With temperatures getting up to the mid-40s, north Louisiana is beginning to thaw out. About 72-thousand customers remain without electricity according to power-outage dot-us, more than half of those being in Ouachita Parish. In nearby Lincoln Parish, the outages were not nearly as significant. Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker…
I-20 is flowing once again. DOTD crews were able to clear all the stalled 18-wheelers that had ground traffic to a halt, in some areas for hours on end. Erin Buchanan with DOTD says icy conditions, however, still have one significant section of roadway closed just south of I-20 on the far western edge of the state.
Cut 14 (09) “…quickly as possible.”
Over the last seven days, Red Cross disaster action teams have responded to no fewer than 44 single-family home fires and two multi-family home fires throughout the state. Shelby Wells with the Red Cross of Louisiana says those teams are 100-percent volunteer-based.
Cut 7 (10) “…to anyone anywhere.”
The Red Cross helps those displaced with money for immediate needs like temporary housing, clothes and food, and all the money comes from donations.
The frigid temperatures this week put a temporary pause on the harvesting of crawfish. LSU Ag Center crawfish agent Todd Fontenot says when it gets really cold, crawfish bury themselves in the mud…
Fontenot says we can still expect the peak supply of crawfish from late February and into April.