The overnight hours saw some wild weather pass through the Bayou State. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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There have been reports of minor injuries. Four people were hurt in Concorida Parish, and two others in Washington Parish. In both cases, strong winds flipped over mobile homes. Thousands are still without power. Cleco says they hope to have the power restored by the end of the day, but they are still assessing the situation.

There’s been very little vocal opposition to Constitutional Amendment Two on the November 6th ballot. That’s the one dealing with unanimous juries to secure a conviction in a felony case. During the legislative session, Baton Rouge Senator and former prosecutor Dan Claitor came out in support of the amendment saying he knows attorneys would game the system and seek harsher sentences because non-unanimous juries made them easier to try. But District Attorney Scott Perriloux says that’s not true.
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Perrilloux is the D-A for Livingston, Tangiaphoa and St. Helena Parishes and is one of the few vocal opponents to Constitutional Amendment Two.

There’s one more month left in the hurricane season and State Climatologist Barry Keim says we are almost out of the woods…
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Ida in 2009 is one of the few examples of a Gulf hurricane in November.