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Cooler Weather For Shreveport Is On The Way
September 1, 2011 The Weather Channel has updated the long range forecast for the holiday weekend and things will be getting better.
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Shreveport Severe Weather Left Many Without Power [PHOTOS]
Mother nature had teased us with a chance of rain the last two days.
Then, on the day with the least chance for rain, we got rain... Plus wind and lightning.
But, no matter how the rain came, I'm just glad it came. Heck, I'd almost forgotten what that liquid from the sky was!!!
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Colder Weather On The Way For Shreveport Bossier
August 23, 2011 The Weather Channel is projecting a major change for our weather by Labor Day. In fact, the high temperatures will only reach 90 degrees on Friday, September 2nd.
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Shreveport Bossier Bakes In The Heat Again
August 22, 2011 Today we have our best chance of getting rain in a long, long time, but it's only 30%.
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More Shreveport Weather Heat Records Possible
August 19, 2011 Here's a look at the numbers for Shreveport for Thursday and Friday from The Weather Channel:
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No Big Rain In Sight
August 17, 2011 Another August day, and we break another heat record. We did a little checking about rain and heat and we were quite surprised by what we found:
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The Heat Is On
This seems unprecidented. I lived in Dallas in 2003 and I believe we had more than 100 days in a row that the temperature was over 100. It's so memorable because in Dallas when the temperature is that high its public transit system initiates "Ozone Action Day."
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Shreveport Asks For Help Conserving Water
Let's see... 43 days of 100 plus temperatures... And no rain. It's been a crazy summer so far!
Not only has the weather been creating a high demand on the power grid, it's also placing a huge demand on the water systems.
The city of Shreveport today asked residents to voluntarily conserve water. That way, there won't be a need for any mandatory measures.
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SWEPCO Asks For Help Reducing Power Usage
Earlier today, AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) customers in Bossier Parish, near Benton, woke up to no power.
Due to some equipment failure, the outage could last until tomorrow (Friday) morning!
Now, SWEPCO is trying to avoid the use of rolling blackouts for the rest of us.
They are asking everyone to conserve power by turning off unnecessary lighting or electric appliances... and to limit use of you air conditioning by setting the thermostat up to 80.
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Shark Week Got You Scared? Learn the Truth About Shark Attacks
Stormy Dog, flickrSharks get a bad rap and if you’ve ever been attacked by one, you’d probably say they deserve it. But here’s the rub: If you haven’t been attacked by a shark, chances are you never will.
According to this handy infographic put together by Jerry J
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Yikes! Lightning Strikes Man’s Yard During Freak Storm in Scary Amateur Video
Courtesy of NBCMike Akers was visiting his parents in Queens, NY, when a freak storm swept through the area on Monday night, bringing thunder, lightning and baseball-sized hail.
In this amateur video, which aired on ‘Today,’ Akers filmed from the relative safety of his parents’ porch when, suddenly, lightning struck in the front y
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At Least It’s Not As Hot As The NorthEast!
'Ol Mother Nature has really been turning up the heat here in the Ark-La-Tex!
When was the last day we didn't reach close to 100?
As Robert said this morning, once you reach triple digits, it doesn't matter if it's 100 or 105... It's just plain hot!