{"id":73240,"date":"2017-01-06T11:33:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T17:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=73240"},"modified":"2017-01-06T11:33:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T17:33:17","slug":"winter-weather-advisory-issued-bolivar-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2017\/01\/winter-weather-advisory-issued-bolivar-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter weather advisory issued for Bolivar County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a winter weather advisory for Bolivar County ending at midnight tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to the NWS statement, periods of light sleet and snow are expected. Accumulation of up to an inch of snow is possible. The conditions will create slick spots on roadways, mainly on bridges and overpasses. Be prepared for slippery roads, and use caution while driving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Based on current weather predictions, the university will operate under normal business hours today. Updates and notifications of campus status will be available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/\"><span class=\"s2\">www.deltastate.edu<\/span><\/a>, the university\u2019s Facebook page (<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/deltastateuniversity\"><span class=\"s3\">facebook.com\/deltastateuniversity<\/span><\/a>), Twitter account (@deltastate), and through the Okra Alert Emergency System.\u00a0 Or, you can call for an update at 662-846-4155.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Decisions regarding scheduled athletic events will be posted on the Delta State Athletics website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gostatesmen.com\/\"><span class=\"s3\">www.gostatesmen.com<\/span><\/a>)\u00a0and social media outlets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For the status of other scheduled university events, contact the event sponsor. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Anyone who has not yet registered his or her cell phone number for emergency text alerts is encouraged to do so now by completing the following steps: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s4\">1.\u00a0Login to your \u201cMy DSU\u201d account:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/banapp2.deltastate.edu:9010\/dsu\/twbkwbis.P_GenMenu?name=homepage\"><span class=\"s5\">https:\/\/banapp2.deltastate.edu:9010\/dsu\/twbkwbis.P_GenMenu?name=homepage<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\">2. Choose the \u201cPersonal Information\u201d section and the \u201cEnroll in Okra Alert\u201d option.<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">3. Add your cell phone number (with area code).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a winter weather advisory for Bolivar County ending at midnight tonight. According to the NWS statement, periods of light sleet and snow&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":73243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1686],"class_list":["post-73240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","tag-winter-weather-advisory"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73242,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73240\/revisions\/73242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}