Larry,
I wonder if you're talking about the same ice storm we had here in Eastern Washington. I think it was the winter of '97-'98. Everything was covered in ice. It looked like a scene from Dr. Zhivago. We watched as transformers on telephone poles blew up. They would light up the night sky with a lavender colored flash. We had to chisel our car doors open after work before we could drive home.
RG/AR,
I'm glad to see you are back on-line and I pray for your neighbors.