Hello Members, having fun this weekend?? this weeks feature is a real Peach and im proud of her and all of her accomplishments she's done with the animal society side of things, she s a care giver, the voice of the voiceless, a humanitarian, one cool person if you ask me, i asked her to share her story with you all. But first a little background .
Mississippi is bordered on the north by Tennessee, on the east by Alabama, on the south by Louisiana and a narrow coast on the Gulf of Mexico, and on the west, across the Mississippi River, by Louisiana and Arkansas.
Major rivers in Mississippi, apart from its namesake, include the Big Black River, the Pearl River, the Yazoo, the Pascagoula, and the Tombigbee. Major lakes include Ross Barnett Reservoir, Arkabutla Lake, Sardis Lake and Grenada Lake.
The state of Mississippi is entirely composed of lowlands, the highest point being Woodall Mountain, in the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains, only 806 feet (246 m) above sea level. The lowest point is sea level at the Gulf coast. The mean elevation in the state is 300 feet (91 m) above sea level.
Most of Mississippi is part of the East Gulf Coastal Plain. The Coastal Plain is generally composed of low hills, such as the Pine Hills in the south and the North Central Hills. The Pontotoc Ridge and the Fall Line Hills in the northeast have somewhat higher elevations. Yellow-brown loess soil is found in the western parts of the state. The northeast is a region of fertile black earth that extends into the Alabama Black Belt.
The coastline includes large bays at Bay St. Louis, Biloxi and Pascagoula. It is separated from the Gulf of Mexico proper by the shallow Mississippi Sound, which is partially sheltered by Petit Bois Island, Horn Island, East and West Ship Islands, Deer Island, Round Island and Cat Island.
The northwest remainder of the state is made up of a section of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, also known as the Mississippi Delta. The Mississippi Alluvial Plain is narrow in the south and widens north of Vicksburg. The region has rich soil, partly made up of silt which had been regularly deposited by the floodwaters of the Mississippi River.
Mississippi has a humid subtropical climate with long summers and short, mild winters. Temperatures average about 82 °F (about 28 °C) in July and about 48 °F (about 9 °C) in January. The temperature varies little statewide in the summer, but in winter the region near Mississippi Sound is significantly warmer than the inland portion of the state. The recorded temperature in Mississippi has ranged from -19 °F (-28.3 °C), in 1966, at Corinth in the northeast, to 115 °F (46.1 °C), in 1930, at Holly Springs in the north. Yearly precipitation generally increases from north to south, with the regions closer to the Gulf being the most humid. Thus, Clarksdale, in the northwest, gets about 50 inches (about 1,270 mm) of precipitation annually and Biloxi, in the south, about 61 inches (about 1,550 mm). Small amounts of snow fall in northern and central Mississippi, although snow is not unheard of around the southern part of the state.
The late summer and fall is the seasonal period of risk for hurricanes moving inland from the Gulf of Mexico, especially in the southern part of the state. Major hurricanes have devastated coastal communities. Hurricane Katrina (2005) caused millions of dollars of damage to coastal Mississippi in the areas of Gulfport, Biloxi, and Pascagoula. As in the rest of the Deep South, thunderstorms are common in Mississippi, especially in the southern part of the state. On average, Mississippi has around 27 tornadoes annually; the northern part of the state has more tornadoes earlier in the year and the southern part a higher frequency later in the year. Two of the five deadliest tornadoes in US history have occurred in the state. These storms struck Natchez, in southwest Mississippi (see The Great Natchez Tornado) and Tupelo, in the northeast of the state.
Mississippi is heavily forested, with over half of the state's area covered by wild trees; mostly pine, but also cottonwood, elm, hickory, oak, pecan, sweetgum and tupelo. Lumber is a prevalent industry in Mississippi.
Due to seasonal flooding possible from December to June, the Mississippi River created a fertile floodplain in what is called the Mississippi Delta, including tributaries. Early planters used slaves to build levees along the Mississippi River to divert flooding. They built on top of the natural levees that formed from dirt deposited after the river flooded. As cultivation of cotton increased in the Delta, planters hired Irish laborers to ditch and drain their land. The state took over levee building from 1858-1861, accomplishing it through contractors. In those years, planters considered their slaves too valuable to hire out for such dangerous work. Contractors hired gangs of Irish immigrant laborers to build levees and sometimes clear land.Before the war, the earthwork levees averaged six feet in height, although in some areas they reached twenty feet.
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As of 2007, Mississippi has an estimated population of 2,918,785. Mississippi's population has the largest proportion of African Americans of any U.S. state, currently nearly 37%.
The 2000 Census reported Mississippi's population as 2,844,658 . The center of population of Mississippi is located in Leake County, in the town of Lena The Census Bureau considers race and Hispanic ethnicity to be two separate categories. These data, however, are only for non-Hispanic members of each group: non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, etc.
As with all other U.S. states and the federal government, Mississippi's government is based on the separation of legislative, executive and judicial power. Executive authority in the state rests with the Governor, currently Haley Barbour (R). The Lieutenant Governor, currently Phil Bryant (R), is elected on a separate ballot. Both the governor and lieutenant governor are elected to four-year terms of office. Unlike the federal government, but like many other U.S. States, most of the heads of major executive departments are elected by the citizens of Mississippi rather than appointed by the governor.
Mississippi is one of only five states that elects its state officials in odd numbered years (The others are Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Virginia). Mississippi holds elections for these offices every four years in the years preceding Presidential election years. Thus, the last year when Mississippi elected a Governor was 2007, and the next gubernatorial election will occur in 2011. May i please introduce to you the animal lover herself, be sure to have you pets spaid or nurtured!! WE LOVE YOU JERILYN 
Thank You Thomas for thinking of me for the Sunday Showcase.
You are a dear friend!
I guess I'll start at the beginning! ..
I was born a Georgia Peach. Soon after my 4th birthday my parents divorced and my mom moved me, my older sister, older brother and my little sister (who was on the way) to Northeast Florida to be near her family. That was a great time just being able to be a carefree kid. By the time I was 8 or so my mom remarried but it was not a happily ever after story. After many years of abuse I left home at age 13. I was married by age 15 and had 2 sons. A few years later divorced because of domestic abuse. I was not going to have my children or myself in any abusive situation.
I moved to San Diego for a few years. It was nice but it wasn't like the south. So, I moved back to Florida and spent 11 years there with my family. I moved to Northeast Mississippi in 1998 and I love it here. I live in the country where all I see are trees and wildlife. My kind of living!
I just celebrated my 8th year as a cancer survivor. And even though I am disabled from the radiation treatments to my spine .. I am very thankful. If it had not been for the chemo, radiation and surgeries I would not be here. I was told the cancer would most likely be back within 5 years. So far so good.
Now, I get to spend my days with my little loves, my pets. I have 11 Manx, 5 domestic cats and 2 dogs. Most are rescues. And I have my grandson a couple times a month (He lives out of town). I spend my days volunteering to help with rescues and pet transports. The transports are to get shelter animals to their forever homes. It's very rewarding to save lives everyday.
Please stop by and check out my forum ..
For The Love of Pets, Wildlife, The Environment and Each Other.
http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/17712/ShowForum.aspx
and my thread "celebrating my fur baby family".
I will be adding the latest fur baby family birthdays today.
Aunt Taz is 15 and Cali and Angel Baby are 7.
All are rescues!
http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/thread/983358.aspx
And my forum .. "Way's To Be An Angel.
http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/18119/ShowForum.aspx
and my Grandson Adrians thread.
I just posted his 1st birthday pictures ..
http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/983367/10/ShowThread.aspx
Also, I have been working with rescues to evacuate shelter animals from LA and MS. Now we have a lot of work to repair the damage caused by hurricane Gustav. With more coming!
http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/thread/1103021.aspx
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Again, Thank You Thomas for being such a kind and caring friend! And to all of my good friends here at adland!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Take Care,
Jerilyn http://community.adlandpro.com/go/308421/default.aspx