A recent video capturing the icy and snow-covered conditions on I-49 in North Louisiana serves as an important reminder of the importance of heeding state officials' advice to avoid traveling during icy or snowy conditions. Not only do we have less experience driving in these icy conditions we also do not drive vehicles with the proper snow tires making traveling during this time extremely dangerous.
Do you have a piece of carpet lying around the house or in your garage? How about a small shovel? Then you might be able to get your vehicle out of a "stuck-in-the-snow" situation, all by yourself. Let's dig in Ark-La-Tex.
NOAA has released its latest long-range winter outlook for Louisiana and with Mardi Gras arriving early frozen precipitation could be falling on our parades.
In case you hadn't noticed, Louisiana has been in the midst of an extreme drought. Thankfully, the statewide burn ban has finally been lifted and it looks like Mother Nature is ready to catch us up on precipitation this winter...
Louisiana still has six more weeks of hurricane season but already thoughts are turning to colder weather and the chances of snow in the Deep South this winter.