Central KY here - it’s on the tail-end now. Lots of ice, rain and snow. Tons of downed trees in the neighborhood. We still have power for now, but it’s been shaky and flickering for the last hour. Internet still on, obviously.
Going to get cold tonight, so this winter wonderland isnt’ going away anytime soon. Can count on more trees down tonight, that’s for sure.
More than a million wait in icy darkness across US
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Well over a million people shivered in ice-bound homes across the country Wednesday, waiting for warmer weather and for utility crews to restring power lines brought down by a storm that killed 23 as it took a snowy, icy journey from the Southern Plains to the East Coast.
But with temperatures plunging, utility officials warned that it could be mid-February before electricity is restored to some of the hardest-hit places. The worst of the power failures were in Kentucky, Arkansas and Ohio.
Just getting to their source was difficult for utility crews. Ice-encrusted tree limbs and power lines blocked glazed roads, and cracking limbs pierced the air like popping gunfire as they snapped.
In Kentucky, National Guard soldiers were dispatched to remove the debris. Oklahoma, already struggling to restore power there, planned to send crews to help in Arkansas later in the week.
“It looks like a tornado came through, but there wasn’t a path; it was everywhere,” said Mel Coleman, the chief executive officer of the North Arkansas Electric Cooperative in Salem. The power is out at his house, too, and he spent Tuesday night in a chair at his office.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_us/winter_storm