The ininational hurricane centes reporting it moving on shore. this is one of the most powerful to ever hit louisiana. right now more than 100,000 people are already without power across louisiana. and it s only expected to get a whole lot worse as ida pummels the state. ed is in french settlement louisiana near a river where flooding is expected once the hurricane rolls through, amite river. how are people preparing where you re at? reporter: well, wolf, residents here along the amite river are bracing for a day s long weather event. this is the river. we ve been talking to the owners of this property, phil and sheryl. they say this water has already come up two feet. they re handing here. you guys are scrambling to get ready for everything. what are you most concerned about right now?
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Sideswipe: April 27: School holiday madness? Caught short? Bad parker? All three? 26 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 2 minutes to read The Hawking Index In 2014, mathematician Jordan Ellenberg examined the distribution of highlighted passages within Amazon Kindle books as an unscientific measure of how far the average reader gets through each book before throwing in the towel. If the popular highlights are clustered densely near the start of a book, that s (arguably) a sign that many readers abandon the book before reading much farther. Hard Choices, by Hillary Clinton, 1.9% Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty, 2.4% Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace, 6.4% A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking, 6.6%
Sheryl Mai: Happy to mark Anzac Day 2021 with family, friends and community 11 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM 4 minutes to read The Cenotaph in Laurie Hall Park, Whangārei just before dawn on Anzac Day last year during the Covid-19 lockdown. Photo / Michael Cunningham The Cenotaph in Laurie Hall Park, Whangārei just before dawn on Anzac Day last year during the Covid-19 lockdown. Photo / Michael Cunningham FROM THE MAYOR S DESK One of the greatest honours of being mayor is attending the Returned and Services Association Anzac dawn parade. Every year I am impressed by the mana of the dawn ceremony, where the welling of emotion
Sheryl Mai: Now is the time to plan for emergencies 14 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Central Whangārei deserted after the tsunami alert. Photo / Adam Pearse FROM THE MAYOR S DESK Head for the hills! I am very proud of the response from our community to the tsunami alert after the earthquakes on Friday, March 5. The speed and efficiency of our emergency services response and the effectiveness of our siren and Emergency Mobile Alert (EMA) system network must be commended. This was the type of event Civil Defence, emergency response and community response teams prepare and practise for, and it was also the very first time both sirens and EMAs had been used together.
Northland tsunami alert: Region copes well in tsunami threat but more could be done 5 Mar, 2021 06:36 PM 10 minutes to read The lookout at Onerahi provided one of the safest, and best, viewing spots during yesterday s tsunami alert. Photo / Tania Whyte. Northern Advocate Northland coped well with yesterday s tsunami warning, but more work is needed on an evacuation plan to prevent the sort of gridlock that hit Whangārei as thousands fled the CBD, Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai said. Thousands of Northlanders fled their homes, offices and schools in low-lying coastal areas and headed for the safety of higher ground after a tsunami warning was issued by Civil Defence at 8.46am. The all-clear was given at 3.34pm.
Sheryl Mai: Time to have your say about our Long Term Plan 27 Feb, 2021 08:33 PM 3 minutes to read FROM THE MAYOR S DESK Today officially marks the opening of our Long Term Plan (LTP) 2021-2031 consultation period. The LTP is our road map for the next 10 years, setting direction on how we spend your money and what we focus our energies on. Do you want a new events facility? Do you want more action around climate change? How do you feel about our city centre? What about rates? A key part of this consultation is how we pay for what we need to get done in the next 10 years. Last year we opted for an inflation-only rates increase of 2.2 per cent for 2020-2021, to help with the financial impacts of Covid-19.