0000000762 00000 n "I just felt so lost. The historic February 1994 Southeast U.S. ice storm ... and 1/2 million were still without power three days after the storm. DR-1265-MS. Mississippi was hit the worst, but the people in the surrounding states were also affected heavily and would remember this event for decades to come. "It took us some time to get the message out," said Giles Bounds, the general manager of the Coahoma Electric Power Association, "and even the Federal Emergency Management Agency hadn't reacted to this ice storm in the same way that they reacted to hurricanes along the Gulf Coast. Now their rigid and bloated bodies lie on the edge of a deep gully. Click here to see more images from the 1994 ice storm. Many areas were without power from a few days to a week. "Usually people come to the Mississippi Delta to cover racial problems or poverty, but otherwise we are neglected. For five days the Herons furiously hand-milked the cows from sunrise to sunset, letting the milk spill on the ground because they had no way to collect it all. https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/top-10-worst-ice-storms-20131205 It inevitably leads to disease and occasionally death. 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Bob Owens, Mississippi Power & Light District Manager (Cleveland) "I've been at Mississippi Power & Light 30 years, and this is the worst storm that I've ever seen." A major ice storm affected the Southeast United States between February 9-13, 1994. �pG��k�hF�fc��4�"��JD\;��B D�h�׽& ��2`���Dҁ���� �F�;�� )��w��/`��`�������P�-� @&��\ To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. 0000001918 00000 n Ice accumulation on power lines and trees caused some areas of the State to be without Good From Devastation. 0000001564 00000 n I don’t remember that is was very cold that morning, 30-31 degrees being optimal for ice storm conditions. 0000000707 00000 n The Feb. 9 storm, which at one point stretched like a frigid belt from Arkansas to Maryland, has had the most lingering effect here in northern Mississippi. The insurance doesn't cover them because the policy said that they had to be lost to disease before we could collect anything.". Priscilla Bays, who with her two children shares a rundown six-room house with Katherine Tate and her two children, expressed gratitude for the extra food and candles. "You know, I could be dead here and the rest of the country wouldn't know about it," said Ms. Carter, noting that she had heard little on her battery-powered radio to indicate that people outside the state knew about her region's month of hardship. Rita Herron, describing the trauma of milking the cows until her fingers cramped, squatting in the mud and puddles of splattering milk, only to wind up sending the cows to slaughter, said: "I lay in a fetal position for three days. V��2,i���>�kժ� ���vM��9���:��r�奭Ӵ�W�N/��6^kl&��W��V��B���t�Oy�Z�i�gѠCӒ:����hk�]��uH� During February 8 –11, 1994, a severe winter storm moved from Texas and Oklahoma to the mid-Atlantic depositing in northern Mississippi a major ice accumulation of 3 to 6 inches. Even as the Northeast clears away winter's latest unwelcome gift of snow, this region struggles, dazed and wobbly, with remnants of an ice storm last month that has left thousands of households in the dark for more than 20 days. The storm snapped 30,000 power poles and toppled 640 tall wooden assemblies supporting transmission cables, leaving more than 6,000 miles of power lines on the ground. The life and times of residents of Northeast Mississippi came to a screeching halt on Thursday, Feb. 10, 1994 when everything – literally and figuratively – was frozen. H�dS�n�0}�W�G2 �6���5�25R*�0����nJ�@fê�����t���(����s�UM�[ �'���RT�I3�p�D�kWB�ѵ=Y~�8a�1&�n��W�|��. The path of the storm included Bolivar County and the town of Winstonville. All parties and this court are well aware of the crippling effect of this devastating ice storm. This was the worst ice storm to occur in Mississippi since January 1951 (NOAA 1994). The Great Ice Storm of 1994. Just before, it had been significantly colder. Seven of the cows were killed on the night of the storm when they were bludgeoned by ice-encrusted trees that snapped. 0000001988 00000 n The timber industry and the owners of mechanized dairy farms and pecan orchards suffered about $1 billion in losses, said John Frazier, director of administration for the state's Department of Agriculture. Incident Period: Dec 23, 1998 - Dec 26, 1998 Declaration Date: Jan 25, 1999 Quick Links. "The food that they brought helped a lot, and on some days we went to a local church where they had hot meals." Joe Pezant, Mississippi Power & Light "It looked like a war zone when I drove into the visitor's center area after the storm" Bob Bridges, Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge manager Twenty years ago, the temperature stuck at 32 degrees for several days. Pictures from the February 1994 ice storm in the Mid-South The Mid-South was hit by a devastating ice storm in February 1994, exactly 27 years ago. “I have worked with (the Mississippi Department of Transportation) over 25 years, and have never seen such an event,” MDOT engineer Mark Holley wrote on Facebook . 68 0 obj << /Linearized 1 /O 70 /H [ 762 411 ] /L 717861 /E 227292 /N 17 /T 716383 >> endobj xref 68 18 0000000016 00000 n 0000003731 00000 n Still, in a region where many of the poor depend on food stamps, about 30,000 households have sought $6.2 million in benefits to replace food lost because of power failures, according to the Agriculture Department. Mississippi was hit the worst, but the people in the surrounding states were also affected heavily and would remember this event for decades to come. Just before, it had been significantly colder. Even now, the landscape is … Twenty-six counties were declared disaster areas. Oct 22, 2017 - Dubbed the "Southern Ice Storm," a blizzard pelted the South with immense amounts of ice, triggering the largest blizzard in Mississippi history. The Feb. 9 storm, which at one point stretched like a frigid belt from Arkansas to Maryland, has had the most lingering effect here in northern Mississippi. Here in Clarksdale, the ice storm took away the quiet evenings of voracious reading cherished by Modena Carter, a junior high school teacher. Pennsylvania’s sure had its fair share of brutally cold days so far this winter. Others here echoed her views, pointing out the welter of national news reports on the Midwest's floods, the Northeast's multiple snowstorms and California's earthquakes. During a 4-day span in February 1994, parts of Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi experienced the worst ice storm of the decade, if not the century. It is expected that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will eventually reimburse the cooperatives for up to 75 percent of their repair costs. One way Ms. Carter kept the blues away at night was visiting elderly members of her church who were alone and also in the dark. 0000002717 00000 n 0000001327 00000 n In February 1994, a slow-moving front caused a severe ice storm in the Deep South—across Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama. An unexpectedly severe storm coated much of the South with ice yesterday, paralyzing entire cities, cutting off electric power to more than 800,000 … But the Herrons seemed inconsolable at their dairy farm. Warm weather and rains have followed the frigid weather, serving as a blessing and a curse for electrical crews: They have made repairs easier but have bogged down vehicles in soggy fields, requiring tractors to pull them out. Seeing the ice on the trees this morning reminds me of a morning in 1994, waking up to a series of muffled crackles and crunchs, not quite realizing at the time that the sounds were large tree limbs splitting and falling. The Feb. 9 storm, which at one point stretched like a frigid belt from Arkansas to Maryland, has had the most lingering effect here in northern Mississippi. Some good did come from the storm. Even now, the landscape is … The ice storm was followed by a … Mississippians Struggle From a Storm Long Past, https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/06/us/mississippians-struggle-from-a-storm-long-past.html. During a 4-day span in February 1994, parts of Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and Mississippi experienced the worst ice storm of the decade, if not the century. Not even the devastating ice storms of 1994 could shut down the paper. (WMC-TV) - It is a day that many of us will never forget. The Memphis Ice Storm of 1994 4 Comments (01/30/2010) Seeing the ice on the trees this morning reminds me of a morning in 1994, waking up to a series of muffled crackles and crunchs, not quite realizing at the time that the sounds were large tree limbs splitting and falling. 0000001744 00000 n A huge ice storm hit that crippled the Mid-South. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. 0000001152 00000 n Much of the help has come from churches and volunteer groups, like the Salvation Army and the Red Cross. trailer << /Size 86 /Info 67 0 R /Root 69 0 R /Prev 716373 /ID[] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 69 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 65 0 R >> endobj 84 0 obj << /S 280 /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 85 0 R >> stream The National Weather Service’s official narrative describes it as the “disastrous Mississippi ice storm of 1994.” Its track ran on a Greenville to Tupelo line. 0000002822 00000 n Long Lines to Few People. Jan 22, 2016 - Explore melinda williams's board "The ice storm of 1994 in the delta" on Pinterest. Precipitation totaling as much as 8 inches moved across northern Mississippi on February 9, bringing ice accumulations of 3 to 6 inches over much of the area. Officials of the cooperatives have long since stopped predicting when all the service will be restored, but one ventured the hope that it might be next week. In 1994, Pennsylvania Plunged Into An Arctic Freeze That Makes This Year’s Winter Look Downright Mild. Mississippi officials have estimated that the storm did more than $1.3 billion worth of damage. Greenville, Cleveland, Clarksdale and smaller nearby towns were paralyzed. In February, 1994, the Mississippi Delta was the victim of a severe ice storm. After the historic 2021 winter storm wrecked the state of Mississippi this week, officials are welcoming the winter weather’s forecast exit on Thursday and reflecting on the week. The repair crews faced an enormous job. After a few days Mr. Herron and his family gave up and sold the animals to a slaughterhouse to recoup a fraction of their investment. The ice storm was unusual in several respects: first, it affected a much wider area than typical ice storms. The path of the storm included Bolivar County and the town of Winstonville. The North American Ice Storm of 1998 (also known as Great Ice Storm of 1998) was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the United States. We lost many trees and our electricity for three days. Strub had only been at the paper for about a year when a cold front and … Many areas were without power from a few days to a week. With power that runs the milking machines lost, another 21 cows began to develop mastitis, an udder inflammation that sets in when cows are not milked twice a day. Mississippi Moment: Delta Ice Storm of 1994 Toggle header content. Twenty years later, many people like Walter Washington still remember the … In February, 1994, the Mississippi Delta was the victim of a severe ice storm. ", See the article in its original context from. (Memphis) On Feb. 11, 1994, Memphis was hit by the most notorious ice storm in half a century. Mississippi Power, which counted 84,000 of its customers among the failures, restored power to all of them by March 1. Jan 22, 2016 - Explore melinda williams's board "The ice storm of 1994 in the delta" on Pinterest. Twenty years ago, the temperature stuck at 32 degrees for several days. See more ideas about ice storm, storm, delta. All the shelters are now closed. Ice accumulations up to 1 inch brought down trees and powerlines causing widespread power outages. 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