National Weatherperson's Day is February 5. By coincidence, February 5 is a date that is particularly notable in the history of weather, from snow in San Francisco to the deadliest blizzard in history.
On Louisiana highway 1, just south of the leeway bridge in Jefferson parish, not far from where the road ends, is a marker for the Cheniere Caminada cemetery, all that remains of a once thriving town that disappeared virtually overnight.