Evening bump.

hope all is well, and when power is restored, tell the suppliers that ya want a reduced bill for power not used.!

My family is in Western Kentucky and they got their power back last night. Mirror is about 1-2 hours east of my family.. hopefully it won't be too long before he gets his as well.

One of things that concerns me is the number of frozen pipes. Some folks could return to a mess if they come home and find a water pipe has ruptured being frozen.

Winx's brother is visiting them up north because his house was at 38 degrees.

I work in insurance claims here in southern indiana
one of the biggest issues is we still haven't totally recovered from Hurricane Ike in Sept. Still have 100,000 without power and schools have been closed all week. Some shelters even with out power or water.

Last I heard Mirror was going to stay with his sis?

I heard this morning, that some places in Kentucky may not get their power back on until the middle of February! I agree, PacificStar! Why isn't help going to these people?

Shelters without power or water? That is just so wrong.

Jan 31, 9:09 PM (ET)

By BRUCE SCHREINER and BETSY TAYLOR

(AP) Donnie Peete, a lineman with Memphis Light Gas and Water, works to restore power Saturday, Jan. 31,...
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MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) - Gov. Steve Beshear deployed every last one of his Army National Guardsmen on Saturday, with his state still reeling after a deadly ice storm encrusted it this week.

More than half a million homes and businesses, most of them in Kentucky, remained without electricity from the Ozarks through Appalachia, though temperatures creeping into the 40s helped a swarm of utility workers make headway. Finding fuel - heating oil along with gas for cars and generators - was another struggle for those trying to tough it out at home, with hospitals and other essential services getting priority over members of the public.

The addition of 3,000 soldiers and airmen makes 4,600 Guardsmen pressed into service. It's the largest call-up in Kentucky history, which Beshear called an appropriate response to a storm that cut power to more than 700,000 homes and businesses, the state's largest outage on record. Many people in rural areas cannot get out of their driveways due to debris and have no phone service, the governor said.

hard to get help with so much of the midwest hit hard. Lots of hotels are giving reduced rates but with so many just having lost jobs that isn't feasible for them

Unemployement is a 7 week wait here in Indiana now.