I recall a real nasty ice storm I think it was 2000 or 2001 heck could have been 02 for all I remember, anyways I was living in
Overland Park, KS (suburb of KC Metro area) That evening was one of the eeriest I can remember, standing outside around 9pm it was so quiet except for the constant sound of crackling tree limbs, it was almost like popcorn popping.. but consistently for hours on end. Every once in awhile a loud "cannon boom" would go off as a transformer popped. The sky had a blueish green glow to it do to all the transformers popping. You could even see distant yellowish glows from powerlines going down and or fires. My roomate and I were standing outside when a line fell just a few houses down, it crackled and popped as the end of the line flopped and flipped around like a snake with it's tail on fire. That was a pretty wild ice storm.