Hey everyone,
Sorry for the long silence, but we were out of school for almost a week and out of power as well! Fayetteville took quite a beating from Ice Storm 09, and we haven't been able to get out of our apartments, much less make it to school to work on our impending deadline.

A few words about the storm:
It hit Monday night, and the ice and snow is just now disappearing from most of the city. The ice was about an inch thick at some points on cars, trees, homes, sidewalks, etc. The majority of the damage though was from fallen trees. This is definitely the worst winter storm Fayetteville has ever seen, and the town looks like a war zone. Huge trees lost limbs like they were matchsticks, and giant trunks either split right down the middle, or just were completely uprooted from the weight of the ice on their branches. Whoa.
Our wonderful city crews have been out clearing debris, but there is still so much to be done, there's no telling when all the limbs and wreckage will be cleared. More than 38,000 are still without power, including our very own editor in chief, Shannon Sanders. She's going on Day Five with no electricity, heat, etc. And she's not very happy about it.

And in addition to knocking down trees, canceling classes for four days and stranding thousands without power, Ice Storm 09 took some serious chunks out of our plan for making this deadline. We have to send 72 pages ASAP, and we were already working on a tight schedule. Now we have lost a week of time in the office, our writers and photographers have had to push back interviews and photoshoots, and this week in addition to playing catchup, we will also have to take RSO group photos. Yikes!!

Oh, and we still have to design a freaking cover. No big deal.
So more to come, as the drama unfolds here at the Razorback. Also, check back soon for new Photos of the Week, and some great new Facebook pics of the ice and snow!

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