Blog #1: Natural Disaster

On Tuesday, January 27th, Louisville, Kentucky suffered from a brutal ice storm. Since the storm began twenty-one deaths have been reported, however they may not all be storm-related. The terrible storm left thousands without power. One official predicted that it could take up to two months to regain all the power that was lost. Kentucky's governor, Steve Beshear, called it "the biggest natural disaster that this state has ever experienced in modern history." As devistating as this natural disaster was for many, there are some positive affects. Communities are comming together and helping one-another to survive the after math of the storm. Residence are even opening their homes for others. I personally have never experienced an ice-storm, therefore I did some research on them. I learned ice-storms consist of freezing rain and high winds. One resident of Louisville said large branches had fallen from his front-yard trees numerous times. These events occur due to the weight of the ice that forms on trees, home, power lines, etc...Ice-storms usually occur with little to no warning, meteorologists have to be very careful when watching for and predicting ice-storms.