Newest NMSC Skycam Installed

Yesterday, we installed our 30th Skycam in Houston, MS. We have more scheduled in the next few weeks, too. They now have a new capability of being able to auto scan for wildfires which is proving helpful with our current dry conditions as well as auto track thunderstorms.

Just wanted to make another shameless plug and ask if any business would like to sponsor one or more of these cameras, shoot us an email at [email protected] for details. As a 501(c)3, any sponsorships or donations are tax deductible.

stateu1 said:

Sorta related…I caught discovery show on Hurricane Ian last night. These dudes put a camera on a pole in a waterproof box to film storm surge. It caught a house being washed away. Turns out a couple and their 2 dogs were in it. Wound up surviving somehow by hanging onto a tree for hours. Crazy stuff

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It's scary what nature can do. That's one reason we do these cameras. Last March two of our cameras picked up forming tornadoes and it was those live video feeds that were responsible for warnings being issued. This is the one from our Rolling Fork camera.

Pars said:

Do you have a comprehensive list you can share?

also Houston seems sparsely populated for a camera***

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We currently have cameras in the following locations:
Aberdeen
Ackerman
Amory
Batesville
Caledonia
Clarksdale
Crenshaw
Edinburg
Greenville
Greenwood
Grenada (not open to new sponsors)
Hattiesburg
Houston
Kosciusko
Maben
Macon
Oxford
Pontotoc
Rienzi
Rolling Fork
Shelby
Smithville
Starkville
Tupelo
West Point
Winona

We've also secured, or very close to securing, several other locations, but I don't want to make them public until we have a camera up.

msudawg12 said:

Keep coming south. Meridian and just south of Meridian get hammered yearly.

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We're actively looking for locations in the southern part of the state.