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KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. --

With the 2024 hurricane season fast approaching, NOAA and the U.S. Air Force Reserve will host a series of events to help the communities along the East Coast prepare. Media and the public can meet NOAA hurricane experts, scientists and crew members and get a close-up look at some of the aircraft that help forecasters keep us safe - NOAA’s WP-3D and the U.S. Air Force Reserve WC-130J “Hurricane Hunter.” Michael Brennan, director of NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC), along with several hurricane specialists, will visit with residents and discuss hurricane preparedness, resilience and how they can become “weather-ready.”

The Atlantic basin hurricane season begins June 1. During hurricanes, military aircrews fly state-of-the-art WC-130J aircraft directly into the core of the storm to gather critical data for forecasting a hurricane’s intensity and landfall. The data are sent in real-time via satellite from the aircraft directly to NHC for analysis and use by hurricane forecasters. The NOAA WP-3D Orion turboprop aircraft is used primarily by scientists on research missions to study various elements of a hurricane, flying through the eye of the storm several times each flight.

The locations of all local airports and local times for tours are:

The following experts will be on the tour and available for media interviews:

U.S. Air Force reservists

Hurricane Hunter aircrew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.

NOAA:

David Novak, director, NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center (for Albany, Norfolk, and Charleston)

Alex Lamers, warning coordination meteorologist, NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center

FEMA:

Portland: Lori Ehrlich, Regional Administrator, FEMA Region 1

Albany: Anne Bink, Associate Administrator, FEMA Office of Response & Recovery

Norfolk: Deanne Criswell, FEMA Administrator

Charleston: Robert Samaan, Regional Administrator, FEMA Region 4

Sanford: Robert Samaan, Regional Administrator, FEMA Region 4

Sherman Gillums, Director, FEMA Office of Disability Integration & Coordination

Reporters who wish to reserve an interview with any of the NOAA experts may contact Maria Torres at maria.torres@noaa.gov or 305-433-1933, for the FEMA experts please contact fema-news-desk@fema.dhs.gov, and for Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters contact Lt. Col. Marnee Losurdo, U.S. Air Force Reserve, 403rd Wing Public Affairs, marnee.losurdo.1@us.af.mil, (228) 377-5275.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A Charleston County teacher is using animals to remind her students they can find peace inside and outside of the classroom.

Jordan Adams is an elementary school counselor and says her job is to make sure her students enjoy coming to school every day. Adams has been the school counselor at Harbor View Elementary for 13 years. Adams says even though she plans her days ahead, she never knows what the day might bring. One of her big focuses for all of her students is social emotional learning.

She says it is important to help students understand complex emotions at an early age before they enter adulthood, which is where the social emotional learning Piggy Project all began.

It started when Adams’ son asked her for a guinea pig during COVID when social distancing was at an all-time high. As an avid animal lover, Adams gave her son the guinea pig Oreo. But she said she couldn’t help but feel the animal was lonely. By the time school began that August, Adams housed three guinea pigs and wanted to share them with the students.

“The school day is a long day,” Adams says. “The kids work really hard, and I want them to love school. They may not love everything about it, but they should enjoy coming to school for the most part. Even if they’re able to just visit with the guinea pigs, if that gets them to the school, it makes my day.”

Adams plans to have the guinea pigs as calming animals for the students as long as she can.

She says her guinea pigs eat quite often and she feeds them mostly hay as a snack. Through budgeting and planning to make sure the program continues, she needs help supplying the pigs with the constant nutrients they need.

Click here to become a Classroom Champion by donating to Adams’ Piggy Project through Donors Choose.

All donations to Donors Choose are tax-deductible. Donors Choose collects your money, then buys the items and sends them to the teacher. This ensures that your donation is used for our area teachers.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Ports Authority announced Tuesday it plans to purchase the former WestRock paper mill site in North Charleston to “further expand port capacity.”

WestRock announced in May 2023 that it would close the mill in late August, citing high operating costs and the need for significant capital investment as the driving factors behind the closure.

The SC Ports Board of Directors voted on Tuesday morning to move forward with a purchase sales agreement with WestRock. While the SC Ports did not provide a timeline, they said the transaction is expected to close “as soon as practical.”

Port officials said they also received support from the state for the project.

“South Carolina Ports is widely known as a top driver of our state’s booming economy, but that success doesn’t come by accident — it takes timely, strategic investments like this one. Every time we invest in port infrastructure, we see significant success at port-dependent businesses and new, good-paying jobs for our people. Our state’s investment in the expansion of North Charleston Terminal will yield dividends and create opportunities for future generations,” said Governor Henry McMaster.

“The tremendous backing from our state and an excellent partnership with WestRock allows us to make investments today that will support our state’s economy and create opportunities for future generations of South Carolinians,” said SC Ports President and CEO Barbara Melvin. “We are adding significant port capacity to support growth in South Carolina and throughout the Southeast.”

The approximately 280-acre property sits adjacent to the North Charleston Terminal. SC Ports leaders say the former paper mill site will offer a natural extension of the container terminal allowing them to handle more cargo for port-dependent businesses.

It could expand the terminal’s capacity to handle five million containers in the future and create 5,000 feet of linear berth space for container shops, and around 400 acres of terminal space for cargo.

Port officials said the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is playing a key role in the project. They are planning to expand I-526 and will replace the Don Holt Bridge, which would remove height constraints for larger vessels.

“Plans are also underway to achieve a 52-foot depth up to North Charleston Terminal. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, is undertaking a feasibility study — a critical first step toward deepening this stretch of the Cooper River an additional five feet,” the SC Ports said in its release.

Leaders say the deepening and new bridge height will allow bigger ships calling the Port of Charleston to seamlessly access the North Charleston Terminal.

CHS Flight School Plans Grand Reopening Celebration at New Offices May 4th, 12pm to 3pm in North Charleston, SC

NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES, May 1, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- CHS Flight School is excited to announce the celebration of our relocation to a new and larger facility! We have moved to Suite #202 on the second floor of our current location at 5900 Core Road in North Charleston.

To celebrate our success, we are hosting a grand reopening party on May 4th from 12pm to 3 pm. The public and press are cordially invited to tour the new facility, experience the flight simulators and meet our pilots and instructors. Food and beverages will be served. Door prizes will be given for the first 40 people who attend. Join our raffle for a chance to win either a $180 Discovery Flight or a $750 Simulator Package. The Discovery Flight is an introductory lesson where you’ll take the controls to determine if you wish to pursue further training. The Simulator Package will cover the cost of the simulator training portion for your Private Pilot License..

“As we celebrate the grand reopening of the CHS Flight School, we’re reigniting our commitment to excellence in aviation training,” said Kirk Bray, owner of CHS Flight School. “With upgraded facilities and our advanced Redbird simulators, we are set to offer an even more immersive and effective learning environment. This is more than a fresh start; it’s our renewed promise to inspire and equip our pilots for the skies of tomorrow.”

For more information or to schedule a lesson, visit CHS Flight School’s website at www.chsflightschool.com or call 843 478 4334.

About CHS Flight School CHS Flight School is a flight training center with locations in North Charleston, Summerville, Georgetown and Johns Island. The school offers training for all ratings from Private Pilot to Commercial. This includes the use of full-motion simulators to help students learn and practice safely, reduce costs, and gain confidence. CHS offers the unique IFR6 training program for those who wish to accelerate obtaining their Instrument Rating in 6 days! CHS also offers planes for rent in North Charleston, Summerville, Johns Island and Georgetown.

Laura Bray Charleston Flight School +1 843-478-4334 laura@ifr6.com

Charleston Tops the Latest Metro Area Employment Statistics for Growth

By Taylor Hendrix, Workforce Insights Analyst

What is the Current Employment Statistics Program?

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of employment, hours, and earnings of workers for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions. Each month, the CES surveys approximately 122,000 businesses and government agencies, representing 666,000 individual worksites.[i] Let’s look at the latest numbers for October 2023.

Current Data

Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina, which includes Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, had the largest percentage gain in nonfarm[ii] employment from October 2022 to October 2023. Employment in 2022 was at 402,300 and rose to 426,800 in 2023, reflecting a total change of 24,500, or 6.1 percent. Midland, Texas, followed with a 5.1 percent change over the year, then Boise City, Idaho, with a 4.5 percent change, and Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Salinas, California, both with a 4.4 percent change rounding out the top five metro areas.

Although Charleston was the only South Carolina location to appear in the top 10, every metropolitan area in the state exhibited growth year-over-year, suggesting a strong economy and a motivated labor force.

For more information on these data, the two tables below depict the top 10 metro areas nationwide for growth and the South Carolina metro areas, specifically, for the latest CES data.

[i] U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, TED: The Economics Daily, Employment in Charleston metro area up 6.1 percent for the year ended in October 2023, https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/employment-in-charleston-metro-area-up-6-1-percent-for-year-ended-in-october-2023.htm

[ii] Nonfarm employment comprises goods, construction, and manufacturing companies.