Author: Erin Elizabeth

An oil rig in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana (north of New Orleans) exploded Sunday night leaving several people critically injured, five of whom were taken to the University Medical Center, and two who were taken to East Jefferson General Hospital. The Sheriff’s office still believes one person is missing and is treating it as a search and rescue. Thankfully, no one has died. Rescue boats were sent from the Kenner Boat Launch to help and the New Orleans Coast Guard also had a small boat and helicopter responding to the scene. “Jefferson Parish officials say there were cleaning chemicals aboard...

Even though San Francisco is more than an hour’s drive from the epicenter of what’s been called one of the worst firestorms in California state history, the air quality is bad and is expected to get worse through the weekend. “On Thursday morning, the Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality index for the Bay Area was 160 — higher than Beijing’s current reading of 122. It is classified as ‘unhealthy’ and is a level 4 out of 6, with 1 being ‘good’ and 6 being ‘hazardous.'”3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bYu649MuQo But with the worsen weekend weather, the air quality is expected to slide into...