Bottom line: don't let the melting snow/ice/slush become a false indication that things are safe. As long as temperatures are near freezing, danger lurks.
A winter wonderland overcame the surface that plays home to our Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Football team. After finishing off a red-hot, ten-win campaign, the team gets to admire the dreamy landscape that has overtaken their field this Winter.
While snow pictures have been fun to see all morning, this is the dangerous part that comes with severe winter weather.
Video from Chris Fitzmorris shows electricity surging through power lines around the same time that a transformer in Kenner went down, knocking out power for more than 10,000 people...
The Eunice City Marshal took advantage of icy conditions in the yard and started to ski down his own driveway, but he did not use any traditional ski gear.