Brother, that is so true. After the Oct. 26-27 ice storm hit Oklahoma, we had no power for DAYS on end due to power lines being taken down by trees with 1/2" to 1" of ice coating them. Transformers galore too.
....and we NEED those National Guard troops in DC
Same in Missouri. I’ll take an honest-to-goodness snowstorm over an ice storm any day. The damage from heavy ice can easily outstrip what a foot or two of snow can do.