Kentucky Ice Storm

In case you didn’t know, Paducah, KY, and much of the mid-west, has experienced one of the worst ice storms of the century in the past three days. Up until last night, Nik and I were in the middle of it with my sister, brother-in-law and nieces. Their entire neighborhood has not had power for days, and probably won’t for another week or two. It is a catastrophe that I can’t imagine, even though I was there. Every branch, leaf, pine needle, seed pod, birds’ nest, car, blade of grass, power line, garbage can, road sign and road was covered in at least 1/2 an inch of solid ice. Ice cycles were hanging from every fence, gutter and window sill. As we laid down to sleep Tuesday night, we heard the snap-crash-bang of tree after tree falling to the ground. When we woke up Wednesday morning, the yards looked like a war zone.

Here are just a few of the photos I took…

No Outlet...even before the tree fell across the street

The house covered in snow. Luckily, there weren't any trees close enough to fall on the house. Several of the neighbors weren't so fortunate.

The Chevrolet