and farmers are waging battle over freezing temperatures spf some of them using irrigation systems toh a thin layer of ice that actually protects them. in other cases they're using helicopters to try to push warmer air on to the crops. >> let's get the latest on this wintry mess. rob marciano live in lsuville, kentucky. did you get stuck there in louisville or did you decide the weather is so bad that it's a great place to report from? >> reporter: well, who wouldn't want to hang out in louisville for one thing. but, yeah, this place, it's been two years since they had a major ice storm that paralyzed the city. i wouldn't call this paralyzing but certainly putting a scare in them. temperatures slightly at or below freezing. turned over to freezing rain about 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. this railing is totally covered with ice. what they've done, they treated the roadways a fair amount. if you kick around to a quarter or half inch, you get down to the bare pavement. they've had salt on the roads there over the weekend. the roadways are not horrible. at least the major roadways. certainl