Responders test mock power outage
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YAZOO CITY AND COUNTY first responders practiced during a “tabletop exercise” that presented an emergency scenario. According to state personnel, the city and county performed well. The exercise was deemed beneficial.There were 53 people present for the tabletop exercises with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
The exercise involved a mock power outage during summer days that crippled the city and a small part of the county. Responders had to deal with lack of power at traffic lights and people with special needs.
During the exercise emergency personnel were asked questions how they would deal with a specific problem. Kings Daughters Hospital and the Yazoo County coroner were some of the agencies represented tasked with specific problems.
City and county government officials, MS 811, Med-Stat, Yazoo Valley Electric, Entergy and Yazoo City Public Service also participated in the exercise.
Dear Editor:
In the 6 April 2013 edition of The Yazoo Herald you published a letter from Cynthia Fuller, "Thanks to (Van) Foster for helping get bridge replaced."
After reading this lettter, I had the impression that the bridge was completed and traffic was moving along normally.
Wrong! Last Sunday I was on my way to homecoming at Providence Baptist Church. I turned north onto old 49 and saw the signs that the bridge was out. I assumed that they hadn't gotten around to removing the signs. I expected to cross Thompson Creek on the new bridge. When I approached the creek the road was barricaded and construction equipment was down in the creek.
Perhaps The Herald can keep us updated as to the progress being made on the new bridge.
Nan Harvey
Jackson, MS
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