Carnival Season!

February 22-23nd, 2014

By all accounts Carnival season got off to a great start last weekend throughout South Mississippi and the fun just gets more amped up this weekend with eight parades.

That's right, eight parades -- seven on Saturday and another on Sunday.
So grab your fish nets, put on your Mardi Gras best and get out there and grab all the throws you can get.

Saturday

Bay St. Louis Krewe of Kids: 11 a.m.
Krewe of Legacy: Pass Christian, noon.
Krewe of River City: Moss Point, 1 p.m.
Second Liners Mardi Gras Club: Biloxi, 1 p.m.
Mystic Krewe of Pine Island: Vancleave, 1:30 p.m.
Carnival Association of Long Beach: 6 p.m.
Gautier Men's Club: 7 p.m.

Sunday

Krewe of Nereids: Waveland, 1 p.m.

-- Sun Herald

Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2014/02/20/5356970/south-mississippi-carnival-season.html#storylink=cpy

Freezing Temps and Sleet

Sleet today, into tomorrow morning. Snow possible. Schools closed today and tomorrow.

Sunset

Jan. 20th, 2014 South Mississippi SunSet.

Hard Freeze

Freeze Warning REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ... HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

* TIMING... TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING WILL WARM SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. AFTER MODEST WARMING MONDAY... TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING AT SUNSET AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING TUESDAY.

* TEMPERATURES... MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TEENS TO LOWER 20S ARE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

* DURATION... FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR A PERIOD OF 10 TO 14 HOURS TONIGHT WITH A DURATION OF 7 TO 12 HOURS BELOW 26 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS... HAZARDOUS LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS FOR PERSONS... LIVESTOCK AND PETS. PROPERTY LOSS POTENTIAL FROM FROZEN PIPES AND PLUMBING. HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL LOSSES CAN BE SIGNIFICANT WITHOUT PROPER MITIGATION MEASURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PARTICULARLY CAREFUL WITH PORTABLE HEATERS... THERE IS DANGER OF FIRE OR POISONOUS FUMES.

IF YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE... REMEMBER THAT SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES WILL KEEP YOUR WARMER THAN A SINGLE HEAVY COAT. A HAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT AS 20 PERCENT OF BODY HEAT LOSS IS THROUGH THE HEAD.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

Christmas At Beauvoir

November 8-January 5

Enjoy carolers, crafts, Father Klaus, lighted paths, tours of the house with period decorations & over 100 lighted oak trees throughout the property. A magical train takes children through the historic grounds to meet with Santa Klaus, dressed as he was in the 1800's! Gingerbread cookies, hot chocolate, live reindeer and whimsical elves to greet visitors. Events subject to change. Don't miss this exceptional Christmas event.

Date(s): 11/08/2013 - 01/05/2014

Times: Thursday-Sunday @ 4:30pm-8:30pm

Location: Beauvoir, 2244 Beach Blvd, Biloxi

Contact: Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis Home

Phone: 228-388-4400

Admission: Admission Charged

http://www.beauvoir.org/events/Christmas_at_Beauvoir.html

Hard Freeze Warning

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM TONIGHT AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL 9 AM THANKSGIVING MORNING. THE DURATION OF TEMPERATURES 26 DEGREES OR LOWER IS EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 7 HOURS.

Picayune, MS

NickName: The Yune.
Picayune is the largest city in Pearl River County, Mississippi. Picayune will be added to the New Orleans Metropolitan area in 2014 Located approximately 45 miles from New Orleans, Hattiesburg, and Gulfport/Biloxi.
The Stennis Space Center is 10 miles away.

Picayune was founded in 1904, named by Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, the owner and the publisher of the New Orleans Daily Picayune, a newspaper named for the Spanish Coin.

The Crosby Arboretum is located in Picayune, Mississippi, and affiliated with the Mississippi State University. It contains 64 acres sheltering over 300 species of indigenous trees and shrubs. The Arboretum is home to the Pinecote Pavilion designed by the late E. Fay Jones.
Jones was an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright and followed many of Wright's design principles. The pavilion is one of the architectural jewels of not only Pearl River county, but also Mississippi.

While Picayune received extensive damage from Hurricane Katrina, it was not as severe as in other nearby cities. This has caused it to become the permanent home for many who relocated from the New Orleans area and the Mississippi Gulf Coast and were seeking a safer homesite with easy commuting to those areas.

The bulk of the damage in Picayune was caused by winds from the hurricane. This resulted in widespread roof, window and fence damage. The wind also caused hundreds, if not thousands, of downed trees and power outages for up to several months.