I am Baaaaaaaack!!!!
 

Oh wow, what a scarey damn time that was..... it was the single most scarey time I think I have ever been thru in my life, hands down. The thought that we may NOT make it thru this entered my head so many times..... but we made it.

And let me say here and now, WE were the lucky ones, our power was only out for 5 days, so we at least had heat for most of the time I was down.... and since our place is relatively new, our trees are still babies, so they didn't fall near our house and withstood most of this..... so OUR "damage" was minimal. So I acknowledge that we were probably the luckiest ones in all of this as scarey as it was.

NOW..... let me thank a couple of people who helped "ME" personally get thru this, these guys were my lifeline and my outside connection to the world that wasn't struggling for their lives like we all were here in Kentucky. Without the 3 of these guys, I think I would have been alot worse in my head than I was.... so here goes:

Jim from Fetish Videos - you were the very first one I was able to get in contact with and you stood right there with me and listened to me when I was just about to lose my mind.... thank you, you are a very true and close friend and I will forver be grateful to you.

Jason from Puremeds - not only are you my co-worker, but a very dear and true friend. It took me awhile to get thru to you, but once I did, you were so supportive and my lifeline to the rest of our team of fantastic and caring people.

Simon from College Girl Cash - you have always been very true to me and we've been thru alot together and you were there when I needed you the very most, I adore you and you are one of the best people I know, not one time have I ever needed you have you ever turned your back on me.

THANK you to all of you....... I don't even have the words in my head to express to you how much the 3 of you meant to me then and now.... :thumbsup

NOW...... do you guys want a picture into MY world over the past week or so? lol

Storm Pics - these are the pics we took. The ones with dates on them I took from my front and back doors.... I wasn't even considering stepping one foot outside in this... I have a hard enough time walking without 2 inches of ice on the fucking ground. lmao

The others, my husband went out at the first chance he could get to see how bad it was, I think it was the 29th or 30th.... and that is just a portion of what he seen.

Welcome back, hon.. glad to hear you are doing ok.

Those are some sad pics, mother nature in bad mood.

I was happy to help! And we are glad to have you back!

glad ur alive and back online..thanks for the shout out

Welcome back babe.

Wow, crazy pictures. Welcome back. :thumbsup

That is just the tip of it, the GOOD parts. There are still people trapped in this shit.... and people without anything in the world. It was very sad and still is. I am not sure, but someone musta been looking out for my family... seriously.

welcome back :)

Yikes, that looks ugly.
Welcome back!

welcome dude :)

dudette....

Welcome back Tam :thumbsup

glad everyone is ok!

http://theoriginalrudebitch.com/stormpics/images/04.jpg

Pretty steep incline. Surprised tree did not fall over.

Winter Paradise.

welcome back

Thanks hon...... :) I feel like I am so lost..... and trying to make up a weeks work all at 9one time. lmao

Let me add in this thread before I get too far removed from this whole ordeal.

In as much as I despised our Governor, Steve Beshear, you know the one trying to stop porn and online gambling sites in Kentucky? THAT one? That man and President Obam were way above and beyond on this whole mess. Those two were right there and stepped up in a way that our country isn't used to anymore. They BOTH stood up and took major action to help and are STILL helping all they can... so Beshear has some decency left in him afterall. Obama doesn't surprise me, I knew he'd be standup... but Beshear does. lol

There, I have to go wash my mouth out now, I actually respect something the government did for one time.... lmao

rotfl

My husband took that one, he turned the camera I guess... I didn't know it was like that until it was uploaded. It was a massive tree, so it took alot to get it all in the pic. lmao

there, it's fixed. lol

Welcome back dude!

Thanks everyone.... please be patient with me.... I am wading thru all of the emails and icqs as quickly as is possible and I'll get caught up as soon as I can. I am not ignoring anyone..... :)

Your trailer needs washed, one of the pics shows it's dirty :P

Good to see you're back!

oh god, if you seen the level of mud and shit going around here, you'd see why too.

We had a flood, ice storm and snow storm all at the same time. The flood was first and then the ice started and ended up as snow..... but before it started to freeze, there was all but a swimming pool in my front yard... :Oh crap

welcomeback

Welcome back hon, glad to know that you and your family are okay!

Damn... :Oh crap

hi................

It was pretty intense to say the least.... lol

They are saying this is not only the first storm like this to ever hit Kentucky in the history of Kentucky, but probably in the history of the country. To have a flood, ice and snow storm all at the exact same time is, I guess, kind of an odd thing.

I don't know how much rain or snow we had, but I know we had over 2 inches of solid ice.

Welcome back hun, that looked crazy from the pics.. Glad you and your family are ok..

It was pretty crazy to say the least... there are a lot of people that still aren't out of the woods yet on this thing. We seen on the news where one family was trapped and ran out of firewood and was pulling the wooden fixtures and shelves off the walls to burn to keep their family warm......

Stories like this are sad... the whole thing was. Where some people were, they were stranded for days.... but the national Guard came in and was cutting them out, so were neighbors. It's pretty cool how they all just stood together and have been getting thru this.

Shit, you wouldn't happen to be anywhere near bowling green would you? I have a friend near there and I wanna make sure shes ok, to be honest, I never really paid attention to the news and didn't know about this except the fact that there was an ice storm in the country, until you made this thread.

welcome!! glad that your back :)

I'm glad you're ok, but wtf would anyone live in kentucky on purpose?

I am only about 150 miles away from Bowling Green. I am not sure how badly they were hit there, but I am pretty sure they were one of the ones hit hard. If you can't get in touch with them by phone.... send me an email with their name and I can see what I can do to find out.

We have the National Guard that is taking calls like this and going out to find the people that aren't reachable by telephone. Parts of Bowling Green still are without power as are many and they are saying it could be weeks before they get it if they live in rural areas.... which is a large portion of the state.

Seriously though, if you can't reach her, let me know, I will help all I can to check on her for you.

uno, I was moved here as a kid against my will, and met and married my husband..... I wasn't given a choice but I can assure you, if I was, I so wouldn't be here. lol

Shit, We're gonna try and get ahold of her today, she lives out in rural areas, so if I can't get a hold of her in the next day or 2, I'll shoot you off an email.

Thanks.

Welcome back...

Ok, no problem. I'll be more than happy to help all I can. The rural areas were the hardest hit and the last ones to get turned on. They are turning on the cities first, obviously because of the hospitals and other such things. We are in a rural area too, and I can't figure out for the life of me how ours was turned on so early... the only thing we can think of is that we are a much much smaller community and not that many people and lines to get turned on, and not so many trees. The majority of the damage was in the more wooded areas where trees fell on the lines and broke them.

It's pretty bad for everyone though... so if you need help locating her, please, by all means, let me know. We have internal ways of getting to them where you may not be able to.

Thanks, VeriSexy. :)

Hey Josh..... I found this link, if you know about where she lives, you can maybe at least see if she has power or not. I don't know how much you know about her, or whatever.. but this may help if this is her electric company. They provided some information here:

http://www.wrecc.com/

Welcome back! :thumbsup