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The Gulf Coast Inland Waterways Joint Hurricane Team (JHT), made up of leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, National Weather Service and commercial maritime operators, will meet for its annual pre-hurricane season planning session May 25. As in 2020, the JHT planning session this year will be held virtually via GoToWebinar.Click the "News & Events" tab for more information. GICA coordinates the annual meet- ing, during which waterway stakeholders gather to review the Gulf Coast Inland Waterways Joint Hurricane Response Protocol, a plan of action for how industry and local, state and federal agencies can prepare for tropical storms and reconstitute waterways after storms pass. The meeting will open with a welcome from GICA President Jim Stark and remarks from Capt. Blake Welborn from the Eighth Coast Guard District. The two-hour event, which begins at 9 a.m., will then feature a hurricane season outlook from Lauren Nash with the National Weather Service. Attendees will then review the Joint Hurricane Protocol and hear reports from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); the Eighth Coast Guard District's waterways management and bridge operations teams; the Mobile, New Orleans and Galveston Engineer districts; and Coast Guard sectors, marine safety units and vessel traffic services from the Gulf Coast. |