Roundtable On June 7th and 8th, 2022, the Ports of Morgan City, Krotz Springs, Avoyelles Parish, Central Louisiana Regional, Caddo-Bossier, Natchitoches Parish, and Red River Parish and the Red River Waterway Commission, in partnership with the U. S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD), hosted an Atchafalaya – Red River Maritime Roundtable. The purpose of…
POMC – St. Mary – OHSEP 2025 Hurricane Season Preparedness Meeting April 22, 2025 AGENDA 2025 hurricane preparedness meeting agenda LINKS Additional resources available from our Hurricane Preparedness meeting are: NOAA’s nowCOAST https://nowcoast.noaa.gov/ NOAA’s Inundation Dashboard https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/inundationdb/ NOAA PORTS Morgan City https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports/index.html?port=mc NOAA NGOFS2 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ofs/ngofs2/ngofs2.html NOAA STOFS https://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/estofs/ Additional broadcasts available are: KWBJ TV22 Facebook page; KBZE 105.9FM Youtube and Facebook pages
The Port of Morgan City, St. Mary Parish OHSEP and National Weather Service Lake Charles conducted a SKYWARN training, presented by Roger Erickson, Meteorologist.
On March 18th, St. Mary Parish Emergency Managers participated in the 2019 GOHSEP Spring Flood Outlook Webinar. The Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center provided the current status of the Mississippi River as well as provided an overall outlook on the spring flooding season. Additionally, the US Army Corps of Engineers provided an update to levee…
Colonel Michael N. Clancy, USACE New Orleans District and Major General Richard Kaiser, Commander of USACE Mississippi Valley Division joined St. Mary Levee District in a discussion about the current flood fight. General Kaiser stated he was cautiously optimistic the Corps will not need to open the Morganza. However, conditions will be incredibly close to…
Mac Wade and Cindy Cutrera, Port of Morgan City; Mike Brocato, St. Mary Levee District; and Monica Mancuso, representing St. Mary Excel met recently with Scott Hemmerling, Colleen McHugh and Christine DeMyers of the Water Institute of the Gulf to discuss resilience opportunities for the Morgan City/Berwick communities.