Laissez les bons temps rouler. This phrase is often mentioned in Louisiana and around the Gulf Coast when Mardi Gras is celebrated. It is well known touristically around the United States from television and radio. It is not an expression used in other French-speaking countries.
noun. verb. The definition of a surge is a sudden gust of something or a very sudden and dramatic increase. 1  An example of a surge is a crowd that suddenly and quickly moves forward. 2  An example of a surge is a sudden increase of electric current or voltage.
Since storm surge is defined as the rise of water beyond what would be expected by the normal movement due to tides, storm surge is measured using tidal predictions, with the assumption that the tide prediction is well-known and only slowly varying in the region subject to the surge.