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In today's newsletter:

  • Why Bay St. Louis ranks among the Gulf Coast's best downtowns
  • Which warnings now cover Bay St. Louis as Isaias nears?
  • What Bay St. Louis residents should expect as Isaias strengthens

Also on today's calendar: Car Comedy and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 86 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Some wind and rain, temps: high: 82, low: 70.
  • Saturday: Rain and wind, with a high of 75 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. 12 Best Downtowns On The Gulf Coast (worldatlas.com) — Bay St. Louis earns a spot among the Gulf Coast's best downtowns, praised for its rebuilt Old Town district, walkable streets, and Katrina-era resilience. The piece highlights Second Saturday gatherings, the Alice Moseley Folk Art Museum in the depot, and the Mockingbird Cafe as a community hub, positioning the city alongside places like New Orleans, Mobile, and Naples.
   

2. Tracking Hurricane Isaias: Interactive storm radar, latest cone, models and satellite (wdsu.com) — Bay St. Louis is under both a Hurricane Watch and a Tropical Storm Watch as Isaias approaches, with conditions expected to worsen Friday into the weekend. Forecasts call for heavy rain, possible flooding, dangerous surf, and strong winds along the northern Gulf Coast, and residents are urged to finish preparations, review hurricane plans, and follow updates from the National Hurricane Center and local officials.
   

3. Isaias becomes first Atlantic hurricane of the season, threatening Gulf Coast with dangerous storm surge (foxweather.com) — Bay St. Louis sits at the western edge of a Hurricane Watch as Isaias becomes the season's first Atlantic hurricane, forecast to hit the northern Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday as a Category 2 storm. Officials warn of 5–7 feet of storm surge in nearby areas, heavy rain, flash flooding, strong winds, and possible tornadoes, urging residents to finalize hurricane plans and monitor updates closely.
   

4. Gulf Coast readies as Isaias forecast to intensify (bigcountrynewsconnection.com) — Bay St. Louis is under a hurricane watch as rapidly strengthening Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to become a Category 2 hurricane before nearing the north-central Gulf Coast late Friday or this weekend. Forecast models still disagree on the exact track, but Mississippi emergency officials are already staging fuel, generators, and heavy equipment along the coast as oil and gas producers evacuate Gulf platforms.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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