"These are not conditions where we would invite family, including the elderly and children, to stand on our streets out in the open. These are not conditions for people to be elevated on floats, God forbid, having a float tip over and there's people on the street just under those floats," Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng said Monday, according to ABC News.
Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans and region curtailed, rescheduled due to high winds
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