A cup of coffee...

[EagerBeaver]

Sleet rapidly changed over to snow here in Springfield MO at about 5:30 PM. Four inches of snow on the ground at my apt on top of sleet.

I am chilled to the bone, my car got stuck in a drift and so did the folks that helped me. Spent a loooooooong time outside helping folks and getting to know people, it was fun!

[Linda]

Our trees are loaded with ice and it's suppose to rain most of the night. The low will be in the mid 20's, so it will be really messy in the morning. I just pray none of our trees break off and onto the house. Stay warm everybody! Buuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[Gerald Creasy]

That mound below the tree is the top of a Pontiac Bonnieville.



Chilled Magnolia. We still have power but houses around us do not. Roads are blocked with downed lines and trees.


Trees Down

[Susie Hamilton]

And here in Norfolk the temp is 67. But that will change in the next 24 hrs.

[Jennifer Smith]

Sleet rapidly changed over to snow here in Springfield MO at about 5:30 PM. Four inches of snow on the ground at my apt on top of sleet.

I am chilled to the bone, my car got stuck in a drift and so did the folks that helped me. Spent a loooooooong time outside helping folks and getting to know people, it was fun!

Me too, my neighbors are fun and help each other. I didn't bother to clear my driveway, but I cleaned off my schoolbus and van, pulled huge sheets of Thick ice off the top of it and helped the neighbors.

Their house was beautiful this morning. They have trees covered with ice like the pictures Gerald posted, but with white and colored Christmas lights behind them in the dawn light, it was gorgeous. I was outside moving my bus because the neighbor called to say a power line was hanging rather close over it. Praise the Lord we still have power.
My daughter spent the night at a friends and had to come home early this morning because they lost power so they were on their way to a hotel.

[Gerald Creasy]

We lost work due to the storm. Many friends are without power and trees are down everywhere. The pictures I posted show only a little of my backyard...I've got a lot of work ahead of me after the thaw.

Some are not to get power back for weeks.

Governer declared state of emergency:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090129/ap_on_re_us/winter_storm


Obama says "Ice? Toughen up!"

http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-na-dc-snow28-2009jan29,0,5924736.story

[Jennifer Smith]

We lost work due to the storm. Many friends are without power and trees are down everywhere. The pictures I posted show only a little of my backyard...I've got a lot of work ahead of me after the thaw.

Some are not to get power back for weeks.

Governer declared state of emergency:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090129/ap_on_re_us/winter_storm


Obama says "Ice? Toughen up!"

http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-na-dc-snow28-2009jan29,0,5924736.story

I've missed four days work (inc. tomorrow)... I'm going to miss that on my paycheck! Sam was able to go to work every day but came home at 10 yesterday, said there was nobody there!

I hope we are not dealing with problems at our schools (like Ike) which will prevent school on Monday. This is the "most severe" ice storm in Kentuckiana history. I believe we can get used to hearing words like "most severe", "worst" "largest" in regards to weather headlines. BTW, I was able to file for disaster unemployment for the week I lost due to Ike, I'm not sure if we will have that opportunity this time? In any case, I know God will provide.

The kids and I had cabin fever so badly I tried to get my van out. It got stuck and the neighbors had to help me push it out of the road. So, we hiked the six blocks to DQ... that was coooollldd (and slippery). But well worth it to get out of the house.