Driving from Bowling Green to Brownsville was a trip in itself.

Drivers were dodging dozens of trees that made their way onto the streets.

But there's one place where people can go to get food, heat and hope.

"There are tons of trees everywhere. I've never seen anything like it," said David Lyons, of Edmonson County.

David Lyons says he's lucky to be alive tonight.

The ice storm making its way across Kentucky almost took his life.

"I got no electricity then all of a sudden a tree falls on my house, and then another one fell on my truck and I tried to call somebody and then one fell on my car so what could I do?"asked Lyons.

Lyons was left trapped in his car and running out of oxygen before being rescued.

"Then I called 911...and then a friend of mine called the fire department and my brother come over there and my neighbor with a
chainsaw and cut me out," recalled Lyons.

Now Lyons is safe and at the Community Center in Brownsville, where the Red Cross is teaming up with the Salvation Army to set up a shelter for those in Edmonson County.

"We are going to be housing a number of folks. We've got the service available to put them up for the night and be able to feed them until power comes back on," said Bill Schlicht, of the south central Kentucky Red Cross.

Schlicht says, with power lines down it's been hard to get word out.

"What we're trying to do is get word of mouth through businesses and fire stations and activities that are open, we are letting them know we have the shelter," added Schlicht.

As for Lyons, he's also urging those who need help to the shelter.

"If they got no place to go, come here--that's what it's for," added Lyons.

And the worst isn't over.

Schlicht says, with the rain that's falling tonight, it's almost a guarantee there will be even more trees and power lines falling-- causing even more outages across the area.