The Week in Blog and Facebook Photos

Wow. Week 1 of Western Kentucky's most miserable winter storm — in history, right? Well, certainly in our history, and certainly a week without power, heat and no Internets must be taking its toll. Folks are doing such a great job of documenting it all online, including my new Facebook friend Kim Newbern. These are her devastating photos: Ouch. But leave it to the lovely Iris Shreve Garrott to capture the beauty of the storm on her Flickr page, including this one: Almost makes it seem romantic — until you visit Suzanne Clinton's blog where she tells the very difficult reality of it all. This kerosene heater, which a neighbor brought to her the other day, was her new favorite thing until she procured a generator. Now, the usually very feminine and demure Suzanne can pull a ripcord and count wattages with the best of them. I've also been in awe of Patience Renzulli's blog. Two people living in a house without power is difficult enough. Add in eight whippets and you've really got a challenge on your hands... ...or extra warmth at night, depending on how you look at it. Look for Patience's story in the iPet section of iList Paducah this Wednesday. If anyone else has great photos and blog posts about the storm, just use the comment button below and type in the blog address!

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