Southern cities largely unfamiliar with snow and ice are getting creative in their efforts to clean up from this week's winter storm. Crews in New Orleans were using a “flusher” truck Thursday to spray water on the ground to soften the ice for removal in the French Quarter.
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“We have to be honest with ourselves — we’re from Louisiana, we know crawfish, we know football, but we don’t really know snow and ice and that’s okay,” said Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development spokesperson Daniel Gitlin. “It’s going to go away and we’re better off letting Mother Nature do what she needs to do right now.”
Snow totals reached 3 inches this week in Savannah, Georgia, the most that the state’s oldest city has recorded since December 1989. The snow and ice had staying power and left a mess on the roads in coastal South Carolina. In Charleston, ice that melted and then refroze overnight closed the James Island Connector, a bridge that links the city to its western suburbs. Police said on social media that “while crews are working hard, it is unlikely to reopen soon.”
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