Exclamation!

It's not every day that it snows in Mississippi and Louisiana. In fact, it rarely snows there. So when southern Louisiana and parts of Mississippi got up to eight inches of snow, The Daily Advertiser in Lafayette, La., and the American Press of Lake Charles, La., simply said, "Snow!"

Added The Daily Advertiser, "For many South Louisiana residents, day was magical."

Indeed, the front page of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans captured the magic that fell in gentle white flakes (and closed schools and governments and caused power outages). Everyone took pictures, and The Times-Picayune is collecting pictures and video.