OT:Ice Storms in the South/ Dixie Popcycle

[Maui Tom]

I live in a circle

(I'm a dork)

borderline

[artist4perry]

Sorry to hear about that, and im sorry you live in Arkansas, its freezin rain in Md, thanks for sending that shit my way lol

Aw, you know I loves ya SteveW2, we love to be hospitable. Enjoy!

thanks missy

Schools out again tomorrow. Do schools close due to ice storms where you are SW2?

You have schollds there ?// Yeh they close them if somebody dumps a slurpee out their window,although today they waiting till all the kids were in school then decided to close the schools, they are retarded

Yes we have schools, with a school marm, outhouse, and everthin. I herd you guys have more than one room in yer skoools up thar. Is that true?

[Michigan Girl]

I live in a circle

You must keep Pi around.
(I'm a dork)

or TT....

[AlteredDNA]

I live in a circle

You must keep Pi around.
(I'm a dork)

[artist4perry]

Wow, your speed limit is only 20 in suburbia?!?!?!

Thats as fast as the cars can go in that state

Hey we can't have them passin the coverd waggens now can we? Ma pass the snuff............LOL!

You have them too Ginger?

That looks like the luxury model, Pa has been savin up fer that one! Sold a mule he did!

[Rick]

This is the front of my dads truck after he drove down here this afternoon from Oklahoma.

[artist4perry]

My neighbor just scared me, he went under the tree that limbs are falling from and I heard a huge 'CRASH"! Of course he was fine but that was too close!

[artist4perry]

This is the front of my dads truck after he drove down here this afternoon from Oklahoma.

Pretty!

[DrFU]

32 F and spitting freezing rain in Aggieland. Yesterday I was out walking in shorts and t-shirt. Winter in central Texas. Yee haw.

[Maui Tom]

rainy and 66 I should just zip it huh?

[Rick]

This is the front of my dads truck after he drove down here this afternoon from Oklahoma.

Pretty!

Yep. He was supposed to spend the night and fly out to Houston tomorrow where he was connecting to another flight. With the weather, he decided to head to Houston tonight, to make sure he doesn't miss his connection in the morning. With the weather, his drive was slow, mostly because he started his wind shield wipers before they thawed and they both broke. He drove all the way down here with no wind shield wipers. I met him at the airport and got him to his flight, then drove that thing home, just like that. That was a nice adventure.

[Angel]

Here are a couple of pictures from my run this morning...it was 5 degrees outside when I left but it had warmed up to 7 by the time I got home.

[Don]

I had NO idea Arkansas had paved roadways.

Maybe next century, they can work on adding sidewalks.

[geforcefla]

Wow!!! That is unbeliveable!!! Sorry for you guys........even more sorry to say I had lunch today by the beach.....bout 73 and georgous!

[ScarabGator]

Wow!!! That is unbeliveable!!! Sorry for you guys........even more sorry to say I had lunch today by the beach.....bout 73 and georgous!

hell yes!!! Thats my type of heaven!!!!

[Suzanne]

Hello everyone- FINALLY. I'm in KY, an hour southwest of Louisville. We got 3 inches of all ice/sleet and then 2 inches of snow. No power for four days, didn't get out of our subdivision until today. The trees were raining ice and branches on Tues. night. Scary shit. Glad to be back online now! Hope everyone stays warm. We were lucky. Louisville won't have the power back on 100% until maybe another week, south of us might be out for 4 weeks because it's so damaged by ice and fallen branches/trees.

[Suzanne]

Hello everyone- FINALLY. I'm in KY, an hour southwest of Louisville. We got 3 inches of all ice/sleet and then 2 inches of snow. No power for four days, didn't get out of our subdivision until today. The trees were raining ice and branches on Tues. night. Scary shit. Glad to be back online now! Hope everyone stays warm. We were lucky. Louisville won't have the power back on 100% until maybe another week, south of us might be out for 4 weeks because it's so damaged by ice and fallen branches/trees.

It's been a trip hasn't it. Second worst Ice storm of my lifetime. '77/78 was the worst ever. We only lost power for a few minutes and it's been on since. Some neighbors weren't so lucky.

I've never been so excited to be able to get back to work. HA HA Our power keeps flickering here and there, doesn't go off though but I think that's because of surges when people are getting it back on. We're keeping our fingers crossed.

[artist4perry]

Hi Suzanne from KY. My heart goes out to you and all the other states hard hit by this storm. They are calling it the storm of 2009 here in Northeast Arkansas. It is the worst in our history. The area looks like a war zone. We too were hit hard by the storms. They have declaired our area a national disaster area. Over 3,000 power poles snaped to the bases. Trees look like they were blown up by bombs.

I will add pictures later. We had over an inch of ice on the trees. Pines snapped like pencils.

I was lucky. We only lost power for 5 days, I just got electric back. We had to stay elsewhere for the last few nights. No heat and 15 degrees some nights. We were lucky, some of my fellow Arkansans will be out of power for a month they predict. Schools have been closed all week.

One Trumann officer lost his life, he was laying out cones to protect drivers and a tree branch fell on him killing him instantly. Another man killed by a falling tree. It sounded like bombs going off all around us.

Most of my trees in my yard will have to be chopped down. As I said, we were lucky. Sorry for being gone so long..........anyone miss me?

[artist4perry]

Fact Finder, you guys alright?

[Michigan Girl]

Sorry for being gone so long..........anyone miss me?

Of course.....glad to hear you are well!!

[artist4perry]

Sorry for being gone so long..........anyone miss me?

Of course.....glad to hear you are well!!

Thank you MG! Your so sweet! I hope all our MR folks will be O.K. during this clean up opperation. Chime in if your in the disaster areas, but makin it alright!
Missed talking to you guys!

My parents will probably not have power for a month they say, they live in the country.

We were driving down our street tonight, to check on the cats, and check for busted pipes and damage, and I saw the first porch light on going up our street, I cheered. My husband said I was seeing lights from another street, never saw such a beautiful sight.

So many without heat, food, and power. We will try and ask people if they need a place to get warm and fed tomorrow. We just hope our power stays on! Fingers crossed!

[Rick]

Hi Suzanne from KY. My heart goes out to you and all the other states hard hit by this storm. They are calling it the storm of 2009 here in Northeast Arkansas. It is the worst in our history. The area looks like a war zone. We too were hit hard by the storms. They have declaired our area a national disaster area. Over 3,000 power poles snaped to the bases. Trees look like they were blown up by bombs.

I will add pictures later. We had over an inch of ice on the trees. Pines snapped like pencils.

I was lucky. We only lost power for 5 days, I just got electric back. We had to stay elsewhere for the last few nights. No heat and 15 degrees some nights. We were lucky, some of my fellow Arkansans will be out of power for a month they predict. Schools have been closed all week.

One Trumann officer lost his life, he was laying out cones to protect drivers and a tree branch fell on him killing him instantly. Another man killed by a falling tree. It sounded like bombs going off all around us.

Most of my trees in my yard will have to be chopped down. As I said, we were lucky. Sorry for being gone so long..........anyone miss me?

I'm glad you're ok, that's some serious stuff. Sorry to hear about the officer. That's very sad.

My home town and most of eastern central and south eastern Oklahoma had that happen twice in 5 years. A year later there were still big piles of debris (mostly tree remnants) piled up at the curbs. They still don't have much in the way of trees there. My home town (McAlester) used to be such a pretty town, but now looks so barren.

Go buy a chainsaw now, as they'll be hard to find for a long time.

[artist4perry]

Fact Finder, you guys alright?

We're great thanks. My Dad and Sis are still without power and staying at a hotel. We're supposed to hit 45 degrees today, it's 36 now and shit is falling out of the trees like rain and it's sunny as hell outside. Weird looking out the window. It's melting, melting,.......

Glad to hear it is melting, it will make it easier for the men to get the lines up. I hope your folks will get to go home soon. If you get any pics, post them here so we can see.

My folks are staying with my sis who has a generator going for heat and a couple of lamps. They have a gas fireplace at her house. I have offered them to come here to shower, stay, or do laundry now ours has returned.

We have fleets of utility trucks on the road. People have come in from all over to help, if anyone reading this is a lineman who came to assist, your a hero in my book! The hotels are overflowing here. People are taking shelter where they can.

Rick this is the worst storm we have ever had. I feel for the people in Oklahoma as well. I heard it was hit with storms too.
We did not get much by way of snow, just freezing rain and ice.
Our area was so lush and green. Most of the trees were destroyed.

[stevew2]

Why were you running was someone chasing you?

Here are a couple of pictures from my run this morning...it was 5 degrees outside when I left but it had warmed up to 7 by the time I got home.

[stevew2]

My driveway at 10 this morning during the worst of the storm. I just spent 2 solid hours clearing the drive and cleaning off one car. The Cavalier you see is still buried under 10 inches of snow and ice, maybe I'll thaw it tomorrow. Beer thirty now.

Cavalier?that is worse than a Malibu, Thank god it had snow on it and i didnt have to see it

[artist4perry]

These are not the best photos of the damage, but gives you an idea.