Tim Runstrom has been visually impaired his entire life after he was born with aniridia – a rare eye condition that causes ...

The snow acted as an insulator, said LSU AgCenter sugar cane specialist Kenneth Gravois. That insulating layer kept the ground from dropping below freezing and damaging the cane's root system.

“We can tell there’s snow on the ground with the tip of our cane,” Runstrom said. “But it’s difficult to identify the elevation changes when we come to a curb using the cane and to know ...