Get ready for another bone-chillingly cold weekend throughout the state. When you wake up tomorrow morning, it will be in the teens in north Louisiana and in the low to mid-20s in south Louisiana. State Climatologist Jay Grymes says while there will be no precipitation, it will be windy, and that will make the cold air feel much colder.
Cut 12 (11) “…like the teens.”
While flu cases are down in Louisiana, the state remains among the hardest hit. Of course, we’re in the middle of Carnival season, and that also means large crowds. Dr. Sandra Kemmerly, an infectious disease specialist at Ochsner (Ox-ner) Health, says the weather will be a major indicator of whether that will yield a spike in flu cases.
The state has set new records for both total nonfarm employment and total private employment. Seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment is a little more two-million jobs and private sector employment is nearly one-point-seven million jobs. Osmar Padilla with Louisiana Works says the state’s unemployment rate has also fallen nearly a half a percent over the last year to 4.2 percent, because employers are constantly hiring…
Cut 6 (11) “…different industries.”
Tomorrow night’s Rockin’1000 concert literally brings the whole world together in New Orleans. Rockin’1000 visionary Fabio Zaffagnini says the thousand is represented by 48 states – and 30 countries.