ICE STORM 2009: Here we go again

An mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet hammered Crittenden County starting at about 2 a.m., Tuesday morning. Local power outages were already in the hundreds by 8 a.m., in the rural parts of the county. Lines were down in the Mexico community and power company Kenergy was reporting 3,008 homes without electricity in its service area, including 248 in Crittenden. Farther west, thousands are without power in Graves, Marshall and other counties. 

Here is a list of Kenergy power outages in the area as of 7:40 a.m.:

Caldwell 10

Crittenden 248
Daviess 2
Hopkins 1330
Lyon 10
McLean 875
Muhlenburg 7
Ohio 523
Webster 3

Crittenden County schools were out Tuesday and there will likely be no classes Wednesday and perhaps longer. The high school basketball games scheduled for Tuesday were postponed.

Fit Camp with Serena Dickerson was cancelled Tuesday and the circuit clerk's office was not open in the courthouse. Most of the other county offices were open and skeleton crews were manning most businesses in town.

Here's a video of downtown Marion Tuesday morning: