Because of its position on the Gulf Coast, Grand Isle is prone to serious hurricanes and winter storms. Indeed a serious storm or hurricane either brushes or strikes Grand Isle every 3 years. The well-being of residents and their homes, small businesses, schools, churches, and the infrastructure and beaches of Grand Isle is critical to the future of the island as a community. The economic blow to the people, businesses, and tax base of Grand Isle has been severe. The future of the residents and resident small businesses and the future of Grand Isle are at risk.

Current Year:  2010

Tropical Storm Bonnie

7-23-10  #4:  News - the show must go on in Grand Isle (NOLA.com), despite Tropical Storm Bonnie

Come on down!!

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Bob Stewart, Ph.D.

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http://www.nola.com/politics/Despite Tropical Storm Bonnie, the show must go on in Grand Isle

Published: Friday, July 23, 2010, 1:40 PM     Updated: Friday, July 23, 2010, 2:17 PM

Paul Rioux, The Times-Picayune

7-23-10 #3  Online Weather Briefing 07/23/2010- Tropical Storm Bonnie at 7:00 am

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Friends of Grand Isle, Inc.

Bob Stewart, Ph.D.

 (337) 280-0052

From: Michael Griffin [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 9:21 AM
Cc: John Richer
Subject: Online Weather Briefing 07/23/2010

The latest NWS Lake Charles Online Weather Briefing is now available at the following link:
Tropical Storm Bonnie Update
Friday, July 23, 2010
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/media/lch/owbrief/owbrief.html

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7-23-10

Susan Poag / The Times-PicayuneWearing yellow Island Aid shirts, the members of the Jefferson Parish Council listen as they are updated by the Coast Guard and BP representatives Friday during a Jefferson Parish Council Meeting held in Grand Isle.

The Island Aid Concert to raise money for the town's oil-ravaged tourism and fishing industries will go on as scheduled Saturday despite Tropical Storm Bonnie.

The latest tracks show the compact storm's projected landfall shifting east of Grand Isle, said Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts, who helped plan the concert.

"It looks like we'll have a beautiful day with some air conditioning courtesy of 15 mph winds," Roberts said Friday during the council's annual meeting in Grand Isle. "The party goes on."

The council's Grand Isle meeting usually kicks off the three-day International Tarpon Rodeo, the nation's largest and longest-running fishing tournament.

But the oil spill prompted the rodeo, which brings more than 15,000 people to the tourism-dependent island, to be canceled for the first time in its 82-year history.

It will be replaced by the daylong benefit concert, which features Three Dog Night and LeAnn Rimes and begins at 10 a.m. on the beach across from the community center.

"Grand Isle is coming back whether it's from a manmade disaster or one caused by Mother Nature," Roberts said. "We're not going to leave these folks behind."

Related topics: grand isle, jefferson parish council, oil spill gulf of mexico 2010

7-23-10 #2:  More on the incoming storm.  See the map included below in “More information”.

For the Board of Directors

Friends of Grand Isle, Inc.

Bob Stewart, Ph.D.

(337) 280-0052

New event. Tropical Storm Watch from 7/23/2010 5:00 AM EDT until further notice for 70358. More information.

More on the incoming storm.  See the map included below in “More information”.

For the Board of Directors

Friends of Grand Isle, Inc.

Bob Stewart, Ph.D.

(337) 280-0052

7-23-10 #1:  Tropical Storm Watch

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 4:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: iNWS Alert

New event. Tropical Storm Watch from 7/23/2010 5:00 AM EDT until further notice for 70358. More information.

7-22-10:  Online Weather Briefing - 07/22/2010 - Tropical Depression #3 upgraded to Tropical Storm Bonnie

From: Donovan Landreneau [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:13 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Online Weather Briefing - 07/22/2010 - Tropical Depression #3 upgraded to Tropical Storm Bonnie

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