City of Biloxi, MS Biloxi A to Z, 23 Nov 2020

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From YouTube: Biloxi Covid 19 Update 11 23 2020

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Today's report: debris removal crews reached a milestone; kitchen safety tips for Thanksgiving; holiday shopping safety tips; latest COVID-19 numbers; and traffic signal reminders.

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Hello, my name is vincent creel, public affairs manager for the city of biloxi here to deliver today's report. This is being recorded on monday november 23rd at 2 45 in the afternoon.

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Welcome to thanksgiving week we'll have some thanksgiving safety, cooking tips from our friends at fema, some shopping safety tips from biloxi police chief john miller, we'll have the latest on cobit 19 in mississippi and harrison county and a few other things. But first, let's talk about progress. Since hurricane zeta we've passed the halfway point, crews have now removed more than 107 000 cubic yards of debris from streets and neighborhoods in biloxi.

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You will remember that we have said from day one that there's an estimated 200 000 cubic yards of debris out there. That's enough debris to fill the coast coliseum twice we're more than halfway. There. Crews are off this week, but they will return at sunrise a week from today, monday november. 30Th, please keep in mind. The first pass of the entire city is expected to be completed mid-december.

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This map shows you where the pickups have occurred since day, one which was on november 5 just what 18 days ago. Crews are also making progress on city parks. Here are the fallen and the removed trees from pennzoil park out in west biloxi.

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We should also point out that the city's gis team has created an online progress map. You can find it at biloxi dot, ms dot. U s forward, slash zeta debris. It offers you a dashboard of information, total haul total loads loads by day, and it allows you to zoom in on any specific area of the city for detail right down to the street corner and now here's an update on covet 19.

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Today, the mississippi state department of health reports 699 new cases of the coronavirus statewide since thursday, more than 5 000 cases have been reported, bringing the statewide total number of coronavirus cases since mid-march to nearly 144 thousand cases. The department also reports that more and six deaths have resulted from the coronaries statewide.

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This chart shows the total number of positive tests statewide. Since the crisis began. This chart shows the 14 day track on cases statewide in harrison county. The department reports 24 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours and over 200 cases since thursday.

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This brings the county total of coronavirus cases to six thousand eight hundred and twenty five. As for the deaths in harrison, county 105 cases have been reported. Here's the 14-day chart for harrison county, which shows the daily average of cases.

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Not only are new cases spiking throughout the state so are hospitalizations. Take a look at this chart from the mississippi state department of health, which is from friday, see the red line. That is, the number of patients in hospitals. Statewide with the confirmed infection, see the green line. That is the number of covent patients in icu.

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You can go to the health department's website at msdh.ms.gov for more details and to even take a look at an interactive chart of hospitalizations along the coast.

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You can also go to the city's website at biloxi.ms.gov and click on the covet tab at the top to see practical advice, including opening up biloxi, again guidelines and past videos and charts. Please keep this information in mind when celebrating thanksgiving the u.s surgeon general this morning asked for everyone to celebrate small and smart this year. Take celebrations outdoors, keep it small, prepare before the day make sure you are not going out and about and around a lot of people holiday events can be super spreaders, so please keep it small and smart.

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Do your part to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

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Even if you're having a small thanksgiving gathering this year, here's a fact to remember the national fire prevention association reports. That cooking is the most common cause of house fires and house. Fires are four times more likely to occur on thanksgiving day than in any other time of the year. Here's some advice from our friends at.

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Every fire needs three things to burn heat oxygen and fuel, and it will keep burning and growing until one of those is removed. If you're cooking with grease and the pan catches fire, you need to act fast. The safest way to extinguish a small pan fire is by removing the oxygen first put on an oven.

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Mitt next grab the lid that fits the pan and smother the flames with it carefully slide the lid over the pan to cut off the oxygen then turn off the burner to stop adding heat, never pour water on a grease fire that can make the fire spread and leave the pan alone. Don't lift the lid that would add more oxygen and keep the fire going or move the pan until it has cooled completely.

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Never try to carry a burning pan to the sink or outside that could fan the flames and the oil can burn you and spread fire around now. Listen up! You should only try this if you have a safe way out and everyone else is getting out if the fire is spreading, get out and call the fire department from outside your.

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Please keep in mind, we still have a few traffic signals out three on howard avenue and two on eisenhower. Please treat those as four-way stops. Expect heavy traffic this weekend drive courteously and safely don't rush. The biloxi visitor center closes only four times a year, and one of those is thanksgiving day. Also, please remember that all other non-emergency municipal facilities in biloxi will be closed, both thursday and friday for thanksgiving and now this.

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Ever wonder how busy biloxi's police fire, community development, engineering and public works departments are? You can get the behind the scenes details on the week that was with information such as police and fire responses, building permits issued the status of major public works projects throughout the city and the work orders completed by the public works department just go online to biloxi.ms.us and click on the weekly reports. Tab to see the reports. New information is posted at the beginning of each week. The page also includes an archive of reports.

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Edgewater mall will be closed on thursday, except for the movie theater, but mall manager. Terry powell is expecting brisk sales friday and throughout the weekend, along with all mall visitors wearing masks and social distancing. Please be careful. We leave you today with some holiday shopping safety tips from biloxi police chief john miller, on behalf of mayor gillage and members of the biloxi city council. Please have a safe and happy thanksgiving.

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We'll see you here again a week from today on november 30th, now, here's chief miller from three thanksgiving meals ago.

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Hello, I'm chief john miller with the biloxi police department wishing everyone a happy holiday season. We have some safety tips we'd like everyone to keep in mind through the holiday season when shopping park, your vehicle in a well-lit area as close to your destination as possible, don't park beside large buildings or in between large vehicles or park next to vehicles that have tinted windows.

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Don't make multiple trips to your car, with lots of packages that only alerts these. They may wait for you to come back. Put those packages and gifts in the trunk of the car. Don't leave anything exposed inside the car that would be thief, could see, wear casual, comfortable clothes and don't wear expensive jewelry. The last thing you want is for a would-be criminal to think that some of the joy you're wearing is very expensive, even though you're rushed- and you have a thousand things on your mind- stay vigilant, be aware of who's around you.

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Try not to carry a purse or a wallet if possible, put your credit cards and your money into your pocket.

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Make sure that you have all of your credit card numbers recorded and keep them at a safe place at home? A credit monitoring service is a great way to keep you safe this holiday season.

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If you have to use an atm machine, make sure that you choose one in a welded area, preferably inside a convenience store or the ball there's one inside the police station.

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If you have to use an atm machine outside the bank, try to remain in your vehicle. Try to pick a bank where you can drive up to the atm machine. Leave your car in drive and conduct your business. That way. If someone approaches you, you can just lift your foot up and pull away quickly when.

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Your atm transaction always take the receipt with you and dispose of it somewhere else do not dispose of it at the site if you're planning to be going from your home even for a short time make sure your doors and windows are locked. If you're going to be going for an extended time, make sure that you have a trusted tavern that can pick up your newspaper and take in your mail. Those are the exact things that criminals look for, have outdoor lighting on a timer.

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So it's going to it's going to come on and make it appear that there's someone there. You can also leave a radio or a television functioning inside the home, those things most of the time just scare criminals, that'll, move on somewhere else.

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Don't leave gifts and things like that in the window where they can be seen from the outside, don't take boxes or containers from your large ticket items and leave them by the road either.

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If a potential thief needs a flat screen tv and he sees the box in front of your home, he knows where to go shopping on high ticket items that don't have a serial number. You.

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One you can do so by using an inexpensive engraver, and I would recommend that you use your your mississippi driver's license number, not your social security number. If it's not an item that can be engraved at least photograph or mark it. Some other way.

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If you're hosting a holiday party, please make sure you have some non-alcoholic selections available for your guests, don't allow anyone to drink too much and then drive away.

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Please have a designated driver who can take your guest home if need be if you're attending a holiday party, remember it's your responsibility not to drink and drive. Have a designated driver available. Remember this holiday season law enforcement will be out trying to keep you safe. We would appreciate it if you do your.

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