The last time there was a snowstorm in New Orleans, women couldn’t vote, we didn’t have movies or the airplane or penicillin, the Titanic hadn’t been built, Einstein was a teenager and Jazz didn’t have a name…
Most New Orleanians have never seen snow, so our once-in-a-century 10” snowstorm turned everyone into kids. We wore our warm Mardi Gras costumes, made snowmen and got into snowball fights. The tourists traps were closed but the dives were packed. The city was drunk by 5.
Today, the hangover of hot toddies, ice-covered potholes, canceled flights and missed days at work. And the gnawing, apocalyptic question of whether New Orleans needs prepare for snow in the future. But we alway anticipate climate catastrophes here. For once it was lovely to be in one so beautiful.
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