Chris Dobry walked out of his home Sunday and came face-to-face with downed trees and thick ice covering power lines in his neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi.
“The ice storm in Mississippi is wreaking havoc,” Dobry wrote in a Facebook post. “No power, lines down, and trees are literally breaking apart.”
He told CNN that it “may take days” to get electricity back. In the meantime, he has been using his gas fireplace for heat.
Dobry’s experience provides a taste of the crippling aftermath of the massive winter storm that dumped snow and ice across the US, leaving behind over a dozen deaths and at its peak knocking out power for over a million electric customers amid…