Around the clock: The Mayor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness was partially activated this morning, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s office says. Public safety crews—police, fire, EMS, public works, information services—are manning the MOHSEP’s Harding Boulevard office around the clock as Baton Rouge remains under a flash flood watch through Thursday. Sandbags have been made available at the Pride, St. George and Chaneyville fire stations and at seven BREC parks. View a map of sandbag locations in and around Baton Rouge.
Refunds pending: LSU today will begin automatically refunding tickets purchased for its season opener against BYU at NRG Stadium in Houston. The game—scheduled for Saturday—was moved late Monday from NRG to the New Orleans Superdome after Hurricane Harvey caused widespread destruction and flooding in Houston. Ticketholders can expect to see the balance of their purchase refunded by Sept. 5, the university says. Fans will be alerted when tickets for the opening game at the Superdome become available. Get more information.
Piece by piece: Apple and professional services company Accenture are teaming up to help businesses build better iOS apps, Reuters reports. Accenture, which helps large companies write new software and adopt new technology, will create special teams dedicated to helping its customers—which include banks and retailers—write apps. Apple employees will team with Accenture employees. The teams will focus on apps that are used by front-line workers and consumers, such as apps that run on iPads for the lobbies of retail banks. Read more from Reuters.
