Kentucky’s governor will ask President Obama on Monday to speed up federal aid dollars as costs spiral past $45 million for emergency work to restore power, hand out water and food and clear debris across the state hit hard by an icy winter storm last week.

I guess I saw this one coming – Kentucky is one of the hardest hit areas by the recent ice storm that swept over more than a dozen states and took out power to millions of homes across the country.

My brother went out and did some ice skating yesterday near Rogers, Ark and snapped this photo. He said this happened after some melting occurred, so you can only imagine how much weight this canopy was holding.

Just about everything between central Texas to Maine has been effected by severe winter weather over the past 48-hours and system seems to not be letting up as it continues to bring sleet, snow and heavy ice to the Ozark and Ohio Valley regions.