It's the Big Freeze.
New Orleans residents are making the most of a rare snowstorm and frigid temperatures Tuesday that turned the streets of the French Quarter into an ice hockey rink.
Video posted to social media Fox 8 reporter Olivia Vidal shows a man walking down an icy Canal Street in the Crescent City with skates, a hockey stick and a puck.
One of the busiest blocks in all of New Orleans, Canal Street is dead quiet, empty except for single skaters and videographers capturing the rare sight.
Historic snowfall blanketed the Big Easy on Tuesday – Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport received 8 inches of snow, the most by a single storm since records first began in 1948 did. According to National Weather Service.
Winter Storm Enzo dumped several inches of snow on several southern states, including Texas, Florida, and Louisiana.
The storm has been hailed by meteorologists as a once-in-a-generation event.
More snow is expected to fall along the Southeast coast overnight into Wednesday, with more freezing conditions expected to add to the headaches and joys of southerners unaccustomed to snow.
