“I was going to breakfast and it sounded like the world's biggest bowl of Rice Krispies,” said one man affected by the storm. “It was going off all around you.”

In Gallipolis, Sunday travelers had to chisel their way to freedom, some opting to break the ice from the inside out.

City Park was littered with debris.

It was the same situation in the Bluegrass State, where in Greenup, it took bulldozers and chain saws to restore order.

“You fear for your life, but you stay,” said one woman.