Louisiana has been bombarded with record rainfall the last two weeks. The downpour has been nearly nonstop, dumping over 10 inches of rain is as many days.  Recently, the temperature plummeted from high 60's/low 70's to 36 degrees, currently. More rain is reported for later today, with the possibility of snow showers overnight.

Louisiana is NOT set up for snow. People are trampling each other at Walmart for milk, bread and canned goods, and the gas pump lines are inhibiting traffic flow. LSU as well as the local parish schools are considering having a snow day. I'm sure someone on the highway is holding up traffic with their flashers on, "just in case".

As a mid-Atlantic native, I find this preposterous. Seriously, people! Suck it up. It's just some snow flurries!  It's not even going to stick after 10 inches of rain! The entire state of Louisiana is one big puddle at the moment, and it's been 60 degrees or more up until now. I highly doubt that the entire state is going to spontaneously freeze over the minute the thermostat drops below 32.

I see this phenomenon is also happening in California: