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Article: Around the Nation
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
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MAYFIELD, Ky. -- Gov. Steve Beshear called up his entire
National Guard on Saturday, with his state reeling from a deadly ice
storm that knocked out power from the Midwest to the East Coast.
More than half a million homes and businesses, most of them in
Kentucky, remained without electricity from the Ozarks through
Appalachia, though temperatures creeping into the 40s helped utility
workers make headway.
Finding fuel -- heating oil, gas for cars and generators --
was a struggle for those trying to tough it out at home, with
hospitals and other essential services getting priority.
The addition of 3,000 soldiers and airmen means 4,600 guardsmen
have been pressed into service. It's the ...