When you think of Louisiana, you think of swamps and the mighty Mississippi, you don't think of droughts. However, we're still experiencing drought conditions well into fall...
I noticed scores of my friends here in North Louisiana complaining about the ant issues in their homes on social media. It's like it's some kind of ant plague.
It was a lot of rain in a short amount of time, but apparently it wasn't even a drop in the bucket to wet the ArkLaTex drought. Motorists experienced a nightmare of a commute on some roads in Shreveport that were flooded. Several were even stranded in their cars.
We got a lot of reports yesterday morning about trees falling across roadways. What caused that? The LSU Ag Center's Area Forestry Agent Ricky Kilpatrick told me:
If you're wondering just HOW bad the drought is here in our area, take a look at what the "duck pond" park on East Kings Highway looks like right now. In all my years of living in Shreveport-Bossier, I have never seen this happen. I took my little girl out there yesterday, and it looked more like a backyard swimming pool than a pond...
Halloween...it's almost that time -- and what better staple for decorating than...pumpkins?? Some pumpkin farmers in the north are reporting smaller crops this year because of excessive rain. So...how are pumpkins in the south looking? Janice Boller, who runs the Pumpkin Patch at St...
According to the U.S. Drought Portal (www.drought.gov) , the Princeton/Haughton area is experiencing severe to extreme drought. Several surrounding cities and rural areas have already issued water conservation requirements; some have gone as far as shutting off water to their customers...