🧵Hurricane Ida became a Category 4 storm early Sunday morning, rapidly intensifying to sustained winds of 150 mph #HurricaneIda
Flash flooding in Biloxi Mississippi due to #HurricaneIda
Storm surge in Grand Isle, a Louisiana town on a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico. #HurricaneIda
Beachfront webcam on the barrier island of Grand Isle Louisiana #HurricaneIda
On the barrier island of Grand Isle Louisiana, #HurricaneIda winds exceed 100 mph, resulting in total loss of power. The only road off the island is flooded.
Lakeshore Drive in New Orleans Louisiana
Jones Park in Gulfport Mississippi
On the barrier island of Grand Isle Louisiana, #HurricaneIda winds exceed 100 mph, resulting in total loss of power. Approximately 20 people remain on the island. The only road off the island is flooded.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Aircraft inside the eye of #HurricaneIda this morning @NOAA_HurrHunter
Downtown New Orleans Louisiana
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Aircraft flying into the eye of #HurricaneIda this morning @NOAA_HurrHunter
#HurricaneIda makes landfall in Leeville, Louisiana.
39 y.o. Lin Shell, former professional football player and recent interim head coach at Ribault High School in Jacksonville Florida died from COVID on July 30, 2021. #SoulsLostToCovidactionnewsjax.com/news/local-hig…
Lin Shell was a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans VooDoo, Calgary Stampeders (where he helped the team win the Grey Cup), Toronto Argonauts (where he was a 2-time CFL East All-Star), BC Lions, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
In 2018, Lin Shell disarmed a 43 y.o. woman with a gun who walked into a school gymnasium in Jacksonville Florida full of students and started a fight. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome released a statement on the passing of young Baker resident Patrick Sanders due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, August 25.
“Today, our parish learned of the heartbreaking loss of a young Baker resident due to COVID-19. Every death from this virus is one met with immense sorrow, especially the passing of a ninth grader from our community.”
🇿🇦🇧🇼47 y.o. Shona Ferguson, actor and media mogul passed away from COVID in Johannesburg, South Africa July 30, 2021. Born in Botswana, Ferguson moved to South Africa and started acting in 1992. He leaves a wife & 2 daughters #SoulsLostToCovidquickread.co.za/connie-sheds-t…
King's of Jo'Burg. Rest in Peace Shona Ferguson
Kai’s tribute and eulogy to his grandpa Shona Ferguson
13 y.o. Mkayla Robinson, 8th grade student in Raleigh, Mississippi died from COVID on August 14, 2021. She was the perfect student and part of the school band. #SoulsLostToCovidwlox.com/2021/08/18/par…
The eighth grader came home from Raleigh High School with a sore throat. Over the course of two days she had a 105 temperature, was too weak to walk and had difficulty breathing.
“Why does it take my baby to pass for all this uprising?” asked the 37-year-old mother of three.
29 y.o. Nick Boutwell from Perry, Georgia died from COVID August 21, 2021. He was a special agent with the Georgia Department of Corrections. His 1-year-old daughter, Rylee, was hospitalized but recovered. He was not vaccinated #SoulsLostToCovidwsbtv.com/news/local/29-…
“Yes, Nick and I did not get the shot,” she wrote on Facebook. “As many other people in our lives, we believed everything that was being said. Infertility. Nick and I wanted one more child.”
Lacy Boutwell said that she has changed her mind about the shot and will get one for her daughter.
“She can not lose another parent because of this terrible disease,” Boutwell said.
A reminder that the disease COVID-19 is caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and it's responsible for at least 4.5 million deaths worldwide. The virus was named such because it destroys the lungs quickly.
This is how the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) got its name.
Anyone is vulnerable to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Vaccines very effective against preventing severe illness. twitter.com/i/events/14216…