Ready for another ice storm?????

**crossarm** · 12-05-2013, 05:13 PM

Thanx guys. mrdux I remember well the guy that got killed. Transformer pole broke with him on it.

**slabseeker1** · 12-05-2013, 08:44 PM

Well this yankee moved south to get away from winter! I looked ahead at the 10 day forecast and am now wondering if I'll be able to fish again this year

. Mrdux, if your needing help with that deer meat I'll be right over.

**M R Dux** · 12-06-2013, 10:22 AM

You guys to the east of KY Lake had better be prepared. It is slicker than goose crap here with 1/4 inch of ice with about 1 inch of sleet on top. Sleet is forecast then snow for the rest of the day.

**crossarm** · 12-06-2013, 05:31 PM

We got lucky and dodged a bullet, thank The Lord. Only had one trouble call all day and it was a house fire. Poor woman lost everything but she has a big family that will help her. We got a little ice and a little sleet but are in good shape. Thanks for everyones thoughts

**wannabe fisherman** · 12-07-2013, 06:20 AM

waiting for the second wave that's supposed to be here tomorrow, so far everything in Louisville is COOL

**dkb23** · 12-08-2013, 12:16 AM

I work in management for Ameren Missouri. We were a big part in that 09 ice storm along with many others in getting the power back on in Western Kentucky and southeast Missouri. The amount of work and logistics that goes into a major storm like that is off the charts. When something like that takes place, it is no fun. So much can happen. Though I will tell you, it is pretty awesome to work hard and make a difference in times of need. The devistation in some areas was astronomical!

**SirBob** · 12-09-2013, 11:54 AM

DKB23 you are correct. We all take electricity for granted when it is up. 2009 was a game changer, Major logistics, I know one supervisor locally that retired Dec 2008 from the local electric cooperative, he was in Florida for the winter and was called to come back and work as a subcontractor to lead Mississppi crews here in Central KY. Ice storms are a major inconvenience to the customers, the power companies and to all the lineman in state and those that come from out of state to help restore power. They work LONG cold hours for days, weeks even months. During 2009, I thanked several lineman while eating breakfast at local restaraunts before going to work myself for their services. By the way,they came to Etown, established power to motels and restraunts that did not have power, so they could eat warm meals and get some sleep in a warm place after after those log days. Several people had problems with that, but I don't think they saw the big picture.

**M R Dux** · 12-09-2013, 02:24 PM

Many of the electrical contractors who we were around in SEMO had actually brought large generators with them and hooked the motels up to them. I missed 9 days of my snow goose hunts in 09 because Sikeston, MO had no power. That meant we had access to no lodging, food or fuel. Pretty pointless to try to bring a bunch of hunters from as far as 16 hours away into those conditions.

I know some farmers in SEMO who got rich helping the line crews. Most of the main lines were down in farm areas where the roads might be 2 miles apart and the farmers were on stand-by to use their huge tractors to drag the power contractor equipment across the gumbo mud fields. Everybody involved in that task earned their money.

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