Sinister Survives State of Emergency

[Sinister]

I see that no one here has noticed. I can understand the Aussies and Britons...but I felt that it should be brought to attention, none the less.

Kentucky and parts of Indiana are now suffering under a declared state of emergency. FEMA has been out handing out food and setting up shelters. Generators have been selling like the latest fashion.

Perhaps I should explain.

A total of from two and-a-half to three inches of ice has been recorded along with some minor inch or so of snow accumulation. It has been declared the worst winter storm in the area for two thousand years.(How they justify such a statement, I have no idea) Trees are laying about like disarrayed sticks. The ones left standing are sharp jagged toothpicks that have been stripped of limbs. I will enclose pictures later.

Normally, this wouldn't have effected me much from Lexington. As they were only shortly affected. My father, being ass as he was, went to buy a generator during the midst of the storm, wrecked and broke his leg. I came from Uni to help him home, buy a generator for my family and volunteer at the Red Cross shelters. All of which I successfully did.

Statistics:

Nearly 170,000 people were without power.

1 family household that I know of died from the genius father installing the generator inside his house and the family dying of fumes.

1 Man, who I have literally known, all my life died of exposure, because he was too stubborn to go to a shelter.

6+ people that I know of have died because they did not have power to operate their lifesupport devices(such as oxygen ventilators and ect...)

It will be 4 weeks before all power is restored. Nearly two months before all the damage can be cleared away. And even then, they'll still be finding people dead in their homes.


Me?

I survived.

From Slaughters KY,
-Sin

[Violet]

I heard about a guy dying in his home from freezing to death, but I had no idea that it was in Kentucky, my mom just told me that bit. I haven't been listening to the news lately, so I had no idea this was going on. That's insane, though.. I'm extremely glad that you're ok.

[Lady Rika]

Yeah I know I live here in Lexington, KY too and it was nothing but scary. Thankfully my power didn't go out, I was quite lucky but obviously some other people were not.

Im glad that your alright sin!

[Rocky]

I'm relieved to hear that the both of you are ok. You two will be in my thoughts and prayers. Keep us updated when you can.

[Govinda]

Christ on a crutch. I hope there are no more deaths, and that you get your power back asap. More power to you, Sin, for volunteering with the RC.

London looks even more stupid now. And the BBC.

[Sinister]

Death toll is now up to 25 and rising, apparently. Most of it due to exposure from stubborn people. They finally got cellphones and landlines working again, so I can talk to my parents and sister.(I'm back in Lexington) It's no where near as bad over here in Lexington, thankfully. But no one still has power in western KY and Slaughters. And the shelters have each about a 108 people each. When I was there, only three to five volunteers were cooking and serving and helping. Little or no water services now, as temperatures have dropped to the teens and there's still no power for some of the water pumps.

Thanks for all the prayers and well-wishing. It is much appreciated. Although, I didn't really help as much as I'd like, I can't miss too much of Uni.


Even though, I don't particularly like KY, some decent and worthy people live here. It's a nasty business.

Love,
-Sin

[Lady Rika]

Thanks everyone, its nice to know we Kentucky kids are all alright.

But guessed what happened today in Lexington, it began to snow on a truly insane level.

Black ice was so bad that it was coated on the tires of a large cargo truck near my bus. Another bus in front of mine got stuck in the ice and if they had tried to get out then it, the driver and the students would have flipped on it side.

I am getting a little freaked out, the roads were so bad--my mom is a hospice home care aid, she goes from house to house taking care of patents for around a hour or so each. Well I called her while I was on the bus and she told me that there were so many pile ups, crashes and people stuck she lost count.

Be so careful Sinister I don't think its gonna get any better anytime soon.