by Madison Gates
On February 1, 2011, our little town of Paris, Illinois, and the greater part of the Midwest, experienced an ice storm. Monday, February 1st, in the afternoon, it started raining just about the time school released for the day, and the temperatures were in the high 30’s. Later that night the temperatures dropped big time! The roads started to get slick. Everyone knew that this was coming though. Meteorologists predicted an ice storm of epic proportions, which then would be followed by a little snow storm. Canned foods and candles were flying off of Wal-Mart’s shelves. People were getting out all of their blankets, and were ready for the storm!
The next day when everyone woke up, there was a wonderful layer of ice on absolutely everything. It was extremely slick, and schools everywhere were being cancelled. Later that night around 11:00 p.m. electricity all around Paris was going out. At some homes it would go out for only a just a few minutes. Other houses it was off for days. “My power was off for almost three days, it sucked,” said PCHS freshman Briana Pearcy.
The road conditions were terrible, and it was dangerous to even get out of the house. The sidewalks, steps, driveways everything was absolutely covered in ice. Trees were even breaking because of the wait due to the ice that covered them.
“I couldn’t do anything because of the ice. I didn’t like it,” said PCHS student Randi Hays.
Schools in Paris were cancelled for the rest of the week, and Vigo County schools were even closed the following Monday.
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