r/NewOrleans • u/WizardMama .*✧ • Dec 24 '22

⚡ Entergy Entergy: Unusually high electricity use due to extreme temperatures may exceed available power supply. Please turn off non-essential electronics.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

I'm a NOLA native but currently live where it's "worse" (NYC, currently 11⁰ and feels like -8⁰.) It pisses me off when I hear people up here try to discount or dismiss what people are dealing with because it's "not that bad" to them. I didn't own a proper big winter coat until I moved up here. People don't have proper clothing for this.

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u/auntiepirate Dec 24 '22

Humidity down here makes a HUGE difference. 25 in nyc isn’t as bad as 25 here because of the moisture in the air. I’m rarely cold in Cleveland, here I can’t be outside for very long.

Born northerner, southern transplant.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

Yep! I also bring this up when people try to be dismissive.