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FLOATS AND RIDERS. SHERMAN DESSELLE IS LIVE AT CITY HALL WITH THIS BREAKING INFORMATIO REPORTER: WE HEARD FROM NOPD AND NOLA READY. A LOT OF PLANNING WAS GOING INTO THIS, A LOT OF QUESTIONING. INTO THE LAST THINK THEY WANTED TO DO WAS CANCEL THE PARADE, BUT IT WAS A CONCERN FOR THE PARADES TO ROLL BECAUSE OF THE WIND. THREE PARADES WERE SUPPOSED TO RULE, THEY HAVE ALL BEEN RESCHEDULED. MUSES AND BABYLON WILL ROLL UPTOWN FRIDAY. CHAOS ON SUNDAY. WHEN THEY DO ROLE, THEY WILL BE FLOATS ONLY, NO MARCHING ELEMENTS. THEY SAW SOME WINDS LAST NIGHT THAT WERE MILDLY CONCERNING. THE GUSTS AND SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE TOO MUCH FOR THE FLOATS. IN ADDITION TO THE ITEMS HANGING OFF OF THEM. THEY ALSO CONSIDERED THE MARCHING ELEMENTS TO THE PARADE. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WOULD STAY SAFE THIS CARNIVAL SEASON. THE KREWES ARE COOPERATING, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. HERE’S SOME OF WHAT SUPERINTENDENT SHAUN FERGUSON SAID. >> IT IS WITH DEEPER GET WE ARE HERE TODAY TO INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT WE WIL BE CANCELLING TONIGHT’S MARDI GRAS PARADE. SO THAT IS BABYLON, CHAOS AS WELL AS MUSES DUE TO THE WIND CONCERNS WE HAVE. >> WE LIVE IN A CITY WHERE WE CONSTANTLY FOLLOW THE WEATHER, AND MARDI GRAS IS NO EXCEPTION TO THAT. WE FOLLOW IT VERY CLOSELY. WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS TWO OR THREE DAYS AGO WITH THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SLIDELL. WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT RAIN. THE RAIN WILL COME DOWN AND IS NOT A CONCERN, BUT WHAT STARTED POPPING UP AND KEPT GOING WAS THE WIND. REPORTER: WE ALSO ASKED ABOUT LAST NIGHT’S INCIDENT. THE WOMAN ROLLED OVER BY THE FLOW. THEY DID NOT GIVE US ANY NEW INFORMATION. IN REGARDS TO GETTING THE FLOATS INVOLVED IN THE PARADES THAT DID NOT GET TO ROLL, HE’S UNCERTAIN ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE WE ARE IN A VERY TIGHT WINDOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CARNIVAL SEASON. MUSES WILL NOW RUN AT 4:45 P.M. FRIDAY. BABYLON IMMEDIATELY AFTER. CHAOS WILL RUN SUNDAY AFTER THE PARADE THAT STARTS AT NOON. WE WILL HAVE MORE FROM BOTH OF THOSE OFFICIALS IN THE NEXT HALF-H

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