What the Ice Storm Did to Mississippi - The Atlantic

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The South knows warm-weather storms, but the cold has its own lessons.

Listen − 1.0 x + Seek 0:00 7:03 On the Saturday night that the storm hit Mississippi, we had dripped our faucets for the temperature drop and stockpiled flashlights, groceries, extra blankets. By 11:30 p.m., my husband was pulling on his rain boots and heading outside to tarp our heating unit: “A branch has already fallen onto a power line in our backyard,” he told me. Three hours later, I was shaken awake. “Mom, I think a tree just fell on our house,” my 13-year-old son said. I stumbled around, looking for any sign that tree branches had breached my home. As I searched, I saw the pine tree be

What the Ice Storm Did to Mississippi - The Atlantic

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