Prayers are with all of you who are affected by the really bad weather, snow, ice, cold, train wreck, tornados, etc. Hoping and praying that things are cleared up soon and everything gets back to normal! Stay safe! Liz On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:59:30 -0600 "Debbie Sumner" <dfsumner@crosstel.net> writes: > Checking in............Well we are in the major area, fortunately we > were on > the eastern edge, we still have about 2 inches of ice on the trees. > We did > not lose our electric totally this time (2000 we lost it for 14 > days), but > unfortunately my daughter is out and may be a week before she has > electric > again, she does have gas so she is warm. My daughter-in-laws family > lives > 60 miles in McAlester which is not good, no electric and may be > without for > 2 to 3 weeks and my Uncle is in Muskogee in the country to the south > and > they are saying maybe 30 days. Electric poles snapping like > toothpicks. They > finally got a generator so they could run some small heaters. It is > bad > here, 92,000 people without electric just in Oklahoma. As Brec > said, (and I > too have family in the bolivar, springfield area) they are about as > bad. > McAlester looks like a war zone and so does Muskogee, reports from > family > that springfield is almost as bad. I think McAlester has about 4 > to 6 > inches of ice and more in places. Please say a prayer for all > tonight, > everywhere, ice area, train area, tornado areas, we have had it all > int he > states. > > Debbie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brec Morton" <bmorton@kc.rr.com> > To: <south-central-kentucky@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:50 PM > Subject: Re: [SCKY] CHECKING IN ... Storm in Missouri > > > > Kansas City got some inconvenient and troublesome sleet, freezing > rain and > > snow but we basically missed the worst of the storm. The problem > here and > in > > the rest of Missouri is now the bitter cold. > > There is a strip of heavy ice running up the I44 corridor with > towns like > > Springfield, Bolivar, and Weaubleau where much of my family ended > up, are > > without power in the cold. Many areas in Missouri and Oklahoma > will be > > without power for at least a week. > > Brec Morton > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/628 - Release Date: > 1/15/2007 > 11:04 AM > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > >