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Weather Alert

...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...For the first Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills
as low as 20. For the second Cold Weather Advisory tonight into
Wednesday morning, very cold wind chills as low as 22 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Louisiana and
southeast Texas.

* WHEN...For the first Cold Weather Advisory, until 9 AM CST this
morning. For the second Cold Weather Advisory, from 2 AM to 8 AM
CST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin
is exposed to these temperatures.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves.

Make frequent checks on older family, friends, and neighbors. Ensure
portable heaters are used correctly. Do not use generators or grills
inside.

Keep pets indoors as much as possible.

Make sure outdoor animals have a warm, dry shelter, food, and
unfrozen water.

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Weather Alert

...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...For the first Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills
as low as 20. For the second Cold Weather Advisory tonight into
Wednesday morning, very cold wind chills as low as 22 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Louisiana and
southeast Texas.

* WHEN...For the first Cold Weather Advisory, until 9 AM CST this
morning. For the second Cold Weather Advisory, from 2 AM to 8 AM
CST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin
is exposed to these temperatures.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves.

Make frequent checks on older family, friends, and neighbors. Ensure
portable heaters are used correctly. Do not use generators or grills
inside.

Keep pets indoors as much as possible.

Make sure outdoor animals have a warm, dry shelter, food, and
unfrozen water.

&&

Gov. Landry appoints Louisiana's first surgeon general

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Gov. Jeff Landry has appointed the first state surgeon general in Louisiana. Under the bill signed into law by Gov. Landry, the surgeon general is appointed by the governor and must be a licensed and practicing physician in Louisiana. The surgeon general will absorb the duties of the state h…

BATON ROUGE, La. (KADN) — Gov. Jeff Landry has appointed the first state surgeon general in Louisiana.

Under the bill signed into law by Gov. Landry, the surgeon general is appointed by the governor and must be a licensed and practicing physician in Louisiana. The surgeon general will absorb the duties of the state health officer.

Dr. Ralph Abraham will move to the newly-created Office of the Surgeon General.

He has been a practicing family medicine physician in Richland Parish for more than 30 years and served three terms in Congress, representing Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District. He earned his medical doctor degree from LSU Health Shreveport.

Abraham said the new surgeon general position “is going to be a public health policy platform where we will work with hospitals, doctors, medical schools, universities, everyone that is in that chain that impacts that health care of that patient.”

“Having a physician in charge and working alongside of a secretary of the LDH who is kind of like a CEO gives us, I think, strengthens our health care system and it’s something that we need to do,” added Gov. Landry.

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