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PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE LISTENING AREA WILL REMAIN CLOSED TODAY. ALSO L-S-U-E AND S-L-C-C ARE CLOSED. U-L LAFAYETTE WILL DO REMOTE INSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY. MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY AND SOWELA WILL HOLD CLASSES ONLINE.
GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY HELD ANOTHER PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE EFFECTS OF THE WINTER STORM. STATE CLIMATOLOGIST JAY GRYMES SAYS THIS STORM MARKED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHE EVENT IN OVER A CENTURY IN LOUISIANA.
D-O-T-D SECRETARY JOE DONAHUE SAYS ROAD CREWS ARE CONTINUING ROAD TREATMENT EFFORTS WITH EMPHASIS ON MAJOR ROADS, BUT DRIVERS ARE URGED TO AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. THE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN BRIDGE IS EXPECTED TO REOPEN SOMETIME TODAY. STATE POLICE SUPERINTENDENT COL. ROBERT HODGES SAYS THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED CRASHES STATEWIDE DUE TO THE ICY CONDITIONS.
TWELVE THOUSAND LAFAYETTE UTILITIES SYSTEM CUSTOMERS ARE UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY. HEIDI TWEEDEL WITH L-U-S SAYS THIS ADVISORY AFFECTS ALL CUSTOMERS NORTH OF I-TEN. SHE SAYS THEY DON’T KNOW WHEN THE ADVISORY WILL BE LIFTED. IT WILL DEPEND ON WHEN WATER PRESSURES STABILIZE AND THEY CAN TEST THE WATER.
WATER WAS SHUT OFF LAST NIGHT IN PARTS OF VERMILLION PARISH. WATER WORKS DISTRICT ONE SHUT OFF THE WATER AT TEN P-M LAST NIGHT AND TURNED IT BACK ON AT SIX THIS MORNING. THE SHUT DOWN WAS DUE TO LOW WATER PRESSURE AND BROKEN PIPES. CUSTOMERS OF VERMILLION PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT ONE ARE NOW UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY.
ALSO IN ACADIANA, THE SOUTH RAYNE WATER CORPORATION IS UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY. PARTS OF YOUNGSVILLE AND THE CITIES OF SCOTT AND MILTON ARE UNDER THE ADVISORY. IN SAINT LANDRY PARISH, BOIL ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SAVOY-SWORDS WATER SYSTEM CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS CUSTOMERS OF THE SAINT LANDRY PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT NUMBER TWO AND THE GREENBRIAR PRAIRIE BASSE WATER SYSTEM. IN SAINT MARTIN PARISH, HENDERSON NINA WATER CUSTOMERS SHOULD BOIL WATER BEFORE CONSUMING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
LAFAYETTE FIRE FIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE ON IRMA DRIVE AT AROUND EIGHT A-M YESTERDAY. IT’S BELIEVED THE FIRE WAS STARTED IN AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET THAT A SPACE HEATER WAS PLUGGED INTO. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY IT LOOKS LIKE IT OVERHEATED, IGNITING COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL. FIRE FIGHTERS PUT OUT THE FIRE QUICKLY, WHICH WAS IN THE BATHROOM WALL AND SPREADING UP THE WALL TO THE ATTIC.
A FIRE IN BEAUREGARD PARISH CLAIMED A LIFE. FIRE DISTRICT ONE RESPONDED TO A CAMPER FIRE ON CHARLIE DAVIS ROAD NEAR ORETTA AT AROUND NOON. A WOMAN WAS KILLED BECAUSE OF THE FIRE. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING INTO THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.
TRAVEL HAS RESUMED AT THE LAFAYETTE AIRPORT AFTER WINTRY WEATHER SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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THE WINTRY BLAST IS NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE MUCH OF AN EFFECT ON THE CRAWFISH. ASHLEY SOILEAU OF J-T’S SEAFOOD SAYS SHE EXPECTS THINGS TO SLOW DOWN FOR A WEEK OR TWO BUT IT WON’T KILL THE CRAWFISH. SOILEAU SAYS NOW IS THE BEST TIME FOR A FREEZE BECAUSE THE PEAK OF THE CRAWFISH SEASON DOESN’T BEGIN UNTIL MARCH. SHE TELLS KPLC TV THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE A PLENTIFUL CRAWFISH SEASON THIS YEAR.
