Nearly a year after Lulu Gribbin urged Alabama lawmakers to create the nation’s first government‑issued shark alert system, the program is now quietly in place along the state’s coast.
Since Gribbin’s appearance on The Today Show and Gov. Kay Ivey’s signing of the bill, the rollout has drawn little attention even as the system becomes active.
“It’s already in place,” said Chris Blankenship, commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. “We have procedures in place with the Mobile and Baldwin (emergency management agencies).”…