I feel for the folks in the US Midwest. This storm has dropped between 0.5cm to 2.5 cm of ice causing general havoc. We went through The Ice Storm of 1998 which is considered the worst ice storm in recent history — dumping 5-7 times as much ice as the Midwest is experiencing. Some folks were without power for weeks and the cleanup took months, if not years. You can still see the damage from that storm 10 years later! So, for the sake of Midwesterners suffering through their storm, I hope it abates soon.

A beautiful natural disaster to be sure.

But still an unpleasant one to live through.