(KMDL-FM) If you have plans to be outside along a parade route, at a festival, or participating in any Mardi Gras event on Saturday, there is an invisible and potentially annoying threat you’re going to have to deal with. This threat could also enhance the “danger quotient” for Saturday’s parades and events as well.
I am sure some of you are contemplating the term “invisible threat” and probably are wondering if we have inside information on secret ninja activity or something nefarious along those lines. No, this threat wouldn’t be considered a threat unless you were at a Mardi Gras parade.
But it does bring an “air” of danger to any parade route where barricades and crowd control measures are not in place or in force. Incidentally, if you drive in Lafayette, Louisiana, this weekend, you will notice the barricades have “magically” reappeared along the parade route, so anticipate traffic congestion through Fat Tuesday in those parts of town.
Based on forecasts from our weather partners at KATC Television and the National Weather Service, it does look as if the storm threat that is expected to move across Acadiana will happen after all the “fun is done” on Saturday. Right now, forecasters believe the threat of stronger storms and heavier rain will hold off until very late Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
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