I can't believe! was a common expression when we called Opelousas, Louisiana home in the mid-1980s while serving as sports editor for The Opelousas Daily World.
Am sure that phrase is being uttered over and over again by our Cajun friends in Lafayette, Opelousas, Port Barre, Mamou, Eunice and all points around the area known as Acadiana.
Snow....well, more accurately for Cajuns, sneaux, is a rare thing in the bayous. My thoughts are with mon amis (my friends) as they face this.
Ulysse reports Opelousas tied a record with 9 inches of the white stuff. And this morning, the temperature there was 2 above, also matching a record. Rich in Port Barre wonders how us Yankees survive year after year. And Tom said he's got to hunker down in Lafayette, perhaps for days, noting that Vermillion Parish (their version of counties) was without power affecting over 2,000 people.
Trust me, the houses down that way are NOT set up for that kind of cold. Lots of folks had pipes burst when we saw temps drop to single digits back in 1985. Am sure more will follow that. Plus folks desperate to heat their homes have been known to bring their grills into the house for a heat source. NOT a good idea.
Meanwhile, here at home we're nearly 20 inches BEHIND a normal snow fall, though we are getting a bit this morning. At least the severe cold is behind us for now. When you own an Alaskan Malamute who loves the cold and walking in it, those trips out in sub, sub zero temps (and wind chills in the -20 and -30 range) prove a challenge no matter how bundled up one gets.
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