The hot Central Louisiana sun sets behind an oil pump on a LaSalle Parish Road. Temperatures exceeding 100 degrees have dominated for twenty plus days and there seems to be plenty of summer temperatures ahead.
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August 30, 2023
Baby, It’s Hot Outside!
The brutal scorching heat of the hottest Louisiana summer to date shows no signs of relinquishing or letting go of the Central Louisiana landscape. The telltale signs are everywhere: stifled creeks with little or no water flow, dead grass that once waved lush and green, and trees that are beyond minimal signs of distress.