Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of hurricane season from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
A University of South Alabama meteorologist relayed word that the 2008 hurricane season would likely run above normal, with elevated odds of a major hurricane striking the Gulf Coast.
The city of Mobile was named StormReady by NOAA's National Weather Service, a certification that a community meets federal standards for warning systems, communication and severe weather planning.
Encouraged by a back-to-school sales tax holiday that appeared to lift rather than dent collections, Mobile County commissioners sketched plans for two more breaks: one for hurricane supplies in June,…