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Louisiana doesn't deal well with ice and freezing temperatures. We grind to a near halt, but we have dealt with it at least three times in the last decade.

When you're fishing you never expect your campsite to be dragged out unexpectedly onto the lake but that's exactly what happened here.

98 water systems across the state have failed so far.

Amongst the record snowfall and plummeting temperatures, quite a few weather related rarities have appeared.

A man in New Jersey was arrested after he threw ice on the floor of the business and faked a fall to claim insurance business.

Any Frozen fans out there? The flick has some major staying power as kids still just can't seem to let it go. And now the Walt Disney Company has figured out a new way to capitalize on the smash hit... by bringing it to the ice, of course.

So far there are no weather related road closures in Southwest Louisiana. There are several to the north of us though.

We were warned about a winter storm dumping up to a couple of inches of snow in Lake Charles, Westlake, Moss Bluff, Sulphur and across Southwest Louisiana. Everyone got excited. Kids were out of school. Shopper's cleared the shelves at local grocery stores. Everybody got the day off. We waited and waited .... and waited. I don't know about you but I did not see one single snow flake. Leon was not

I've lived in SWLA my whole life, and can count on one hand the number of times I've seen snow, ice-sickles, and other wintry weather wonders. Winter in SWLA usually means that during any given week you'll have 5 cold days, 1 really cold day, and 1 day warm enough to wear shorts and a tanktop...

I have a lot of respect for people who make their living predicting the weather. No one can make you look like a fool more that mother nature. That's why I almost hate to say this; but the words "Wintry mix and snow" are in our forecast again. It is once again accompanied by temperatures in the 20's.

Everybody was posting pictures of snow and sleet at their houses and this kind of weather is really strange for our area.