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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| New Orleans Facing Potential Historic Snowstorm |
| 2025-01-21 |
| NewnORLEANS (WVUE) - Southeast Louisiana is bracing for a rare and highly impactful winter storm expected to bring freezing temperatures, ice, accumulating snow, and major travel disruptions. Monday is the last day to prepare for the storm. You should be ready to shelter in place beginning Monday night as the storm will move in quickly around daybreak Tuesday. Heavy snow will pick up through Tuesday morning with snow lasting through the day. Multiple inches of accumulations are expected The NOPD and Louisiana State Police said road closures on Interstate 10, I-510, I-310, all ramps leading to US 90 and elevated bridges will begin Tuesday at 4:00 a.m. The DOTD also will begin closures in Jefferson and St. Charles parishes at 4 a.m. Motorists are strongly encouraged to shelter in place. -------------------- Not just New Orleans, a long stretch of the I-10 corridor is under this threat. Could be the worst snow storm since 1895 when the city got 1NEW 0". As of a few minutes ago, New Orleans was at 28F with snow and visibility down to less than half a mile. |
| Posted by:Lord Garth |
| #10 Oh so many will come to know the joy of snowball fights and sledding. Enjoy it while you can. |
| Posted by: Jirt Chaimble7774 2025-01-21 21:49 |
| #9 some places are reporting 10" this is probably the biggest snowstorm since 1885 (when records were not as well kept and the official measuring station was different) nice NPR report here |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-01-21 17:56 |
| #8 ^^Ever been on I-10? The whoop de do’s you can’t even see will have you catching air |
| Posted by: Beavis 2025-01-21 17:52 |
| #7 ^^ Road Graders will work in a pinch. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2025-01-21 17:05 |
| #6 On the Orleans Parish Lakefront. It's been coming down at a good rate for several hours. 5 inches at the very least. I hear we have a snowplow somewhere around Shreveport, but that's just a rumor. |
| Posted by: Matt 2025-01-21 16:29 |
| #5 latest report from New Orleans, heavy snow, visibility 600 feet, temp 27F normal max for this time of year is in the 60sF |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-01-21 14:27 |
| #4 Gorebull Warming! In the 1890, the average temperature was 5 degrees cooler than today. |
| Posted by: Old Salty 2025-01-21 11:31 |
| #3 You get this along the coast, kinda like "lake effect" snow. Frigid air runs up along moisture from the Gulf, and bingo. I'm in Livingston, and we got an inch. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-01-21 11:21 |
| #2 a local report. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-01-21 10:48 |
| #1 Al Gore visits. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-01-21 09:47 |