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From YouTube: Biloxi Covid 19 Update 7 20 2020
Description
Mask up executive order extended; Marcus Bordeaux talks Biloxi Public Schools; Drive up COVID testing; Drive thru immunization fair for students; and the Biloxi Lighthouse
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This
is
being
reported
on
Monday
July,
the
20th
2020
at
3:45
in
the
afternoon
today,
the
Mississippi
State
Department
of
Health
reports,
a
total
of
43
thousand
eight
hundred
and
eighty
nine
cases
of
the
corona
virus
statewide
and
one
thousand
three
hundred
and
fifty
nine
deaths
statewide
in
the
past
24
hours,
1050,
one
new
cases
were
identified
in
three
thousand
and
sixty
cases
were
reported
since
Friday,
which
is
when
the
city's
last
video
update
was
recorded.
Also
in
the
past
24
hours,
three
deaths
were
reported
statewide
and
that
27
deaths
were
reported
since
Friday.
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This
chart
shows
a
14
day
trial
on
cases
statewide
in
Harrison
County,
the
State
Department
of
Health
reports,
we've
seen
69
positive
tests
of
the
corona
virus
in
the
past
24
hours,
making
the
county
wide
total
1456.
This
chart
shows
the
Harrison
County
running
14
day
average.
As
you
can
see,
cases
of
the
corona
virus
continue
to
be
seen
and
are
increasing
in
most
areas
of
including
Harrison
County.
Governor
Reese
today
extends
his
executive
order,
calling
from
ask
to
be
worn,
while
in
public
until
August
the
3rd
at
8:00
a.m.
B
governor
Reese
also
mentioned
today
in
this
press
conference
that
people
need
to
realize
that
they
are
not
invincible
and
that
hospitals
are
seeing
more
cases.
In
fact,
some
coast
hospitals
are
seeing
their
highest
number
of
kovat
positives.
They
seem
mayor,
Gillis,
continues
to
add
citizens
and
visitors
to
masca.
In
fact,
today
mass
will
put
up
on
the
Biloxi's
high-profile
landmark
the
Biloxi
lighthouse.
The
mass
on
the
lighthouse
are
to
remind
the
public
to
mask
up
Biloxi.
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C
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Obviously,
right
now
copa90
is
our
biggest
challenge
and
trying
to
balance
public
health
at
the
same
time
trying
to
balance
the
needs
that
the
community
has
for
a
school
to
be
open.
You
know,
and
that's
been
tough.
You
know
we
understand,
there's
a
14
of
the
community
that
needs
us
to
be
open
and
need
to
be
able
to
send
children
to
school
so
that
they
can
continue
working
and
you
know
at
the
same
time
there
are
people
with
you
know
true
feeders,
for
going
back
to
schools.
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C
A
D
You
are
distance
learning
at
the
end
of
the
school
year
in
March
the
majority.
The
curriculums
are
two
dozen
talked
so
when
you're
coming
in
August,
you've
got
brand-new
material,
things
gets
don't
know,
you're
you're,
teaching,
new
concepts,
new
thing
there
to
do
skills.
So
it's
going
to
be
a
much
more
ramped
up
distance
learning
at
home
and
this
distance
learning
environment,
our
kids
are
going
to
interact
online
one-to-one
or
not.
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Coming
in
handy
now
so
that
we
were
in
great
shape,
in
the
last
year,
we
were
already
1
to
1
grade
6
through
12.
We
have
since
purchased
3,000
Chromebooks,
so
we'll
be
a
completely
one-to-one,
School
District,
not
quite
by
the
start
of
the
school
year,
because,
as
you
can
imagine,
when
we
ordered
our
3,000,
but
America
was
ordering
as
well.these.
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Normal,
but
usually
we're
able
to
put
that
big
hit
with
the
person-to-person
registration
and
we
don't
have
that
option
this
year,
so
we're
still
encouraging
parents
to
get
out
finish.
The
registration
process
make
sure
they
get
everything
done
so
that
their
child
will
get
the
schedule
of
the
designer
and
the
levels
of
the
planning
aspect.
That's.
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A
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Will
host
a
drive-up
Cove
in
nineteen
screening
and
testing
for
those
who
have
Kovac
or
flu-like
symptoms?
The
drive
up
clinic
will
be
on
Thursday
from
8
a.m.
to
1
p.m.
in
the
parking
lot
of
the
Biloxi
Civic
Center,
located
up
Howard
Avenue,
remember
to
wear
a
face,
mask
and
stay
in
your
vehicle
for
more
information.
You
may
call
the
Cova
19
hot
two
to
eight
eight,
six,
seven,
five:
zero,
zero,
zero
lane
closures
on
us,
90
south
of
the
blood
Seas
cemetery
were
continuing
through
Friday.
B
So
when
traveling
in
that
area,
which
is
just
east
of
the
Black
Sea
lighthouse
use
caution
and
finally,
the
fifth
annual
a
musician
fair
continues
is
drive-thru
event
on
Friday
from
9
a.m.
to
2
p.m.
the
coastal
family
health
clinic
at
7:35,
Division
Street,
the
drive-thru
is
for
new
and
returning
students
to
the
blood
sea
school
systems
for
more
information
call.
Susan
hunt
two
two,
eight
two,
nine
seven,
six,
eight
zero,
eight!
That's
the
report
for
today.
Please
remember
to
mask
up
biloxi,
we'll
see
you
again
on
Friday.
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C
It
is
one
of
the
oldest
surviving
lighthouses
on
the
entire
Gulf
Coast
of
the
United
States
over
the
course
of
a
hundred
and
fifty
years,
it
has
witnessed
the
departure
of
tens
of
thousands
of
sailing
vessels
and
has
beamed
a
beacon
of
welcome
to
it
shores
for
tens
of
thousands
more.
It
has
weathered
the
effects
of
more
than
a
dozen
major
hurricanes,
and
while
it
bares
a
few
scars
from
its
encounters
with
the
ravages
of
Mother
Nature,
it
still
lights
the
night
every
night,
with
the
flashing
signal
that
spells
Paluxy.
C
This
is
Mary
Ann,
Mobley
and
I
would
like
to
tell
you
about
a
building
that
has
a
very
special
place
in
my
heart.
I
was
born
in
Biloxi,
but
the
effects
of
storms
and
progress
have
changed
much
of
what
I
recall
about
my
birthplace
whenever
I
returned.
Here,
though,
the
Biloxi
lighthouse
is
here
to
remind
me
that
I
have
come
home.
C
Let
me
share
with
you
some
of
the
reasons
why
the
Biloxi
lighthouse
was
built
in
1848
to
aid
ships
in
navigating
the
Mississippi
Sound,
which
was
then
the
primary
entrance
to
America's
busiest
seaport,
the
Port
of
New
Orleans
coastal
charts
of
the
Mississippi
sound
indicated.
The
unique
signatures
are
identifying
characteristic
of
each
lighthouse
so
that
one
could
be
distinguished
from
another
during
both
day
time
and
night.
The
white
color
of
the
Biloxi
lighthouse
was
its
day
mark
and
the
light
shined
as
a
continuous
beacon
for
its
night
mark.
C
At
one
time,
the
lighthouse
was
painted
black
with
tar
as
a
waterproofing
agent,
but
boat
captains
complained
about
not
being
able
to
see
the
dark
color
against
the
trees
on
the
shore,
so
the
lighthouse
was
changed
soon
back
to
whites.
The
only
other
alteration
since
then
occurred
when
the
light
was
electrified.
It's
night
mark
was
then
changed
to
the
signal.
We
see
today
flashing
three
seconds
on
followed
by
one
second
of
dark
before
repeating
the
signal
seen
from
the
water.
C
C
The
design
of
the
Biloxi
lighthouse
called
for
a
structural
system
of
cast
iron
plating
with
an
inner
lining,
a
brick
to
lend
the
structure,
strength
and
stability.
Only
one
cast-iron
lighthouse
had
been
built
in
America,
and
some
people
thought
the
plan
to
use
this
relatively
new
material
was
risky.
The
$12,000
contract
for
its
construction
was
awarded
to
the
foundry
of
Murray
and
Hazlehurst
of
Baltimore
Maryland,
which
at
the
time
was
one
of
the
leading
high-tech
firms
in
America.
C
We
have
to
remember,
though,
that
in
1848,
high
tech
did
not
mean
building
computers
or
satellites
instead,
Murray
and
Hazlehurst
built
the
finest
steam
engines
to
power,
railroad,
locomotives
factories
and
ships.
All
of
the
gently
tapered
cast-iron
plates
for
the
lighthouse
had
to
be
engineered
precisely
so
that
they
would
fit
together
and
create
a
strong
building.
The
care
taken
to
accomplish
this
task
was
successful.
Once
the
work
began,
construction
of
the
lighthouse
in
his
adjacent
cottage
for
its
lighthouse
keeper
was
completed
in
only
six
weeks.
C
The
light
at
Biloxi
began
to
shine
in
May
of
1848
between
then
and
the
time
that
the
lighthouse
was
automated.
In
1939,
only
six
people
are
known
to
have
held
the
title
of
keeper
of
the
Biloxi
lighthouse.
The
most
important
contributions
over
this
period
were
made
by
three
remarkable
women
who
maintained
the
light
for
seventy
four
of
the
lights.
Ninety-One
years
of
man's
service.
These
women
were
mrs.
Mary,
Reynolds,
Murray,
Jung
Eun's
and
her
daughter,
Miranda
youngins.
C
C
The
duties
of
the
lighthouse
keeper
were
by
no
means
easy
for
anyone,
let
alone
women
like
Mary,
Reynolds
and
Marie
youngins.
Both
widows
with
young
children
to
raise
the
routine
of
climbing
the
tower
three
or
four
times
every
24
hours
to
tend
the
light,
would
have
been
difficult
under
any
circumstances,
especially
in
the
dark
of
the
night,
but
imagine
how
much
more
difficult
the
job
would
have
been
in
the
oppressive
heat
and
humidity
of
the
average
summer
day
or
worse
in
a
tropical
storm
or
hurricane.
C
C
Imagine
how
frightening
it
must
have
been
climbing
the
stairs
of
the
lighthouse
during
one
of
these
severe
storms,
hearing
the
deafening
loud,
the
wind
of
the
groans
and
crashes
of
wharves
and
folks
if
they
were
smashed
by
the
waves.
Just
imagine
having
the
base
of
the
lighthouse
fill
with
water
from
the
storm
surge,
all
the
while
wondering
if
your
children
were
safe
nearby
and
once
a
storm
had
passed.
C
But
none
were
successful.
We
are
lucky
that
the
lighthouse
survived,
because
in
September
1860
the
storm
surge
from
a
hurricane
was
strong
enough
to
undermine
its
foundation.
The
damage
was
so
great
that
the
structure
tipped
some
two
feet
off
a
vertical
making.
The
lighthouse
resemble
the
Leaning
Tower
of
Pisa.
The
tilt
was
corrected
in
1866
by
excavating
some
of
the
sand
under
the
foundation
and
letting
gravity
put
the
structure
back
to
right.
C
But
the
lighthouse
also
plays
a
significant
role
in
the
everyday
lives
of
its
community
throughout
its
history
and
even
with
today's
sophisticated
radar
and
satellite
navigation
technology,
every
fisherman
wore
sailor
who
has
ever
plied
the
Mississippi
Sound
has
found
the
light
to
be
a
sign
of
a
safe
passage
home.
The
same
sentiment
has
been
expressed
by
Airmen
returning
to
Keesler
Air
Force
Base
here
in
Biloxi,
because
the
lighthouse
aligns
with
the
approach
to
the
main
runway
of
peaceful
field.
C
The
connection
between
the
land
and
the
sea
is
an
integral
part
of
Alexei's
culture
and
the
lighthouse
bridges
these
two
worlds.
As
a
result,
the
lighthouse
has
become
a
magnet
for
all
manner
of
community
activity.
It
watches
over
community
celebrations,
like
the
annual
Mardi
Gras
parade
and
the
blessing
of
the
shrimp
fleet.
The
community
dresses
the
lighthouse
to
express
its
feelings,
whether
in
honor
of
a
holiday
as
an
expression
of
hope
in
times
of
term
or
as
a
memorial.
In
times
of
sorrow.
C
The
Biloxi
lighthouse
is
so
important
to
us
that
when
the
US
Coast
Guard
decommissioned
it
taking
it
out
of
service
in
1967,
the
city
of
Biloxi
immediately
stepped
in
and
received
the
transfer
of
the
lighthouse
in
1968.
It
has
been
operated
ever
since
is
what
is
formerly
known
as
a
private
aid
to
navigation,
continuing
to
guide
recreational
boats
and
fishing
vessels
to
safe
harbor.