BATON ROUGE, La. – As a precautionary measure, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) will activate its Crisis Action Team (CAT) at 1800 hours to monitor a disturbance off the coast of Florida. The CAT team will provide updates to our State and Parish partners as this disturbance develops and moves westward over the State of Florida and into the Gulf of Mexico.

Earlier today, Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and GOHSEP hosted a Southeast and Southwest Hurricane Task Force Conference Call to update the state agencies and parish partners on the developments of the disturbed weather. GOHSEP will monitor the disturbance 24 hours a day until it no longer poses a threat to Louisiana.

“We will continue to monitor this disturbance as it moves across Florida toward the Gulf of Mexico,” said GOHSEP Director Jeff Smith.  “We will also continue to conduct our Hurricane Task Force Conference Calls daily to make sure that our state agency and parish partners have the most up-to-date information regarding this situation.”