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From YouTube: Biloxi Covid 19 Update 1 15 2021
Description
Biloxi A to Z: Debris removal coming to an end; COVID-19 cases rise; COVID city page; MLK celebration and Vernon Jackson.
A
Hello,
I'm
vincent
creel
public
affairs
manager
for
the
city
of
biloxi
here
to
deliver
today's
report
for
friday
january
15,
2021
we'll
have
an
update
on
the
coronavirus
cases
and
the
latest
on
vaccinations
we'll
have
a
weekend
preview
we'll
have
a
salute
to
mlk
and
a
special
biloxian
and
lots
more.
But
we
begin
today
with
a
zeta
debris
update
debris
operations
at
least
the
federally
funded
portion
are
scheduled
to
end
next
week.
To
date,
the
debris
teams
have
worked
71
days.
A
They
have
made
over
6
000
hauls
from
neighborhoods
totaling,
more
than
289
000
cubic
yards
of
debris
and
the
price
tag
for
that
debris,
removal
so
far,
3.8
million
dollars.
Here's
the
inside
story
from
jonathan
kaiser,
who
has
overseen
the
city's
federally
funded
debris
operations
since
they
began
on
november
5th.
B
A
B
Of
it,
that's
right
with
the
eligible
storm-related
debris,
you
know,
there's
other
material,
that's
coming
out,
there's
other
trimmings
and
crepe
myrtles
and
stuff
that's
coming
out
and
a
lot
of
green
vegetation.
That's
not
necessarily
storm
related,
so
it'll
it'll
transfer
over
from
a
contractor
effort
with
fema
reimbursement
to
a
city,
effort
with
city
forces.
B
I
think
it
went
pretty
well,
there
were
a
few
hiccups
as
far
as
with
a
little
bit
of
confusion
over
the
commercial
properties
in
katrina,
fema
waived
the
restriction
on
commercial
properties,
and
this
is
a
much
smaller
event
and
they
did
not
waive
that
restriction.
Yet
so
the
city
was
not
being
reimbursed
for
commercial
debris.
In
this
event,.
A
B
A
B
A
B
D
B
A
A
B
B
A
B
B
B
But
overall,
I
think
the
city's,
where
you
want
to
be
as
far
as
the
debris
is
out
of
the
way
for
the
most
part,
the
city
is
getting
back
to
normal
and
it's
not
a
threat
to
public
health
and
safety,
which
is
what
the
federal
process
is
intended
to
do.
So
now
it's
a
little
bit
more
of
a
nuisance
and
and
we're
still,
we've
still
got
contractors
out
there
we're
still
responding
to
complaints
and
trying
to
help
the
city
close
out
this
reimbursement
process
for
hurricanes.
B
B
That's
if
you're
it's
not
always
your
council
person's
fault
or
cao
or
mayor's
fault.
It's
that
the
contractor
can't
or
won't
pick
up
something
because
of
what's
in
the
pile,
and
so
we
can
help
to
get
stuff
out
of
the
pile
talk
to
them,
communicate
with
the
homeowner
about
what
needs
to
change
with
it,
so
that
we
can
get
it
out
of
their
way.
But
it
is,
it
can
be
frustrating
and
I
apologize
if
there
are
people
that
have
been.
D
B
D
A
A
E
E
The
state
department
of
health
also
reports
that
in
harrison,
county
191
individuals
have
died
from
the
virus.
Since
mid-march.
Take
a
look
at
this
chart.
Look
at
those
high
numbers
in
the
rising
red
line.
Mayor
village
says
we
need
to
change
that
statewide.
Today
the
department
of
health
reports,
more
than
2
300
new
cases
and
55
new
deaths.
E
C
E
E
Go
to
the
city
of
biloxi's
online
covid
page?
You
can
see
links
to
the
mississippi
state
department
of
health's
vaccination
locations
and
you
can
see
links
to
local
hospitals
who
may
be
hosting
vaccination
locations
along
the
mississippi
gulf
coast.
Please
remember
that
many
locations
require
scheduling
in
order
to
receive
the
vaccine.
A
Non-Emergency
biloxi
municipal
offices
will
be
closed
on
monday,
in
recognition
of
the
life
and
times
of
dr
martin
luther
king
jr
non-emergency
municipal
offices
will
reopen
tuesday
at
their
usual
times.
Remember,
there's
also
a
city
council
meeting
on
tuesday
at
1
30..
You
can
see
the
agenda
online.
E
Monday
is
martin
luther
king
jr
day
and
the
annual
co-celebration
began
this
week
and
it
continues
through
tuesday
the
activities
hosted
by
the
mlk
coast.
Wide
committee
are
virtual
this
year,
so
make
sure
you
go
to
mlkcoastwide.com
and
their
facebook
page
for
a
list
of
happenings
and
to
watch
those
events.
E
We
leave
you
today
as
mlk
day
approaches
with
an
excerpt
from
the
city
within
a
city,
a
fascinating
look
at
african
american
life
in
biloxi
in
the
1960s
one
of
our
favorite
clips
from
the
18
minute
documentary
was
vernon
jackson,
a
veteran
of
the
armed
forces
and
a
long
time.
Letter
carrier
in
east
biloxi
vernon
died
just
the
other
day,
but
his
memory
lives
on
in
his
family
and
his
friends
and
the
lives
he
touched
monday.
C
C
C
Is
this
your
cousin,
this
your
niece
or
somebody
with
this
other
last
name?
And
she
would
tell
me
no
it's
only
primo
only
so
I
write
those
names
in
my
book
when
I
got
that
name,
I
would
return
them
and
then
I
was
only
about
three
months
because
the
mother
guy
told
man
she's
a
mean
old
lady.
Now
she
said
that
she'll
never
smile,
and
so
when
I
would
go
there,
I
would
I
would
say
good
morning.
You
know
how
you
doing
she
said.
C
I'm
doing
all
right
like
with
that
kind
of
dry
talk
that
I
had.
On
her
middle
hand,
I
wouldn't
put
it
in
the
mailbox
and
then
I
kept
doing
that,
while
her
facial
expression
started
to
change
and
afterwards
she
would
see
these
fleshy
when
she
see
me
coming
she's
smiling
and
then
mr
galact
called
me
to
his
office.