Posted on 01/27/2009 6:06:36 PM PST by janetjanet998
reports coming in of major damage from 1-2 inches of ice over the area..its still raining with temps below freezing in many areas.
information is sketchy but major damage to infrastructure are trickling in. Damage to houses from falling trees, multiple power poles down, and widespread power outages
Travel is impossible in many area because of 100's of downed trees blocking the roads.
Fires are reported in some area
widespread state of emergencies issued
Northern AR, SE MO and western KY seems to the the hardest hit so far..but things are icing up fast now in the Louisville/Lexington areas too
text message :
“Curfew in paducah now we r taking shelter in basement if u want to post that. Large whole trees falling”
Ice is the bad ju ju bug...makes many toothpicks....gov’t no can do... electric go snap crackle poop.....women get too close to sleep comfortable,,,,,,dogs come in...house smells.....dogs hog front of fire place....soup bean very good though....dog try to steal ham hock from bean pot.....no can hear flappin gum of double fork tongue men in top hat and long coat...God still loves us all.
Pretty amazing temperature gradients as well...
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/sfc_mgm.gif
65 in Huntsville and 37 in Nashville and Memphis
God’s speed Janet...hang tough
text message from Paducah:
“House just got hit by something large. Whole house shook still in basement”
It’s still icy in Oklahoma. I’m in Tulsa and it’s all over the place. But, it’s definitely not like the worst ice storm in state history, of December 2007. Nothing like that at all.
Right now there are a very few flakes of snow coming down. It started on Monday with freezing rain, then later on (many hours later) it turned into ice or snow pellets, and then a bit later, it was then a very light dusting of snow...
It hasn’t melted at all since beginning and everything is coated with ice. It will be here, probably until the end of the week, although it starts warming up very slightly tomorrow...
Thanks for that plot...I can read teh temps and the dew points and the wind speed and direction....I forgot what the colored dots mean.....IIRC, that’s a weatherman’s / pilot’s/ map of current conditions. Are those surface temps?
Fox 6 weather says a few snow flakes and cold rain in north Alabama, but no real problems. That front is moving NE and the worst of it should miss Alabama.
and the facism
Freepers with ya...it’s gonna be OK.
Right in the heart of it, here. Roads weren’t too bad on the commute home tonight, but the trees are heavy with ice. Every few, I hear another tree limb in the neighborhood come crashing down. So far, still have power. Praise God.
Got the oil lamps, fireplace, propane grill. We’ll be a-ok.
Of course, I’m a native New Englander, so this is a typical winter storm to me!
LOL Are you bored?
U ever wonder if 0 ever recalls what happened to Mussi when the Allies came in? Doubt it....it was the P’Od Italians that pulled a muzzie on him and his wife.
Indeed so!
In a forested area, it's like being in a war zone, sitting in the dark, listening to a constest barrage of "ka-pow!", wondering just how close that last "ka-pow" was, and it just keeps on going all night.
I feel fortunate today, for the storm barely brushed my area. We had tons of rain, but about 50 miles up the road, they are getting hammered by the ice...
Isn't D.C. supposed to be iced-in tomorrow?
If it is, how much do you want to bet he'll cancel out?
If he can be driven through the streets to Congress by a limo driver and police escort, how much do you want to bet he'll cancel out, anyhow.
In other words, even this con-artist cretin, Gore, doesn't want embarrassing photos and uncomfortable questions tomorrow on the Hill.
Leni
Did Rove forget to turn off his weather machine? Did he take it with him when he departed? Or perhaps a counterfeit weather machine was made by the Chinese and secretly sold to Obama.
We may never know the whole, true story.
Lord, protect Janetjanet998, her family and her house in the storm. Let the trees fall to the right and to the left, but not on her home. Amen.
Be careful with the gas and oil friend!
Jim
Springdale, AR (25 miles east of me) got hit hard, accdg to the news. They had two sets of freezing rain move through.
Temps have dropped from around 27 degrees most of the day to 18 now.
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