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A heavy Tropical Storm Cristobal spoiled the party in southeastern Louisiana over the weekend, slopping over into the southern Mississippi. The floodwaters went on and trap casino workers that were inside the Silver Slipper Casino in Bay St Louis, Mississippi as they force a rescue.
The Hurricane Season
The Tropical Storm Cristobal is the third storm of the 2020 Hurricane season. The massive storm flooded the Gulf Coast with floodwaters and germinated a tornado in Florida. However, the New Orleans and southeastern Louisiana residents had a narrow escape from the catastrophe, but it wasn’t the same story for residents in Bay St. Louis.
Hurricanes are very common in the Gulf Coast region, but in most cases, they do not make it past the tropical storm phase. The moment that they gather enough energy, they become full force hurricanes, which can be very overwhelming to most cities and citizens.
As much as people seem to forget the names of these tropical storms, Hurricanes such as Hurricane Katrina is still fresh in our thoughts.
The New Orleans is still in the healing process from the effects of the most distressing 15 years later hurricane that took place in the state.
Mississippi Casino Workers Rescued
As Tropical Storm Cristobal made a huge landfall the floods warnings were hinted out. Regrettably, the floodwaters were moving at a very fast pace more than the staff of the Silver Slipper Casino as they were trapped inside.
Furthermore, these floods halted a casino shuttle from ferrying casino workers to the employee parking lot, making them stranded inside the casino.
However, Hancock County managed to dispatch the first responders to the scene making use of the high-water vehicle. The emergency team managed to make several trips through five feet of water to rescue close to 100 casino workers. Above all, the whole evacuation process took over four hours.
Once the barge was destroyed, the Mississippi Gaming Commission worked together with the state legislature to amend the land-based casino laws. Earlier, could only operate on riverboats or the shoves fluctuating away from land. The state has now decided that casinos must be built on land no less than 800 feet from the shore.
Final Thoughts
The Nevada-base the Full House Resorts purchased the Silver Slipper in 2012 for about $70 million. The building consists of a 129-room hotel, five restaurants, beach bar along with a floor that encompasses 1,000 slots and 29 real money table games.
This means that there are many gambling activities that are going to take place despite the floods running amok on the casino infrastructure.