The sun is out and it’s warming up, but the governor is pleading with the public where snow is still on the ground to stay home…
Cut 2 (35) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”
Get used to this snow; it will be around for a few more days. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says while it will be warmer tomorrow, it won’t warm up to the point to melt it all away….
Cut 12 (09) “…into the weekend.”
Who got the most snow yesterday? Looks like the winner is Chalmette as the New Orleans suburb recorded 11.5 inches of snow. St. Bernard Parish Director of Homeland Security John Rahaim (ram) says it was a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
But Rahaim says first responders had to attend to a few people who were injured performing dangerous stunts in the snow.
Eight-inch snowfall totals were recorded in Jennings, Opelousas, Lafayette, Jeanerette and even in Morgan City. Meteorologist Stacy Denson says the wind was so strong and the snowfall was coming down so fast, the National Weather Service in Lake Charles issued its first ever blizzard warning on Tuesday morning….
Lafayette and New Iberia set all time record low temperatures as it got down to two degrees in Lafayette and four degrees in New Iberia.