OTTAWA — Today is the 10th anniversary of the great ice storm of 2002. The storm pelted the central plains with up to three inches of ice on the night of Jan. 30. As the ice accumulated and winds picked up, power lines were yanked down and tree limbs and branches began bowing and breaking. After Jan. 31, nearly 650,000 residents in Kansas and Oklahoma lost electrical power. In some cases, residents waited two weeks to get power back. According to one estimate about a half-million trees were damaged or killed in the Kansas City area alone by the ice.
Monday, Jan. 30, 2 p.m.
