Was a pretty nasty storm. My truck in southeast mo has 2" of sleet w/ another 2" of ice on top. Then about 3 inches of snow on top of that. Took a full day to get the ice off my truck. Trees look like they have all been racked by explosives. As elsewhere local linemen are claiming that they've never seen a storm like this.
Dunklin Co. has an estimated 6000 poles down if I heard the report correctly today... The local camping area at Wappapello Lake has opened their campground to people w/ RV's until this is over w/.
At a warming shelter in Sikeston, MO, I heard rumors that a 13 year old girl was almost sexually abused by a "minority". Her father stepped in and almost touched off a riot. Other churches have turned people away because of similar actions, limiting their shelters to people w/in 10 miles.
The power went out at my house on Tuesday the 27th and was restored on the 31st at about 10:00 at night. My mom and dad just go theirs turned on today.
The local power Co-oP has a MASSIVE undertaking to contend with. Though I am still pissed at them for making my parents sit in the dark for over a week when power was restored to their neighbors less than 1/4 of a mile in either direction. But I suppose their policy is their policy...