson Police Training Academy on St. Charles Street.

“Entergy will strategically turn off power,” Lumumba said. “If you’re in a flooded area, you will not have power. This is another reason (to evacuate).”

Residents should move belongings out of their homes, if possible. If not, they should get it up off the floor and away from possible flooding. The mayor also asked people to stay out of flooded areas.

“We don’t need sightseers. We do not need you to put yourself, or those who are helping with rescue efforts in harm’s way,” Lumumba said.

The Pearl River is now predicted to crest Monday morning at 36 feet. The river crested in 2020 at 36.7 feet, impacting 267 homes in Hinds County, and about another 250 in other counties around the state.

“It’s already in a scary range, as I said, and it’s getting more scary, but we feel like it’s prudent storing it in the lake at this time, opposed to storing it in the floodplain,” said John Sigman, general manager of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. “Hopefully, we can achieve that. If we don’t, certainly, we’ll let everyone know.”

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Sigman said as of Saturday, the river isn’t expected to go higher than 36 feet.