Black snow, as the ash is known ... as planned burns are carried out in thousands of acres of sugar cane fields to help the crops. People who live around the south shore of Lake Okeechobee ...

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The snow acted as an insulator, said LSU AgCenter sugar cane specialist Kenneth Gravois. That insulating layer kept the ground from dropping below freezing and damaging the cane's root system.