Hard as it may seem to believe there are still large areas in southern Missouri without power since the big ice storm now almost 2 weeks ago. That some of these areas are among the poorest in the state just adds to the misery as local electric cooperatives struggle to rebuild their networks nearly from scratch. Link to a story below..
http://www.kmov.com/topstories/stories/kmov-stlouis-090208-missouri-ice-storm.30c07c1b.html