When people visit New Orleans for Mardi Gras this year, there will be additional tactical teams and overall a larger police ...

Today is Mardi Gras a.k.a. Fat Tuesday. So, laissez les bon temps rouler. Celebrants are letting the good times roll from Rio to New Orleans to right here on the WFUV Question of the Day.

In New Orleans, the contrast from Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday and weeks of reflection is particularly stark, as member station WWNO's Rosemary Westwood reports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC ...