Rare snow covers south Louisiana, Miss

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A rare snowfall recently impacted south Louisiana and parts of Mississippi, resulting in school closures, government office shutdowns, and significant power outages. Some areas received up to eight inches of snow, an unusual event for the region. The National Weather Service reported that this snowfall led to dangerous driving conditions and numerous highway accidents. Many residents, particularly those under 20, experienced snow for the first time, with some recalling their own first encounters with snow as late as their teenage years. The discussion also touched on the quality of snowmen built during this event, with some participants humorously critiquing the craftsmanship. Meanwhile, New England faced severe ice storms, causing widespread power outages affecting over a million homes and businesses, prompting emergency declarations and the deployment of National Guard troops for assistance. The situation was described as one of the worst power outages in decades, with restoration efforts complicated by ongoing weather conditions.
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Holy Cow, EIGHT INCHES! That's unreal.

A rare snowfall blanketed south Louisiana and parts of Mississippi Thursday, closing schools, government offices and bridges, triggering crashes on major highways and leaving thousands of people without power.

Parts of Louisiana were expected to get up to four inches of snow. Snow also covered a broad swath of Mississippi, including the Jackson area, and closed schools in more than a dozen districts. The National Weather Service in Jackson said up to 8 inches was possible in the southern and eastern parts of the state.
:bugeye:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_on_re_us/south_winter_weather
 
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It's just not fair. Even louisiana gets eight inches? Bugger.
 
How is it rare? I've seen that kind of snow all over the place. Now, if it was something like blue snow, then you could call it rare.
 
These guys need some serious practice. These are some of the most pathetic snowmen I've ever seen. (Especially photos 12 & 14. The picture in between of the dog was an interesting choice of subject, though.)

http://www.9reports.com/MediaItemView.aspx?id=36225
 
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BobG said:
These guys need some serious practice. These are some of the most pathetic snowmen I've ever seen. (Especially photos 12 & 14. The picture in between of the dog was an interesting choice of subject, though.)

http://www.9reports.com/MediaItemView.aspx?id=36225
Got to love the dog picture. D H's snowman is far superior to any shown at that news site. Of course he is a PF Member, we would expect no less. :approve:

https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1996872&postcount=10
 
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I wonder how many of those people saw snow for the first time in their lives.
 
WarPhalange said:
I wonder how many of those people saw snow for the first time in their lives.
I was over 16 years old the first time I saw snow. Until then it was something I'd only seen on tv or in movies. It was weird to actually experience it for the first time at that age. I have a freezer and had snowcones, so I had a good idea of what it felt like, but had never experienced it falling from the sky. Although I get tired of it now, I still have a bit of a fascination with it.
 
Evo said:
Got to love the dog picture. D H's snowman is far superior to any shown at that news site. Of course he is a PF Member, we would expect no less. :approve:

Well den, dat's because I know how to build 'em, you betcha. Some of that Minnesota education finally paid off.
 
DH, that is a really great snowman. I'd like to get some rare snow, but to date all of ours has been the regular type.
 
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WarPhalange said:
I wonder how many of those people saw snow for the first time in their lives.

Just about anyone under the age of 20.

My parents have lived in Baton Rouge for about 30 years and this was only the second time there's been enough snow for things like snowmen. The other was in 1988. It was like DH's snowman where it took every single bit of snow in the yard to build one snowman.

(His is good, but he still has an awful lot of leaves and grass in his snowman. Kind of unavoidable.)
 
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i think that southern MS got hit like this back in like the 40's. up here in central AL, our freak snow tends to come late, like march/april-ish.
 
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New England has been hit hard. I hope turbo is doing ok.

Ice storms knock power out across NY, New England

A powerful ice storm knocked out power to more than 1 million homes and businesses across New York and New England on Friday, closing roads and forcing the state of Maine to shut government offices.

"This is a very, very serious situation right now," New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch said after declaring an emergency in his state, where as many as 320,000 customers lost power in what local authorities describe as the worst outages in three decades.

"I don't think anyone anticipated it would be as bad as it is," Lynch said.

Massachusetts deployed about 500 National Guard troops to clear roads and help residents, while utilities officials from across the region said outages could grow as gusts of wind continue to snap tree limbs and bring down power lines.

Power may not return to thousands in Massachusetts until Monday at the earliest, Gov. Deval Patrick said. "Many of us view that as an ambitious estimate at this point," he told a news conference.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081212/us_nm/us_utilities_newengland_outages
 
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New England has been hit hard. I hope turbo is doing ok.

Ice storms knock power out across NY, New England
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081212/us_nm/us_utilities_newengland_outages
We're doing OK, and still have power (crossing fingers, knocking on wood...). Out here, there are few people, and the power company always goes after the low-hanging fruit. If they can restore power to a part of town with more people, they will, every time. I have a generator in case the power goes out. I sure hate shoveling slush, though. It was warm and not too windy, but it's never fun shoveling several inches of saturated snow in the pouring rain. (Oooh! My back!)
 
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turbo-1 said:
We're doing OK, and still have power (crossing fingers, knocking on wood...). Out here, there are few people, and the power company always goes after the low-hanging fruit. If they can restore power to a part of town with more people, they will, every time. I have a generator in case the power goes out. I sure hate shoveling slush, though. It was warm and not too windy, but it's never fun shoveling several inches of saturated snow in the pouring rain. (Oooh! My back!)
Glad the outage missed you! We've been lucky so far this year, the first snow came right after the trees had dropped their leaves.
 
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Outages are still affecting hundreds of thousands, mostly in the southern part of the state. An astrophotographer friend on another forum posted images from his home in Lafayette, LA. What a shocker! Snow in Louisiana.
 

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