"Our goal was to clear all arterial roadways for emergency access to hospitals. Because Tuesday when the snow stopped, you couldn't get a regular vehicle anywhere. We were done." ...

With no plow trucks and no experience clearing this much snow, Baton Rouge city-parish workers had to improvise to clear bridges and keep many of the parish's important roadways open.

Sanitation company IV Waste has been hired by the city of New Orleans to deploy the equipment it typically uses to clear city streets of Mardi Gras throws after parades to plow snow in and around ...