🌱 What Rolling Fork’s tornado revealed about gaps in emergency messages

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In today's newsletter:

• What Rolling Fork’s tornado revealed about gaps in emergency messages
• A camping getaway close to Rolling Fork, with planning tips

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: More clouds than sun, with a high of 75 and low of 50 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 69, low: 41.
• Friday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 61 and low of 32 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Engineering – 2025-2026 Report (unl.edu) — A study of Rolling Fork’s 2023 tornado found that social media spread crucial information but failed to reach some vulnerable residents. Researchers identified limited broadband access and a fragmented media landscape as barriers, pointing to the need for disaster messages tailored to different groups, including renters needing shelter information.
   

• 6 Stunning Mississippi Camping Spots Where You Can Stay For Free Surrounded By Nature (takingthekids.com) — Delta National Forest near Rolling Fork features in a statewide guide to six free camping destinations, with fishing and primitive camping among its draws. The guide cautions that some forest roads are rough and recommends checking hunting seasons and calling ahead for maps and road conditions.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Storytime →
  700 Veto St., Vicksburg
  10:00 am
• MS Basketball: Kirksey at Nichols
  Nichols Middle School Canton, MS ()
  6:00 pm
• MS Basketball: Northwest at Porter
  Porter Middle School Canton, MS ()
  6:00 pm
• YCMS Basketball vs. Shirley Simmons
  Yazoo County High School Home
  6:00 pm
• 9th/JV Basketball: Jim Hill at Forest Hill
  Forest Hill High School
  6:00 pm
• Salsa & Bachata Lessons at the SCHF →
  1302 Adams St., Vicksburg
  6:30 pm
• BINGO →
  1712 Monroe Street, Vicksburg
  7:00 pm

Thursday November 12

• Making Spirits Bright →
  Indianola MS
• HS Basketball: Murrah at Forest Hill
  Forest Hill High School
  4:00 pm
• HS Basketball: Forest Hill at Murrah
  Murrah High School
  4:00 pm
• HS Basketball: Jim Hill at Provine
  Provine High School
  4:00 pm
• LES at HOME VS GOODMAN PICKENS
  Bentonia Gibbs School Bentonia, MS 39040
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Vicksburg Convalescent posted a job opening for Dietary Aide in Vicksburg. Apply here.
• Community Health Systems posted a job opening for Respiratory Therapist - $10,000 Sign-On Bonus in Vicksburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rolling Fork here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Yazoo City

• Food icon: Stephanie Hart of Brown Sugar Bakery, home of the caramel aka ‘carmel' cake in Chicago (chicagotribune.com)
• Murph on football: Blaming officials is a tired excuse (leader-call.com)

Leland

• Obituary: Viola Jane Jantz Smith (thelelandprogress.com)

Greenville

• Boots to Beyond veterans' organization hosts Veterans Day parade, with multiple marching bands, ROTC marches, and more (deltanews.tv)
• Mississippi Department of Archives and History hosted returning annual Native American Day on Winterville Mounds (ddtonline.com)
• 10 Iconic Restaurants In Louisiana With Steaks So Good You'll Crave Them All Year (newsbreak.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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