Weeks after ice storm in northeast Mississippi, 25,000 still without power: "It's a lot worse than we thought"
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Nearly two weeks after a catastrophic ice storm rocked northeast Mississippi, still 25,000 customers are without power as of Thursday, and the situation is getting more dire by the day for people who are taking on overwhelming financial burdens to stay warm and retain some normalcy. In:
Nearly two weeks after a catastrophic ice storm rocked northeast Mississippi, still 25,000 customers are without power as of Thursday, and the situation is getting more dire by the day for people who are taking on overwhelming financial burdens to stay warm and retain some normalcy.
The Golden family of Taylor, Mississippi, a town just 20 minutes south of Oxford, said they have been dipping into savings to pay for the high cost of propane for their small space heater and fuel for their $400 generator they bought five days ago. The generator can only run a few things at a time, so they use it for an electric space heater and occasionally the TV at night for entertainment for their 7-year-old son, Tylin.
They put a special pipe fitting tape around the window sills and door frame to keep cold air out, and they keep water boiling perpetually on their gas stove, not only to have warm water to bathe with, but also to help keep their kitchen warm.
The family of three sleeps in their living room at night — the warmest room in the house.
"We wasn't expecting it to be this bad," Tambra Golden said with tears in her eyes in an interview with CBS News. "We kind of figured that we was gonna be without lights for a few days, and we thought the Northeast (Northeast Mississippi Electric Power Association) and the power company, they was going to be able to go through and fix things and get us back to where up and running, but I see that it is, it's a lot, it's a lot worse than what we thought it was gonna be."
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