The Frozen Tundra Of….. Louisiana
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas took on a new meaning in Louisiana as eight inches of snow fell in parts of that state. New Orleans got about an inch, while a town to the northwest got the full eight. Also hit with snow were Alabama and Mississippi.
Up to 8 inches of snow was reported in parts of Louisiana. Snow also covered a broad swath of Mississippi, including the Jackson area, and closed schools in more than a dozen districts.
A heavy band of snow coated windshields and grassy areas in New Orleans, where about an inch accumulated. A peak of 8 inches was reported in Amite, about 75 miles northwest of New Orleans, said meteorologist Danielle Manning of the National Weather Service in Slidell.
Accuweather reports that an inch of snow fell in Lafayette, Louisiana – the first time there has ever been any recorded snowfall there in December.
The entire eastern part of the country is under a string of flood, storm, snow, ice and wind advisories.
Environment | Gaius December 11, 2008
By Anthony (Los Angeles), December 11, 2008 @ 9:24 pm
Curse you, global warming!
By bill-tb, December 12, 2008 @ 10:16 am
If the current solar and PDO trends continue, it will soon be so cold that even the dumbest will realize Al Gore is a kook.
By Ruth H, December 12, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
Accuweather is wrong on this. Perhaps they did not report it but it did snow there in December sometime in the 80’s I believe it was. I lived there, we had snow, not a lot, but it was snow and it was December.
By martian, December 12, 2008 @ 1:02 pm
It’s CLIMATE CHANGE I tell you, yeah, that’s the ticket – CLIMATE CHANGE.
By Rich Horton, December 12, 2008 @ 2:09 pm
Has anyone entertained the idea that Gore could have been participating in ritual “snow dances” in order to appease the vengeful mother earth goddess?
The man gives and gives….