You can help support those affected by the Bourbon Street tragedy by buying special Saints and Pelicans warmup shirts. Andrew Greenstein reports..
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Winter storm warnings and winter storm advisories are in effect for much of north Louisiana. LRN Meteorologist Bill Jacquemin reports Texas and Arkansas will get the brunt of this storm, not Louisiana…
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You can help those affected by the tragedy in New Orleans by buying special Saints and Pelicans “love for New Orleans” warm-up shirts. Brittany Whitsell, the director of charitable giving and development for the Saints and the Pelicans, says they’re designed to show solidarity with the city.
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The shirts sell for $34.99. Whitsell says all the sales from these special shirts will support the victims of the terror attack on Bourbon Street.
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Whitsell says the Saints and the Pelicans both worked with the NFL and the NBA, respectively, to crank out as many shirts as possible.
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Whitsell says the shirts are in abundant supply at the official online stores for both the Saints and the Pelicans. She urges you only to buy those shirts from those official sites. Money from purchases elsewhere will not go to those who the shirts are intended to benefit.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) warns of potential fish kills along the coast as freezing temperatures and an arctic blast sweep across the state. Fisheries biologist Jason Adriance says water temperatures haven’t dropped enough yet.
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One coastal species most at risk is the Spotted Seatrout which struggles when water temperatures drop below 40-degrees for over a day, while Red Drum begins to experience issues in the mid-30s. Adriance notes that slower temperature drops give fish a better chance to acclimate and survive
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Adriance urges the public to report large fish kills by providing location details, fish condition, and contact information.
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Creel, size limits, and legal fishing methods remain in effect
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So far this year, 11 people have died in eight separate fires across the state. The two latest deadly fires were in Shreveport and in Rapides Parish, with elderly victims in each. State Fire Marshal Bryan Adams says at this time last year, they did not have a single house fire fatality…
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These deadly fires have come as temperatures have dropped below freezing across most of Louisiana this week. Adams says none of the homes involved in these deadly fires had a working smoke detector…
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Adams says if you need a smoke alarm, call you local fire department and they will come out and install them for you…
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Adams is urging the public to place space heaters three to five feet from combustible objects like blankets and do not use stoves or ovens to heat homes. House fires claimed 73 lives last year in Louisiana.
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Precipitation is falling and we’ll wait to see if it becomes freezing rain, sleet or snow in north Louisiana. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says it could snow tomorrow morning near the Arkansas state line…
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Four parishes in northwest Louisiana, Caddo, Bossier, Webster and Claiborne, are under a winter storm warning, and a winter weather advisory is in place for several other north Louisiana parishes.
Keim says south Louisiana can expect heavy rainfall today and tomorrow…
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SWEPCO is prepared to respond to power outages when they occur from the winter storm. Michelle Marcotte with SWEPCO says they’ve been getting the trucks and crews ready.
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Marcotte says more than 500 on-site contract crews are positioned in areas predicted to be affected by the storm…
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Marcotte says forecasters have told them the Texarkana and Longview areas in Texas are expected to see significant ice accumulation.