January 10, 2013 The Louisiana National Guard's 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team has sent a truck and two soldiers to help with evacuations in Crowley.
The 225th Engineer Brigade has sent a high-water truck to Marksville, and units are on standby statewide
January 10, 2013 Sandbags are available for self-bagging as of 6:30 this morning at these locations:
December 19, 2012 Many people associate the end-of-the-year holidays with colder temps, and most post cards that you can buy about Christmas and New Year's include some reference to snow; whether it be a snow man, snow balls, a snow-covered village, or CJ making yellow snow - most of them contain some reference to snow.
December 11, 2012 This amazing video is a time lapse of the sun setting behind a deck of clouds underneath the observatory at Mount Washington, New Hampshire. (That white fluffy stuff in the middle of the picture is not snow or waves, it's clouds!)
December 10, 2012 If you didn't make gumbo this weekend, today's the day! Acadiana woke up to some serious rain this morning, and cooler temps are soon to follow. KATC TV 3 reports that these storms will move through the Acadiana area by late morning, clearing the way for cooler temperatures this afternoon and tonight
November 20, 2012 Are you cold-natured or warm-natured? Cold-natured people tend to do better in warmer climates, and it seems that the thought of 60-degrees-or-colder sends them running for thicker socks. Warm-natured, on the other hand (Steve Wiley), can wear shorts to work in 50-degree weather and put the thermostat on 68 when he gets there.
November 13, 2012 Well, the power is out in parts of Carencro, which is the closest we have come to having a "snow day" in a long time.
November 11, 2012 Steve Wiley recently posted a story about hamburgers, asking how much you would be willing to pay for one. This story is about some kids that send a burger into space: not aboard the Soyuz, or the Space Shuttle, not on the International Space Station, but aboard a specially-designed platform, hanging from a helium-filled balloon.
November 8, 2012 Do you live for the weekend? Downtown Alive is a great way to get it started. It will be my pleasure to co-host when Nik-L-Beer takes the stage in Parc Sans Souci Friday, at 6pm. Concessions will be available @ 5:30. "Acadiana's Favorite Party Band" always draws a large fun-loving crowd, and the weather's going to be great!
August 29, 2012 Last night, Superdome manager Doug Thornton was at the facility, awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Isaac. Seven years ago, he was in the same location, awaiting the destructive force of Hurricane Katrina.
With the approach of Tropical Storm Isaac many retailers are selling generators faster than they can restock them. Teddy Eastin of GenStar joined ‘Mornings With Ken and Bernie‘ today to discuss generator safety this morning.
Eastin said,
“Many people get complacent with generators over time esp
