Preparing for hurricane season amid COVID-19 pandemic

Thursday morning, Governor Tate Reeves held a press conference about hurricane preparedness at the Ground Zero Museum in Waveland.

The legislator- were- hospitalized.

- - this morning governor tate- reeves held a press - conference about hurricane- preparedness at the ground zero- museum in waveland.

News 25's - lorraine weiskopf - attended the conference - regarding hurricane - season amid the pandemic.

- - almost fifteen years ago- hurricane katrina tore through- the gulf coast.

- katrina was one of the most - - - - costly natural disasters of - all-time.

- a press conference was held in- waveland addressing how - well the state is prepared- considering covid-19 and- hurricane season.

- pete gaynor, fema administrator- says "current challenges continue to complicate- the landscape so not just - hurricane season not just - recovery but response to- covid-19- and we continue to deal with- covid 19 again in mississippi - and across the- country combine with hurricane- season recovery it just make- steh future a little- more complicated" during the meeting it was - - - - announced $4 million in federal- grants are going to emergency - management in - south mississippi, including- $2.2 million to the bay st.

- - - - louis fire department, $1 - million to the biloxi fire- department, - $70,000 to the pascagoula fire- department, and over $500,000 t- the department of marine- resources for port security.- governor tate reeves, says "the model that works best for - american is that if we- have natural disasters they mus- be state managed, locally - excited and ferdall - resourced.

We are fortunate in- mississippi to have a - partnership with the- administration with fema" if a natural disaster does come- this way there will be a- plan put in place for shelters- and buses to accommodate- covid guidelines.

- lorraine weiskopf, reporter,- says, "hurricane preparedness i a - very important topic all along- the coast.

It's especially- concerning for major mike smith- of waveland considering his cit- was ground zero during katrina.- major mike smith waveland, says- "before there was a baseline of hurricane - camelia, well katrina set a new- benchmark for that.

And that is- - - - my concern going forward is tha- the people are going to say wel- i survive katrina where i live- and i'm going to- be fine, we don't know if the - next storm is going to be worse- than katrina."

- - - in waveland, lorraine weiskopf- news