Mississippians near two weeks without power

Описание: (6 Feb 2026)
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Oxford, Mississippi
1. Barbara Bishop stands on her front porch
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barbara Bishop, no power:
"Well, we catch ourselves wanting to turn the light switches on. We catch ourselves going to the refrigerator. We catch ourselves wanting to take a hot bath."
3. Barbara Bishop opens her fridge
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Barbara Bishop, no power:
"We lost our power Saturday night."
5. George and Barbara Bishop stand in their home
6. George Bishop washes his hands
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7. Barbara Bishop stands outside her home
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Barbara Bishop, no power:
"It's just been one of those times you just have to grit, grit your teeth and bare it."
9. Russ Jones talks with an Eight Days of Hope volunteer
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Russ Jones, no power:
"No. We're day number 13 with no power, no water, no internet."
11. Cooler with food on Russ Jones' porch
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Russ Jones, no power:
"We did everything we could to prepare from how can we cook, what food to we need, even buckets of ... five gallon buckets of water to flush the toilets."
12. Five gallon bucket filled with water
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Russ Jones, no power:
"It's been a shock to the system. But we've hung in there pretty good."
14. Eight Days of Hope volunteers cut down trees
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15. SOUNDBITE (English) Clint Oldfield, Eight Days of Hope Volunteer:
"So today what we're doing is a project of tree cleanup through the crisis of the last winter storm in Oxford, Mississippi, and we're helping a homeowner out."
16. Heavy machinery carries away tree branches
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17. SOUNDBITE (English) Russ Jones, no power:
"To know the burden of just one more thing I can cross off my list is very meaningful."
18. Eight Days of Hope volunteer gives Russ Jones a shirt
STORYLINE:
Nearly two weeks after an ice storm knocked out power to her home, Barbara Bishop still finds herself trying to flip the lights on and looking in her fridge for food that has now spoiled.

Bishop, 79, lives in a rural area near Oxford, Mississippi with her husband, 85-year-old George Bishop. The area was hit hard by the storm.

Their son, granddaughter and two grandchildren, whose homes lost both power and water, are now staying in the Bishop's small trailer. The Bishops and their son sleep in the living room on two couches and a mattress on the floor, a gas heater glowing nearby to keep them warm.

"It's just been one of those times you just have to grit, grit your teeth and bare it," Bishop said.

Across the street, their neighbors Russ Jones and his wife have lived without electricity and water. They used five gallon buckets filled with water to flush toilets, cooked on their gas stove and stayed warm with their fireplace.

After a week-and-a-half without power, the couple went to stay with neighbors who do have electricity.

"It's been a shock to the system," Jones said.

On Friday, Jones' yard was teaming with volunteers from Eight Days of Hope, a nonprofit that responds to natural disasters. The volunteers cleared snapped tree limbs and hauled away a large tree that had fallen in Jones' backyard.

The organization arrived days after the storm and has helped dozens of homeowners clean up their yards and patch damaged roofs.




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