I'm 55yrs old and I grew up in Brown Summit, NC which is just northeast of Greensboro. When I was in the 7th grade at NE Guilford Jr High we had three ice storms over a 5 or 6 week period. Two of the storms were devastating. No power for a week, twice. Sleeping by and cooking using the fireplace. I had a 10 gallon fish tank and most of them did not survive. It was crazy!