Snow and Slush Scenes

A utility pole bends under the weight of ice Friday, January 30, 2009, along Highway JJ near Charleston. (Kit Doyle)

RJ Suggs, 16, opts for the floor instead of cots for a nap Friday afternoon, January 30, 2009, at the First Baptist Church warming center in Charleston. (Kit Doyle)

Ice damage Friday, January 30, 2009, in Cairo, Ill. (Kit Doyle)

Crews clear a road Friday, January 30, 2009, near Thebes, Il. (Kit Doyle)

Low-hanging utility lines block the drive to a barn near Charleston. (Kit Doyle)

An atv meanders through destruction to old town Cairo Friday morning, January 30, 2009. (Kit Doyle)

Neel Owens, center, awaits to go meals as Crystal Foster, left, and Kathy Garrard fill orders Friday, January 30, 2009, at the First Baptist Church warming center in Chaleston. (Kit Doyle)

People pass time in a variety of ways at the warming center housed at the First Baptist Church in Charleston. (Kit Doyle)

A sculpture became an ice sculture in Cairo. (Kit Doyle)

Birds take flights Friday morning, January 30, 2009, in Cairo. (Kit Doyle)

Gwen Napier, from left, Kathy Garrard, Crystal Foster and Nancy Burton prepare meals Friday, January 30, 2009, at the First Baptist Church warming center in Charleston, where they have been serving well over 100 people a day. Christina Pendergrass, front, awaits a serving of spaghetti. (Kit Doyle)

Icicles near Charleston on Friday, January 30, 2009. (Kit Doyle)

More than ten utility poles lie in a row after snapping under the weight of ice near Charleston. (Kit Doyle)

Ice caused major destruction to many areas of historic Cairo, Ill. (Kit Doyle)

Cairo city councilman Lorenzo Nelson clears roads with a piece of city machinery Friday morning, January 30, 2009, in Cairo. (Kit Doyle)

Makayala Fennell, 8, checks with her cousin Marquelis Andrews, 12, before making a move in chess Friday, January 30, 2009, while spending time at the First Baptist Church warming center in Charleston. (Kit Doyle)

The ice-laden entrance to Cairo's Historic Park District. (Kit Doyle)

Commerce Street seeming like a war zone Friday, January 30, 2009, in Charleston. (Kit Doyle)

David Burton, left, eats lunch while his children Daniel, 7, and Emily, 13, play the boardgame Sorry with Ed Wood Friday, January 30, 2009, at the First Baptist Church warming center in Charleston. (Kit Doyle)

Crossing from Cairo to Missouri on US 62. (Kit Doyle)

David Herbst voluntarily clears driveways along US 77 Friday, January 30, 2009, in Chaffee. (Kit Doyle)

Crews work Friday morning, January 30, 2009, in Cairo. (Kit Doyle)

A downed utility pole near at an intersection near Charleston. (Kit Doyle)