From the Daily Comet:
Some people saw Jesus. Others blamed UFOs.
Harkening to the popular Journey song, a wheel in the sky appeared over Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes early Saturday morning, a seemingly perfect hole punched though the sheet of clouds blanketing the sky.
Locals who phoned and e-mailed the Daily Comet and the Courier this weekend about the strange cloud formation did agree on one thing: “It was the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen,” said Raceland resident Sandra Ledet, who shared some spectacular photos with the Daily Comet.
Shawn O’Neil, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Slidell, identified the phenomenon as a hole-punch cloud.
“They don’t occur all that often, and they are usually caused when an aircraft intersects altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds,” he said.
My son called us on Saturday to go outside to see the phenomenon. I tried to take a picture, but I was shooting too close to the sun, and mine did not come out. I've surely never seen anything like it. I confess that I thought UFO, too. I don't believe in them, but Hey!
Well Grandmere --it is a wonderful cloud thingy --and they didn't say what KIND of "aircraft" it was that made that whole hole.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, that's right. It could be.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see it personally, but quite a few friends saw it and were amazed by it. It does look rather odd!
ReplyDeleteMelanie! You're in Houma! Hello, neighbor and welcome. It was a spooky sight. In fact, it gave me chills. As the meteorologist said, there is a natural explanation, but I am 74 years old, and I have never seen anything like it.
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Hi! I'm a former Thibodauxian currently living in Kentucky. I used to hang out at the Library on Green Street after school in the 80s, so we've probably crossed paths. I saw this picture in the Daily Comet and was flabbergasted.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I just wanted to say hello and let you know I will start following your blog.
Debbie! Hi and welcome. I worked in that ramshackle building on Green St. We had to close the doors and go home when the weather got really cold, because of the poor heating system and lack of insulation in the floors. Our feet actually went numb. I'd probably recognize you, if I saw you.
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