the weather service is calling for a category 5 catastrophic ice storm for parts of arkansas and tennessee. people living there could go for weeks without power. i hope that doesn t happen. the storm stranding air travelers, flightaware.com reports more than 1,000 flights have been canceled for today, on top of another 1,000 from yesterday. those cancellations are both for weather and mechanical issues. with the domino effect your flight could be affected even if you re not flying out of an ice zone. cnn s indra petersons is in the storm s bull s eye, which is oddly memphis, tennessee. tell us more, indra. reporter: the scary thought when you think about this, carol, there s about 20,000 people coming into this city for a marathon that is starting tomorrow, the st. jude s marathon. lot of people are traveling on the icy roads and even though the sun is coming up, the temperatures have been dipping farther down as the arctic air is zooming in closer. for us, the freezing rain west of