The entire town of Parmelee has been without electricity since Thursday and the 650 residents are doing what they can to survive in the cold.

The town just got phone service back Sunday.  Eighty-two-year-old Susan Kary, who told KELOLAND News by phone, some people are taking shelter at a church, but not her. 

"I'm at home, I have flashlights and a wood stove so I'm not cold," said Kary.

Kary says she, along with a lot of others have no running water, so they're having to haul it in. Electric crews have told them it could be two or three more days until the electricity is back on. 

They have been feeding people, who have no means of making a hot meal, at the church