The New Orleans Saints: A Cold-Weather Team

by MtnExile on Dec 11, 2008 9:28 AM CST Comment 14 comments

Below is a Fan Post by MtnExile who obviously wakes up before I do. He put me to the punch. Below his post are a few personal pictures of our white Christmas here in New Orleans.

Snow falling in New Orleans.

"For the first time in nearly four years, snow is falling across the New Orleans region this morning, with flurries being reported on the North Shore as far south as Mandeville, as well as in the city, Metairie, Kenner, LaPlace and other parts of the south shore."

So...what's all this nonsense about the Saints being soft, a warm-weather team that can't stand up to Arctic blasts. New Orleans is a winter wonderland! Is it mere coincidence that this is happening today? By game time, the Crescent City may have more snow than Chicago.

Let's have no more talk about how the Lake Michigan weather dooms the Saints to failure. The Lake Pontchartrain weather is on our side.

My store.

The street

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And so is Mother Nature,

Reggie Bush, Marques Colston, Drew Brees, Jon Vilma, PT, Lance Moore, Billy Miller, Zach Strief, Fuj, and the rest of our Boys.

Let’s get it STARTED!

YEE-HAW!!

"We're one of the better third-down teams in the league..." Saints linebacker Scott Fujita

by HansDat on Dec 11, 2008 9:59 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Okay, who remembers

New Years Day, 1964?

WHO DAT!

by MtnExile on Dec 11, 2008 10:25 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

not me

I was still 7 years from being born.

What happened then?

"We're one of the better third-down teams in the league..." Saints linebacker Scott Fujita

by HansDat on Dec 11, 2008 10:31 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

First snow

Well, my first snow, anyway. But what I remember was it had been a long, long time since it had snowed last. I’m just trying to see if there are any other Yats in my age range.

My sister had the mumps. There wasn’t another snow for a decade. She probably hates Brian Urlacher because we teased her for having to stay inside.

WHO DAT!

by MtnExile on Dec 11, 2008 10:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Gotcha...thanks

I was born in New Orleans, but mostly grew up in Covington (we moved there when I was starting kindergarten). My first snow was seen in person at a swim meet in Memphis sometime in January or February when I was in 6th grade (I was on the year-round swim team), maybe 1983 or 1982. You should have seen us going nuts and making a cruddy little snowman in the little grassy area in front of our hotel. It must have snowed not even an inch.

Then my first snow in Louisiana happened in 1987 or 1988, when I was a sophomore or junior in high school. It was a Friday, and they let us out of school early because of the 1-inch “blizzard” that fell that afternoon, and man, no one knew how to drive safely in that stuff.

"We're one of the better third-down teams in the league..." Saints linebacker Scott Fujita

by HansDat on Dec 11, 2008 10:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Covington High 1974

Lived out on Military Road.

WHO DAT!

by MtnExile on Dec 11, 2008 11:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Saint Paul's School 1989 lived in town on Jahncke

"We're one of the better third-down teams in the league..." Saints linebacker Scott Fujita

by HansDat on Dec 11, 2008 1:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ooooooo

In the toney section of town. No wonder you went to St. Paul’s.

You know, we used to kick your butt every year. Then Jack Salter retired and everything went downhill. This year you beat us! Oh, the indignity…

WHO DAT!

by MtnExile on Dec 11, 2008 4:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, wasn't catholic, but went there anyway

We sucked at football during my time there. Hell, we sucked at most sports when I was there.

My Dad’s best friend from childhood lived on Military Road, too. This guy was also his daily “carpool to work in New Orleans” partner – they’d call each other at night to confirm the plans to carpool the next day by simply saying into the phone and then hanging up “6:15 at the Hill.” meaning they’d meet at the Claiborne Hill grocery store parking lot at the head of Military Rd.).

"We're one of the better third-down teams in the league..." Saints linebacker Scott Fujita

by HansDat on Dec 11, 2008 6:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

For the first time in nearly four years

I was in town then. Boy do you people not know how to drive in snow (said the guy who slid and hit the little girl in her Saturn this week). I had to drive across the median on i-10 and get back over on Airline Road to make it to Baton Rouge to see my cousin. It was a winter wonderland.

Slow down and be careful out there.

by stujo4 on Dec 11, 2008 10:29 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I remember the footage

There was a city bus sliding sideways down the expressway. New Orleans drivers don’t slow down for anything (especially not stop signs).

WHO DAT!

by MtnExile on Dec 11, 2008 10:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

snow?

You all dont know snow.. thats called a dusting.. not a snowfall.

As for first snowfall for me. Was the day my mother took me home from the hosptial. It was so cold that year in Minn that ice was forming on the inside of the walls of the hotel room we were staying at. We had to move to Canada to get warm :)

But… right now… you have more snow then Toronto. Enjoy

MT
Taking games 1 game at a time, but wearing a cup just in case

by MT_always on Dec 11, 2008 12:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

My sympathies, but considering it is the equivalent of -27 degrees Fahrenheit at the moment i am not to sympathetic of the little bit of “sky dandruff” you…

by Grumps on Dec 11, 2008 3:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Jan 72 or 73

was a pretty good amount of snow, have to check amounts but it snowed like all day,not just a couple hours, got about 200 plus old snapshots and polaroids, nice memories, i was 7 or 8 w/ some younger sisters and we had a blast..themetryman……

by metryman on Dec 11, 2008 5:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs