Noon Saturday Update

• State is in full gear with response to impact areas.
• No news yet on re-entry to coastal yet. The priority is search and rescue as well as supplies to affected areas. They have worked with fuel producers so they can get folks back in.
• I updated the Tyler emergency ops center with our shelter status and they have not asked for further assistance.
• The rain and winds that we are receiving now is what the National Weather Service has told us to expect through tomorrow. There have already been tree/limbs down in the County and a few in the City. Crews are working to clear that now.
• If some are reading the forecasts from the national weather service and concerned because Camp is listed in the header don’t be, these are all of the counties in the Shreveport reporting area. The most severe weather will be sustained about 100 miles south of here and then east into LA. There will be stronger winds around the Longview and Marshall areas. I know there are still concerns about Tornados locally. This IS NOT predicted for our area.

Martin A. Pessink
Chief of Police
Pittsburg Police Department