1/10/2025
WT Staff
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January 10, 2025 908 am CST
Winter storm slamming the northwest with sleet and snow
Winter Storm Warning issued 251 am Fri Jan 10 by NWS Shreveport
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
Heavy mixed precipitation. Additional snow and sleet accumulations of near 1 to 3 inches and ice accumulations near one
tenth of an inch in portions of south central and southwest Arkansas, northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma, and northeast Texas.
Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, have become slick and hazardous, especially across the northern half of Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma and most of Southwest Arkansas. Scattered power outages have also been reported. Plan on slippery road conditions continuing. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning commute. Further south into Northern Louisiana, a transition to light sleet or snow is still possible which could result in some patchy ice.
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency. The latest road conditions for
the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.
If travel is absolutely necessary, drive with extreme caution and be
prepared for sudden changes in visibility. Leave plenty of room
between you and the motorist ahead of you, and allow extra time to
reach your destination.
Impacting Union-Caddo-Bossier-Webster-Claiborne-McCurtain-Red
River Parishes, including the cities of Magnolia, El Dorado, Quitman,
Haynesville, Clarksville, Mount Pleasant, Queen City, Hope, Lone
Star, Dierks, Atlanta, Mineola, Daingerfield, Omaha, Minden,
Springhill, Gilmer, Ashdown, Big Sandy, Nashville, Shreveport,
Marshall, Hughes Springs, Broken Bow, Homer, De Queen, Idabel,
Stamps, Bossier City, Prescott, Lewisville, Jefferson, Mineral
Springs, Mount Vernon, Bradley, Winnsboro, Longview, Bogata,
Texarkana, Linden, Tyler, Naples, Hawkins, and Pittsburg
New Orleans Emergency Management - NOLA Ready
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"Stay connected, make a plan, gather supplies".
Text NOLAREADY to 77295 for alerts.
See NOLA.gov for more, here.
SaferStates.org for drinking water source protection
Drinking water source protection
Why so much ado about hazardous spills, toxic releases at WaterToday? Toxic materials pollute drinking water sources, above and below ground. Hazardous materials spills reported to state authorities are shown on our map. The Toxic Release Inventory reports industrial discharges from federally regulated sites. There are landfills that leach contaminants to groundwater, industrial point source discharges regulated by national and state permits, municipal wastewater releases, combined sanitary and storm overflows and non-point source contamination, such as nutrient leaching off agricultural properties. In our CrimeBox column we cover the unreported releases of contaminants, the criminal violations of the Clean Water Act. All of these factor in to the security of drinking water sources, the subject of interest.
Recently, WT has been looking into the incidental contamination that comes from municipal wastewater. Toxics are shedding from homes into wastewater, the remediation of this situation will through public awareness and a change in consumer behavior along with limitations imposed on the producers of consumer goods.
A growing number of states have introduced and adopted new regulations to curb the use of harmful molecules in consumer goods. Some manufacturers have been cooperative with social pressure to make products safer, others have launched lawsuits to protect their patents and profits. While the policy-makers and industry lobbyists wrestle for control of this situation, we have looked at ways the average person can manage exposure in the home. We are reminded that labeling for harmful chemicals is not required in many instances, beginning to look for independent certification for those alternative goods and products that are free of harmful chemicals.
To the degree the public chooses the safer alternative products, the local drinking water supply can be protected.
See SaferStates.org, for more information here.
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