That is cold air pouring in.
Posted on 01/29/2009 7:03:43 PM PST by justa-hairyape
PADUCAH, Ky. – Storm-battered residents of several states hunkered down in frigid homes and shelters Thursday, expecting to spend at least a week without power and waiting in long lines to buy generators, firewood, groceries and bottled water.
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I live in Hopkinsville. Do you all need anything? I could probably bring a week’s worth of food and water for a family of 4 up there. Just don’t know who to give it to.
Also, there’s a store here called Honda of Hopkinsville that was supposed to be getting 150 generators in tonight. Not sure if they’re selling, leasing or loaning them. Here’s the phone number: 270-885-6108. You might want to spread the word about those generators. I’ve got a bad feeling that they’re out by now, though, because they were advertising on the radio this afternoon.
Good luck! Praying for all of those still without power.
Did Kentucky vote for Soetoro? I need to know, so I can know whether to feel sorry for them or not.
Heavy 1/2 chain, heavy Master lock and hidden movement alarm made from wireless door alarm will solve most stealing problems. Had mine chained to 4000 pound tractor (car or truck will also do) for a week after hurricane Gustov. Had shotgun and 44 mag. as auxiliary deterrents. I really saddens to hear about people trying to to survive being poisoned by CO from generators.
We have an excellent view of the end of the deck from our bedroom window upstairs, as does our son the incipient Marine. Besides, to steal it somebody would have to scale a gate and traverse the length of the house some distance above the ground, then manage to cut a couple of good sized logging chains and two BIG locks.
If this pattern continues into spring, we will see more tornadoes up north.
Another cold snap is heading for the UK, as forecasters warn of the chilliest winter for 13 years.
Our auxiliary deterrents are a Rem 870 12 ga. pump shotgun and a couple of .45 ACPs. Thankfully nobody has ever tried to steal the generator. Although somebody did steal the passenger side step bar off my son's truck, right in the driveway.
Soetoro is handling this disaster with supreme competence and overflowing compassion. You can depend on it. No more questions allowed.
Nope, KY is still American.
That is cold air pouring in.
No, the Bluegrass went red.
Oldvike, thank you very much for your kind offer. We live out in the county but have made it in to my mother-inlaw’s in town and she at least has water. So, we are ok. I am worried about many others who do not have the option we did. Perhaps you may find a way to help them. I will spread the word on the generators regardless. I probably wont post again tonight as I am on a laptop with a rapidly discharging battery.
Again, thank you so much for your kind offer!
The Associated Press reports frigid weather has killed eight people in Michigan over the past 10 days.
Are you kidding???
Strangely enough, we haven't lost cable or phone service, so we can get online and also watch the local news about how long it could be until our power is restored. Unfortunately, we have also been watching this monster storm developing all day, and right now they haven't decided what it is going to do to us. There is a chance that it will start out by dropping an inch of rain on us, which would go a long way toward melting the ice off of everything, but then it might follow through with about a foot of snow.
With over half of Hardin County without power, the local water pumping stations on emergency generators, and many of the local schools being turned into emergency shelters, I don't know how much more of this global warming we can take.
Are you kidding??? Of course we didn’t.....
Yikes. Might go below 0 in some areas without power.
The air-mass isn’t artic but cold enough for wet heavy snow.
I just talked (by cell phone) to a friend in Louisville. They have been without power a few days, and I invited them to get on I-75 (which is probably cleared) and down, about 3 1/2 hours to my house in Tennessee. I have a warm, comfortable guest house for them to stay in when this new storm moves in.
All this ice went just north of us. We had rain when Kentucky got ice. Today it was beautiful weather here, spring like. I live on the Tennessee/Kentucky border.
And Enterprise, I agree, where is FEMA? When the evil Bush sent the hurricane Katrina to Louisiana to kill all those people the press was blaming him before it hit. The weather servive predicted (like Katrina) this storm, and the one coming.
Amazing, isn’t it, the difference in the press coverage of these natural weather events?
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