Hundreds flock to Mississippi Coast for Labor Day enjoyable

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST (WVUE) – For many within the New Orleans metro space, a three-day weekend is often spent on the closest seashores alongside the Mississippi Gulf Coast and far was the identical for this Labor Day weekend.

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Whether it was only for a number of days or simply for just a few hours, 1000’s of individuals loved time alongside the state’s 24-miles of seashores and its a number of fishing piers.

The Holloways traveled about an hour and a half from Hattiesburg, Mississippi to the Pass Christian fishing pier to forged away for his or her Labor Day.

“It’s been honestly pretty fun. We’ve enjoyed it. There’s been a couple of people out. They caught a couple of things,” Kelli Holloway mentioned.

While many households like Kelli’s loved the realm’s plentiful sea life, different guests wished a extra laid again trip alongside the seashores, particularly Bay St. Louis.

Angel Zelaya from Baton Rouge loved the official finish of Summer 2025 with hours of having fun with the water and sand.

“We played soccer. We played volleyball. We played in the water. We had very much fun,” Zelaya mentioned. “I’m not excited for school.”

Fun was the main focus this Labor Day weekend however some vacationers additionally apprehensive about a rise in vibrio infections this 12 months.

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Vibrio is attributable to a micro organism that grows in heat, brackish water and infects individuals by way of uncooked seafood or getting into by way of open wounds.

So far this 12 months, the Louisiana Department of Health stories 22 individuals have been contaminated and 4 individuals have died. Mississippi’s well being division stories simply three individuals have been contaminated.

The CDC says vibrio infections alongside U.S. coastlines are rising proper now, however Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has not issued any bacterial warnings for any seashores within the state.

Still, guests like Theron Holloway say vibrio is extra of a priority for locals who’re out and in of the water extra typically than vacationers like his household.

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“We don’t let the kids get in the water and stuff like that but really we are only down here once a day every week or two,” he mentioned.

But some guests say they somewhat be protected than sorry and benefit from the Mississippi Coast with out a lot if any time within the water.

“I’ll be just close to the sand and a little water. Ill take it easy,” Naydja Bynum, visiting from New Orleans, mentioned.

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