It’s the Huge Freeze-y.
New Orleans residents are profiting from a uncommon snow storm and frigid temperatures that turned French Quarter streets into an ice hockey rink on Tuesday.
Video posted to social media by Fox8 reporter Olivia Vidal reveals a person with a pair of skates, a hockey stick, and a puck deking down an ice-covered Canal Avenue within the Crescent Metropolis.
One of many busiest blocks in all of New Orleans, Canal Avenue is empty and utterly quiet save for the only skater and a videographer who’s taking within the uncommon sight.
The Huge Straightforward was blanketed with historic snowfall Tuesday — Louis Armstrong New Orleans Worldwide Airport acquired 8 inches, probably the most in a single storm since data had been first saved in 1948, in response to the Nationwide Climate Service.
Winter Storm Enzo dumped a number of inches of snow throughout a number of southern states together with Texas, Florida, and Louisiana.
The storm has been hailed as a once-in-a-generation occasion by meteorologists.
Extra snow is anticipated to fall alongside the Southeast coast in a single day into Wednesday, with additional freezing circumstances anticipated so as to add to the complications, or delight, of snow-virgin southerners.
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