Ice storm 2009

Monday, February 25, 2019

DAR file photos

FULL ARTICLE The 2009 ice storm is described by the National Weather Service as the weather event of the decade. Initial estimates of damage topped half a billion dollars for the Paducah NWS forecast area. 'Catastrophic' amounts of ice of up to 2 inches were seen in the area, as well as 2-10 feet of snow between Jan. 26-28, 2009.

Motorists look at a fallen tree on Fifth Street in Poplar Bluff on Jan. 28, 2009. (DAR file)
A Jan. 26-28, 2009, winter storm is considered by the National Weather Service to be the weather event of the decade (2000-2009) for the Paducah coverage area. (National Weather Service)
A Jan. 26-28, 2009, winter storm is considered by the National Weather Service to be the weather event of the decade (2000-2009) for the Paducah coverage area. (National Weather Service)
A motorist attempts to navigate his sport-utility vehicle Jan. 28, 2009, around downed trees on Glendale Road in the Town & Country Subdivision. (DAR file)

Ice hangs on a power line Jan. 29, 2019, in Poplar Bluff, after the area sees a catastrophic amount of up to 2 inches. (DAR file)
Kerry Bradley jumps a homemade ramp with his sled outside his Orr Street home Jan. 28, 2009. (DAR file)
Municipal Utilities lineman Ronnie Barker uses a chainsaw to cut a tree limb off powerlines along Orr Street on Jan. 28, 2009. (DAR file)
People get settled Jan. 29, 2009, in a shelter at the Black River Coliseum. By Jan. 30, 2009, more than 2,000 people were being served in 35 Missouri shelters because of power outages. (DAR file)
AmeriCorps volunteers and others unload prepared meals Jan. 29, 2009, at the Black River Coliseum, which was opened as a shelter. The Coliseum was opened after an initial shelter at New Covenant Fellowship Church maxed out at 100 people on the night of Jan. 27, 2009. (DAR file)
Vehicles line up Jan. 28, 2009, at a Poplar Bluff gas station after power outages cause fuel shortages. Officials reported no fuel was available on U.S. 67 between Poplar Bluff and Bald Knob, Arkansas. (DAR file)
Mariah Cooper, Sheyanne Braden and Moses Valdillez play in the snow Jan. 28, 2009, in Poplar Bluff, after about 4 inches of snow falls. (DAR file)
Motorists look at a fallen tree on Fifth Street in Poplar Bluff on Jan. 28, 2009. (DAR file)
Frankie Burkhart snowboards in January 2009, down a driveway in Poplar Bluff. (DAR file)
Roger Mattingly uses a chainsaw Jan. 29, 2009, to remove a portion of a large oak tree that fell along Sixth Street in Poplar Bluff. (DAR file)
Crews work Jan. 29, 2009, to remove downed trees in Poplar Bluff. (DAR file)
Generators are unloaded Jan. 31, 2009, in the parking lot of the Black River Coliseum after a catastrophic ice storm leaves 500,000 people, including hospitals and businesses, in Missouri and Arkansas without power. (DAR file)
Poplar Bluff police officers Andy Cleaveland (right) and Scott Phelps speak Jan. 31, 2009, with people at a shelter at the Black River Coliseum. The shelter was serving 400 people within the first 24 hours of opening its doors. (DAR file)
Gov. Jay Nixon speaks with workers Jan. 31, 2009, at a shelter at the Black River Coliseum. A federal disaster declaration was issued that weekend. (DAR file)
Gov. Jay Nixon speaks Jan. 31, 2009, at the Black River Coliseum with Poplar Bluff police officers, including Steve McCane (left) and Scott Phelps (right). (DAR file)
A fallen tree is shown Feb. 2, 2009, on a Kendall Street home in Poplar Bluff. (DAR file)
Utility crews work in early February 2009 to restore power to residents in Malden. A shelter set up at the school served 7,000 meals over nine days to residents in need. (DAR file)
Volunteers unload water and supplies Feb. 2, 2009, at a shelter in Corning, Arkansas. After receiving 2 inches of ice and additional sleet and snow, some residents were without power for up to 27 days. (DAR file)
Trees and limbs damaged in the Jan. 26-28, 2009, winter storm are unloaded at a Poplar Bluff collection site. Contractors would collect an amount equal to 39,000 full size pickup truck loads from within the city limits alone. (DAR file)
Gov. Jay Nixon speaks with Poplar Bluff emergency services members in early February 2009, as the area continues to recover from a devastating ice storm. (DAR file)
Gov. Jay Nixon speaks in early February 2009 to Poplar Bluff first responders, with Poplar Bluff police officers Jeff Rolland and Donnie Trout seated behind him. (DAR file)
Volunteers help clear debris from a Poplar Bluff neighborhood. (DAR file)
Workers cut up downed trees in January 2009 in Poplar Bluff. (DAR file)
Vehicles travel a Poplar Bluff street in January 2009, following an ice and snow storm. (DAR file)
Kamryn Sturgeon, 7, holds an icicle Jan. 28, 2009. (DAR file)
Ice covered tree limbs block vehicles in Poplar Bluff in January 2009. (DAR file)
Allen Christian scrapes a thick layer of ice and snow off his vehicle Jan. 28, 2009. (DAR file)
Trees and limbs are disposed of at a Poplar Bluff collection site in February 2009, as clean up continues. (DAR file)