Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans and all of us start with dangerous weather concerns at an early stage

Severe weather systems threaten Mardi Gras celebrations across the country, also in New Orleans.

When the fat approached on Tuesday, the risk of thunderstorms, strong winds of over 60 miles per hour and hail led many popular parades in the large, easy to enlarge and previously planned or canceled. The National Weather Service warned that dangerous wind conditions are expected from the morning of March 4 to 9:00 p.m. local time.

“Top -class vehicles, including Mardi Gras Floats, could temporarily become unstable,” said the agency. “Damaged winds could blow down trees and power lines.”

Famous parades, Zulu and Rex, both started early without bands or truck swimmers, according to CBS partner WWLTV.

“If the national weather forecast turns from a clock to a warning to a warning, I will cancel the parades at this time, regardless of the time,” said the police superintendent of New Orleans, Anne Kirkpatrick, according to NBC News in a press conference.

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In the meantime, the day before Monday, March 3, all parades in neighboring Jefferson Parish were canceled according to the NBC partner WDSU.

“Due to the forecast strong winds and the potential threat to public security, we made the difficult decision to cancel parades at the Mardi Gras Day,” said Cynthia Lee Sheng, President of Jefferson Parish, according to outlet reporters at a press conference. “This is disappointing, but our top priority is to ensure the well -being of everyone in our community, and we always have to prioritize the security.”

The New Orleans metropolitan region is not the only place where strong winds were hit. The weather service issued the alarm for all of Southeast -Louisiana and the southern Mississippi. In the meantime, the weather service has issued a warning of a large winter storm that rises from the central part of the country, while the fire conditions endanger the southern plateau.

Despite the less than ideal weather conditions, many night owls took to the streets on Tuesday morning. “We will roll, no matter what happens,” said a man who is dressed in a weird jacket on a float, a reporter for Fox partner Wvue Reporter.

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He was under the thousands that decided to celebrate the historical day before the storm. According to The Associated Press, people who are part of the Skull and Bones gang of the Northside skulls and bones played drums and sang in the early hours of the morning.

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“Mardi Gras is about having these moments,” Kendall Calyen, 41, told the outlet. “This city is nowhere else in the country.”

For paradise like Calyen, Mardi Gras is a continuation of a long Christian tradition. Fuck Tuesday, Tueschen before Eschen Wednesday, has from a one -day celebration to a crazy one who can take a week or more before the start of Lent. Mardi Gras was celebrated all over the world and is of particular importance for the citizens of New Orleans, especially after the terrorist attack on the city's famous Bourbon Street on New Year's Eve.

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