Freezing to death in Kentucky

_Crazy_Mary_

Does anybody have info on this topic? I can barely find anything out there. I heard that they were up to 45 people a few days ago.

Commy

this is the first I've heard about this.


what's going on?

DragonsAfter3or4

Huh??? :?:
I live in Louisville, and yes, the state was hit by the worst ice storm in state history and had the largest power outages in state history, nobody is freezing to death due to no help. Tons of shelters were opened, some didn't want to go.

There have been deaths because people don't pay attention and run a generator either in their houses or attached garages which have killed them.

24 deaths in Kentucky, 55 nationwide as for the 3rd.

"FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Steve Beshear (beh-SHEER) is raising his state's death toll to 24 in a storm that caked several states in ice last week.

That means at least 55 people have died in the storm nationwide.

Beshear says in a letter to President Barack Obama released Monday that 10 of the deaths were from carbon monoxide poisoning and at least nine others from hypothermia."

NoK

You guys are freezing and here in Australia there are record temperatures, bush fires and floods. Temperature has reached 47 in some places in VIC and NSW.

QuarterToTen

a heartbreaking local story

http://www.local12.com/content/breaking ... Cqbsg.cspx

_Crazy_Mary_

DragonsAfter3or4 wrote:

Huh??? :?:
I live in Louisville, and yes, the state was hit by the worst ice storm in state history and had the largest power outages in state history, nobody is freezing to death due to no help. Tons of shelters were opened, some didn't want to go.

There have been deaths because people don't pay attention and run a generator either in their houses or attached garages which have killed them.

24 deaths in Kentucky, 55 nationwide as for the 3rd.

"FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Steve Beshear (beh-SHEER) is raising his state's death toll to 24 in a storm that caked several states in ice last week.

That means at least 55 people have died in the storm nationwide.

Beshear says in a letter to President Barack Obama released Monday that 10 of the deaths were from carbon monoxide poisoning and at least nine others from hypothermia."

thanks for the info!

This story is so sad! I also heard that the roads were closed due to ice, so even if shelters were available there was no way to get there. And with the power out, and no wood heat and you're freezing I can see why people would run their generators indoors. Of course, I realize that creates carbon monoxide poisoning, but I can see how one might be so desperate as to do so.

CJMST3K

global warming is to blame.

Riverrunner

I live in Massac County, Illinois - one of the seven southernmost counties of Illinois that was hit by the same storm. I work across the river in McCracken County, KY. It has been a nightmare and things are slowly getting back to normal. We got our power back this past Wednesday after 9 days of no power. Some of those days it got as low as 13 degrees, but some days were up to 50 degrees. We were lucky in that we had one gas log, but it failed to really warm an 1800 square foot Victorian house with 11 foot ceilings. Luckily the heat went up the stairway so we hung out upstairs. The temp upstairs ranged from 55 to 59 degrees. The temp in the kitchen ranged from 45 to 49. We wore sockcaps, hoodies, snow boots, and insulated socks in the house. We also had hot water (gas hot water heater), and a land line. But we had no cell phone service or cable either for a while. We have some damage to our roof (minor), damage to our gutters, and it cost $500.00 to have the weatherhead re-attached to the house. We have piles and piles of limbs. Luckily my husband has and uses a chain saw. There are out of town tree trimmers that are giving quotes of $13,000 to $20,000 to clear limbs and trim hanging limbs. We have tons of out of town electrical contractors and tree trimmers in the area.

I heard today that 100,000 Kentuckians are still out of power. My sister-in-law and brother-in-law are still without power as well as several other people I know. Luckily it got close to 60 degrees today and will be warm for the next few days. However, one person in our area died right after the storm because his home health provider could not get to his home to replace his oxygen tanks. I guess when his oxygen ran out he died. Really sad. We have so many storm stories that I would bore you with all of them. But yes, it has been very hard and this area will not be the same for many, many years. They say that about 95% of our trees are damaged. It looks like a war zone when you drive down the street.

know1

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

This story is so sad! I also heard that the roads were closed due to ice, so even if shelters were available there was no way to get there. And with the power out, and no wood heat and you're freezing I can see why people would run their generators indoors. Of course, I realize that creates carbon monoxide poisoning, but I can see how one might be so desperate as to do so.

Not exactly accurate. As people have said, there was plenty of help and opportunities.

DragonsAfter3or4

know1 wrote:

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

This story is so sad! I also heard that the roads were closed due to ice, so even if shelters were available there was no way to get there. And with the power out, and no wood heat and you're freezing I can see why people would run their generators indoors. Of course, I realize that creates carbon monoxide poisoning, but I can see how one might be so desperate as to do so.

Not exactly accurate. As people have said, there was plenty of help and opportunities.

Amen to that. And to add to this... I think it's very crazy for Mary to say that "And with the power out, and no wood heat and you're freezing I can see why people would run their generators indoors. Of course, I realize that creates carbon monoxide poisoning, but I can see how one might be so desperate as to do so" is bonkers.

So... you and many others realize it's DANGEROUS and FATAL to run a generator indoors but would do it anyway?? What does no power and no wood for heat have to do with anything regarding running a generator indoors???

You put the generator at least 10 feet away from any doors or windows OUTSIDE your house and wallaaaa.... You have power and heat and no deaths!

melodious

Blessings and Prayers

sent from California...

I am so saddened for your grief and your loss. peace.

Riverrunner

Below is a link to an Associated Press article by Roger Alford. It is about an Amish family in one of our Western Kentucky communities who helped out a non-Amish neighbor during the ice storm. The Amish live without electricity anyway so the extended outage did not bother them. I thought it was very interesting.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ICE_STORM_AMISH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-02-05-04-46-39

_Crazy_Mary_

:roll:

DragonsAfter3or4 wrote:

Amen to that. And to add to this... I think it's very crazy for Mary to say that "And with the power out, and no wood heat and you're freezing I can see why people would run their generators indoors. Of course, I realize that creates carbon monoxide poisoning, but I can see how one might be so desperate as to do so" is bonkers.

So... you and many others realize it's DANGEROUS and FATAL to run a generator indoors but would do it anyway?? What does no power and no wood for heat have to do with anything regarding running a generator indoors???

You put the generator at least 10 feet away from any doors or windows OUTSIDE your house and wallaaaa.... You have power and heat and no deaths!

No, I said I could see how one might be so desperate as to do so... thanks for calling me bonkers, that really made my heart shine :roll: Of course, as I also said, I know it creates carbon monoxide poisoning so I wouldn't run a generator indoors... Not everybody knows the dangers out there.

Riverrunner

What you said, Crazy Mary, was not so crazy. There was an elderly couple who had co poisoning because their generator was not far enough away from their window. They thought it was, but the window wasn't that well insulated. A boy scout troop was doing a door to door check and saw that the woman had symptoms of co poisoning. She went to the hospital and survived. They re-situated the generator for them too. So people who are not used to using generators make mistakes.

A public housing unit was evacuated to a shelter because the residents were using their gas ranges for heat. The housing authority employees had actually advised the residents how to do it. They thought they were going to use them anyway so wanted to make sure they did it as safely as possible. Then someone from HUD called and told them to get them out so they did.

DragonsAfter3or4

_Crazy_Mary_ wrote:

:roll:

DragonsAfter3or4 wrote:

Amen to that. And to add to this... I think it's very crazy for Mary to say that "And with the power out, and no wood heat and you're freezing I can see why people would run their generators indoors. Of course, I realize that creates carbon monoxide poisoning, but I can see how one might be so desperate as to do so" is bonkers.

So... you and many others realize it's DANGEROUS and FATAL to run a generator indoors but would do it anyway?? What does no power and no wood for heat have to do with anything regarding running a generator indoors???

You put the generator at least 10 feet away from any doors or windows OUTSIDE your house and wallaaaa.... You have power and heat and no deaths!

No, I said I could see how one might be so desperate as to do so... thanks for calling me bonkers, that really made my heart shine :roll: Of course, as I also said, I know it creates carbon monoxide poisoning so I wouldn't run a generator indoors... Not everybody knows the dangers out there.

If you would have read carefully dear, I didn't call "YOU" bonkers. Just the idea that one would run a generator in their house instead of actually standing up and walking 10 feet outdoors.

NoK

DragonsAfter3or4 wrote:

You put the generator at least 10 feet away from any doors or windows OUTSIDE your house and wallaaaa.... You have power and heat and no deaths!

mate is "voila"

Riverrunner

There are lots and lots of people still without power. We have several friends and family still going without. Luckily the temps have been betweeen 57 (a.m.) and up to 70 in the p.m.

decides2dream

Riverrunner wrote:

I live in Massac County, Illinois - one of the seven southernmost counties of Illinois that was hit by the same storm. I work across the river in McCracken County, KY. It has been a nightmare and things are slowly getting back to normal. We got our power back this past Wednesday after 9 days of no power. Some of those days it got as low as 13 degrees, but some days were up to 50 degrees. We were lucky in that we had one gas log, but it failed to really warm an 1800 square foot Victorian house with 11 foot ceilings. Luckily the heat went up the stairway so we hung out upstairs. The temp upstairs ranged from 55 to 59 degrees. The temp in the kitchen ranged from 45 to 49. We wore sockcaps, hoodies, snow boots, and insulated socks in the house. We also had hot water (gas hot water heater), and a land line. But we had no cell phone service or cable either for a while. We have some damage to our roof (minor), damage to our gutters, and it cost $500.00 to have the weatherhead re-attached to the house. We have piles and piles of limbs. Luckily my husband has and uses a chain saw. There are out of town tree trimmers that are giving quotes of $13,000 to $20,000 to clear limbs and trim hanging limbs. We have tons of out of town electrical contractors and tree trimmers in the area.

I heard today that 100,000 Kentuckians are still out of power. My sister-in-law and brother-in-law are still without power as well as several other people I know. Luckily it got close to 60 degrees today and will be warm for the next few days. However, one person in our area died right after the storm because his home health provider could not get to his home to replace his oxygen tanks. I guess when his oxygen ran out he died. Really sad. We have so many storm stories that I would bore you with all of them. But yes, it has been very hard and this area will not be the same for many, many years. They say that about 95% of our trees are damaged. It looks like a war zone when you drive down the street.

how truly sad. :(
glad you and your family are OK...and hope all will be OK.