Share photos of icy , snowy weather in your town One of the people guard members checked on was 83-year-old Paul Jenkins , who was using water stored in buckets , had no power and was relying on kerosene for heat . `` When we lose power , we 're in trouble 'cause all we got is electric , '' said Jenkins , who lives in Breckinridge County west of Louisville . Kentucky was n't the only place battling icy conditions . The National Weather Service put out winter storm advisories Tuesday for areas in Wisconsin , Minnesota and Virginia . In many areas , trees remain in roads or even on homes . Louisville resident John Randolph pointed to tree branches that fell onto his two-story suburban home . `` Just the overall power of the branches falling was actually pretty frightening '' when the ice storm was setting in , Randolph said . He added : `` The baby slept through the night and did n't wake up once . My wife and I , once we heard the first branches falling , we did n't go back to sleep the whole night . We did n't know
LOUISVILLE , Kentucky -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chilling winds and more snow were expected for Kentucky on Tuesday , bad news for more than a quarter of a million people still without power after an ice storm . Ice covers nearly everything in Elizabethtown , Kentucky , Tuesday . Forecasters said as much as 3 inches of snow could fall in areas of Kentucky , one of several states dealing with snow . The snowfall could hamper efforts of Kentucky National Guard troops that have been going door-to-door to check on families . The storm has been blamed for at least 16 deaths , several from carbon-monoxide poisoning caused by exhaust from generators , authorities said . Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has called the ice storm `` the biggest natural disaster that this state has ever experienced in modern history . '' Beshear toured areas in western Kentucky over the weekend , the hardest hit area , where National Guard troops also were focusing their efforts . In a statement , Beshear said the call-up of troops `` represents the strongest possible effort to relieve human suffering and ensure the safety and well-being of our citizens . '' iReport.com :