Those wishing to receive text messages on your cell phone or in your email inbox in the event of inclement weather alerts in Pearlington, should email their cell number and/or email address to pearlingtonweather@gmail.com to be added to the alert list.

For all members of CODRA and other relief groups or individuals
Please send email to pearlingtonweather@gmail.com as well if you have any questions related to this program or have any suggestions. I am always available. I would also like contacts for leaders of the groups working in Pearlington. I'd like to have the option to call if I feel it's a particularly dangerous situation so they can get the word out.Your name will not be added to the database until I call and verify the initial text message or receive a reply to a confirmation email. If you sign someone else up, please specify that in the email, and notify them, so they will be aware when I contact them for confirmation. This allows me to make sure you're supposed to be signed up as well as answer any questions you may have, or listen to any suggestions.

For residents of Pearlington
This system is a way for me to notify you so that you may have time to act and get to whatever place of safety you can. I know that's saying a lot with everything still in disarray, but you do not want to be in your FEMA trailer in even the smallest tornado unless you absolutely have to. You want to be in the sturdiest structure as possible in the smallest room as close to the center of the building as you can.

For volunteers in Pearlington
This is a great way to make sure you're informed in the event of a watch or warning. That way you won't get caught out on a project or traveling in an area you aren't familiar with and run into nasty weather. You will now have notification of weather conditions in the Pearlington vicinity.

That being said, this system ONLY covers the area around Pearlington. I am not a professional meteorologist. I am an enthusiast who has educated himself in meteorology, specifically hurricanes and tornadoes. I ended up in Pearlington because I was tracking Katrina and knew southwestern Hancock County was potentially the hardest hit area. I receive weather forecasts throughout the day as well as radar images. If I feel you need to stay on alert for the potential of inclement weather during the day, I will send out a text/email message in the morning. If I feel there is a strong potential for severe storms overnight, I will send out an alert in the evening. If there is a warning issued for the southwestern Hancock County area I will receive notification, and I immediately send out the warning. I have access to reports at all times between my pc and pda. I also have access to the most all of the same maps, charts, and other tools regular meteorologists use thanks to the internet. I will only send out alerts when I feel it is absolutely necessary. If you feel that I should send out daily forecasts, along with severe alerts as needed, then I will set it up if enough people request it.