1.0 link 150282 <![CDATA[SNOW IN NEW ORLEANS: Rare Snow Blankets South Louisiana]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/11/snow-in-new-orleans-rare-_n_150282.html From AP: NEW ORLEANS - 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...

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