The 3-mile bridge that connects Pensacola to Gulf Breeze has been shut down due to a barge that has broken loose and is wedged under the bridge (Source: Gil Osterloh) #HurricaneSally #Pensacola pic.twitter.com/w2xIaMJkuX
— Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida (@CityofDestin) September 15, 2020
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) closed the Pensacola Bay Bridge due to winds from Hurricane Sally, but the bridge may have to stay closed a bit longer than expected.
Ian Satter, an FDOT...
Hurricane Sally continues to wander through the northern Gulf of Mexico, trudging toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Pensacola Beach is currently just outside the outer band of Hurricane Sally!#HurricaneSally #HurricaneSally2020#PensacolaBeach pic.twitter.com/l6LJNR9o0R
— Justin Paine (@jpainefrommaine) September 14, 2020
Conditions will gradually deteriorate Tuesday prior to landfall Tuesday night/early Wednesday. Sally is already producing heavy rainfall and tropical storm force winds (39 to 73...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/more-ports-closing-ahead-of-hurricane-sally-with-forecast-video
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Tropical Storm Sally became a hurricane Monday afternoon, with sustained winds reaching 90 mph.
As Sally becomes better organized and possibly stronger before landfall, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) decided to issue port condition Zulu for the ports of Biloxi, Gulfport and Pascagoula, Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama; as well as Pensacola, Florida.
The USCG sets port condition Zulu when weather advisories indicate that sustained gale force winds — 39-54 mph (34-47 knots) — from a tropical cyclone are...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/ports-closing-as-hurricane-sally-closes-in-on-gulf-coast
Shouting followed by a continuous alarm provided the most dramatic moments in the first day of a hearing into the cause of last year’s capsizing of the M/V Golden Ray in St. Simons Sound.
The audio recording recovered from the roll-on/roll-off vessel lasted for several minutes and was played Monday as part of the first exhibits at the hearing in Brunswick, Georgia.
The Golden Ray ran aground and capsized while departing the Port of Brunswick on Sept. 8, 2019. Four of the 24 crew members of the...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/alarm-blared-during-golden-ray-capsizing
Several U.S. Class I railroad operations are preparing to safeguard their networks ahead of Hurricane Sally’s anticipated landfall on Tuesday.
The National Hurricane Center on Monday morning issued a hurricane warning for Morgan City, Louisiana, to the Alabama/Florida border.
The hurricane warning also was in effect for Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas in Louisiana, as well as metro New Orleans. A hurricane warning means that hurricane conditions are expected somewhere within the warning...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/us-class-i-railroads-prepare-for-hurricane-sally
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Energy companies, ports and refiners on Monday raced to complete shutdowns as Tropical Storm Sally bores in on the central U.S. Gulf Coast with expectations that it will soon become a hurricane. The storm will disrupt oil imports and exports as the...
HOUSTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Sally strengthened off the west coast of Florida on Sunday and was poised to become a hurricane, bringing the threat of dangerous storm surges and high winds to the U.S. Gulf Coast, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The storm track was disrupting...