LLast week, Hurricane Sally threatened to crash right into Plaquemines Parish and all of southeastern Louisiana. That forecast held all the way up until Monday afternoon when it became clear that Sally was a storm with potentially devastating consequences for anything in its path. Fortunately for Plaquemines, the storm took a hard eastern turn, its western side barely tapping the parish at all. For such a low-lying, floodprone parish, this sudden turn came as yet another stroke of luck in this incredibly active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.

Attendees at the Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District meeting last week heard presentations on how the planned development of a new container terminal could impact the Plaquemines Parish economy from Sal Litrio of American Patriot Holdings (APH) and other ports leaders invested in the project. Litrico outlined thecompetitive advantages of the project, highlighting how the construction of this container terminal would create a “new North-South trade lane.” This trade lane would connect the Plaquemines Parish economy to the Midwest port economies, the national economy and, ultimately, the global economy. Litrico believes such a development would give Plaquemines a massive economic boost.

Plaquemines Parish will be hosting a Hurricane Laura Relief Drive, in partnership with Second Harvest, for those impacted by Hurricane Laura.

Venture Global has taken another step toward locking in its plans to build an $8 billion liquefied natural gas terminal in Plaquemines Parish, but some members of the Port Commission are skeptical that the recent development changes much.

Belle Chasse Rotary celebrates the August birthdays of members... Sarah Tesvich, Danica Ansardi and Valerie Sercovich. Wishing them many many more years.