This snowstorm has certainly been one for the ages.
Unless you’re from an area much farther north, if you think this snowstorm has been nothing like you’ve ever experienced, State Climatologist Jay Grymes says you are so right.
“This was the biggest snowstorm in more than 100 years,” Grymes said in a Wednesday afternoon news conference. “Get that bearing there — more than a lifetime in terms of duration.”
Low temperatures Tuesday night into Wednesday morning dipped into the single digits in some areas in South Louisiana.
Grymes says we’re not done with the cold temperatures yet.
“Still be prepared for these bitter cold temperatures — maybe even a freeze on Saturday morning as well for a number of you,” says Grymes. “So the freeze event — the temperature part of this storm system — isn’t really over, although at least we’re done with the snow.”
Grymes says even though road conditions are starting to improve, they’re still quite treacherous — so he’s urging you to once again stay home if at all possible.
“There are still pockets of snow on the roadways, and that’s why we’re asking you to be extra vigilant (and) extra careful if — and that’s only if — you absolutely have to get out on the roads,” Grymes says.
On Wednesday afternoon, DOTD was able to reopen westbound I-10 from I-49 in Lafayette to the Texas state line.
DOTD Secretary Joe Donahue says road treatments are not only ongoing 24 hours a day, but they’re expanding.
“We have begun proceeding and extending our treatment efforts outside of the priority routes in certain locations,” says Donahue, “and we will be progressing those efforts from the west to the east.”
To stay up to date on road conditions, go to 511la.org.
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