Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeder Association

News November 28, 2024

Delta Expected to Hit Louisiana as a Category 2 Hurricane, LQHBA to Close Office Early On Friday

LQHBA will close their office at 1 p.m. (CDT) Friday as a precaution to impending Hurricane Delta.

� National Weather Service

ALEXANDRIA, LA�OCTOBER 8, 2020�Hurricane Delta, intensifying as it churns over the Gulf of Mexico, still aims to strike southwestern Louisiana on Friday at Category 2 strength, and with its range due to grow, hurricane-force winds soon could extend across a stretch of Texas coast.

LQHBA will close their office in Alexandria at 1 p.m. (CDT) on Friday (Oct. 9) as a precaution.

A hurricane warning has expanded west and now stretches from High Island in Texas to Morgan City, Louisiana. A storm surge warning is in effect from High Island to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, including Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne.

For additional information visit the association website at lqhba.com.

LQHBA is the official authorized representative of the American Quarter Horse racing and breeding industry in Louisiana, the unified voice of quarter Horse breedings in the State of Louisiana for purposes of communicatting the advantages and rewards of breeding Quarter Horses in the State and for the purposes of a conducting and coordinating activities with breeding and racing agencies.