HARCO STORM PREPS

- five days into the official - start of hurricane season... an- already a third named storm - threatening the gulf coast.

- this afternoon... mississippi - governor tate reeves and mema - executive director greg michel- held a hurricane- preparedness press conference i- gulfport... to- discuss the unique challenges o- going through - hurricane season... in the mids- of a global pandemic.

- as tropical storm cristobal - continues to build strength in- the gulf of mexico... governor- reeves is - stressing the importance of - tracking these storms... more - than ever before.

- - "everyone down here knows more- about - weather than i'll ever know, bu- one thing that seems pretty - clear to me is until the- eye of these storms really get- into the gulf and over water, - it's really a crap shoot as - to exactly what they'll turn- into and so we've got to monito- that over the next 12 to 24 - - - - hours.

And we'll be prepared to- step up, but i think the bigges- challenge that we're- looking at before, particularly- simultaneously with hurricanes- and - covid-19."- - - - hurricane season started this - past monday and ends- november 30th.-