An ice storm that’s hitting the midwest is leaving hundreds of thousands without power.

In Oklahoma 500,000 are without power, and the power company expects it to be a week to 10 days before everyone gets their lights back on.

The power went out at my neighborhood in Kansas City this morning at 5:00 AM. When the rain freezes onto the power lines the weight of the ice causes the lines to break and we watched about a dozen transformers blow all across the neighborhood. It looked like bombs going off.