One of the Worst Ice Storms in Years Continues From Texas to Kentucky

[Purveyor]

An ice storm will continue to affect millions of people into Friday and threaten to cut power for hundreds of thousands from northern Texas to western Kentucky.

Travel by vehicle or foot will be dangerous during and after the storm, due to icy roads and falling trees and power lines. The power could be out for days in hard-hit areas. In some locations hit by ice, temperatures will dip into the single digits and teens in the storm's wake, causing wet and slushy areas to freeze solid and adding to the hardship for those without heat.



Metro areas from Dallas to Little Rock, Ark.; Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Memphis, Tenn.; Evansville, Ind.; and Louisville, Ky.; will be affected by a period of freezing rain that will build up on exposed surfaces, including trees and power lines.

In some locations, the storm has the potential to allow one half an inch or more of ice to accumulate on the ground and accrue on elevated surfaces.

The storm is similar in size and may be similar in magnitude to a storm just several years ago.



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[broiles]

1. I'm living it now.

[Purveyor]

2. I'm hoping you are still on the grid. Sending prayers and good karma your way. No juice when

it is going to be this cold is devastating.

Godspeed my friend!

[broiles]

6. Thanks. We still have power.

Since our house is all electric that's important. But we have a generator and pellet stoves just in case.

[madfloridian]

3. Relative in Dallas had no power for about 11 hours.

Lost branches of trees in yard. Sounds really bad there.

[longship]

4. Thank goodness it's cold here.

Not warm enough for an ice storm, and too cold for heavy snow. Unfortunately, my car's battery is giving out. Will have to get a new one soon. 15 miles to town here. One learns to be pro-active. Stranded here is really stranded.

Stay safe southern DUers.

[thecrow]

5. I lived through an ice storm in PA in 1992 or 3

Temperatures dropped to -40F wind chill... we had no power and I couldn't even make tea.
I told the kids to bundle up and go to bed and read until the flashlights burned out.
At night you could hear the trees exploding in the field behind our house. It looked like they had been hit by lightning! The cold and ice just destroyed them. We couldn't get out because there were inches of ice on the ground and it was impossible to walk on it. The tires of my car were stuck to the ground with 4 inches of ice.
I now live in a house with a fireplace, so at least there's that.
Everybody... stay safe and try to keep warm!

[RobinA]

11. The Storm

that convinced me hell was cold, not hot. I still haven't gotten over that one. It seemed endless.

[lindysalsagal]

7. Trouble is, these state aren't at all prepared for this.

They don't have the shovels, alternate sources of power, ice melt, snowplows, salted roads, stored food. It's not so tough up north where we are more prepared.

Good luck, and I hope it's over quickly for you all!

[Demo_Chris]

8. Experiencing the joy of it here.

So far no real issues though. Which is good, because if I lose power I have no backup heat.

[Redford]

9. cold as hell but we are warm and dry

lost satellite for awhile last night but never lost power. I have some bent over ice laden trees, though. Hopefully they will be okay.

[Demo_Chris]

10. Here's a picture of what of looks like out front. That's main street....

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[redqueen]

12. One half an inch or more?

Try at least an inch.

Fortunately whatever precipitation hits over the weekend should be snow.

At least people took the advance warnings seriously. Many stores in this area were practically emptied by Thursday night.