Port of Morgan City and St. Mary Parish Hold 12th Annual Hurricane Preparedness Meeting KQKI News [Video]

On Wednesday morning the Port of Morgan City hosted their 12th annual hurricane preparedness meeting at the Emergency Operations Center inviting many leaders and government officials from around St. Mary Parish.

The ceremony began with a welcome from the Port of Morgan City Director, Mac Wade and continued on with other speakers from

• The National Weather Service in Lake Charles
• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
• St. Mary Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
• St. Mary Levee District
• United States Coast Guard
• The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Department and more

The attendees of the meeting consisted of area fire departments, police departments, Acadian Ambulance, city officials, the U.S. Coast Guard, and many more.

Doug Cramer from the National Weather Service warned the officials that the 2024 Hurricane Season is sure to be a very active one due to the ocean temperatures across the Atlantic, Carribean, and the Gulf of Mexico being hot. Cramer also explained that we are entering what is called an ENSO phase, …