See iconic photos of the ice storm that hit Rochester in April, 2003

Ice coats a new bud on a tree in Highland Park after the 2003 ice storm. The overnight storm left a thick coating of ice all over the area.

Lisa Bickford of Webster uses a public telephone to call her parents in Syracuse and let them know that she and her three children are O.K. Bickford lost power in her house around 2 am. on Friday of the 2003 ice storm as many in the area did.

Marc Entenberg tries to clear a branch from the road where it fell in front of his Brighton home during the 2003 ice storm. Entenberg, who had a day off from Hillel School where he is a 5th grader, said he'd probably invite some friends over to help him with the branch.

J.J. Garwood got up to find a tree in the front yard had crashed onto his car on Hilltop Lane in Spencerport during an ice storm April 4, 2003.

Carl Dyrbala walks down East Avenue in Rochester Friday morning, April 4. 2003. He had walked to a friends house who winters in Florida and took a picture. "I'm going to send them a photo so they can see what it look like," Dyrbala said.

A tree blocks Selye Terrace in Rochester after an ice storm hit the area in 2003.

Rick Stone was stuck using his snowbrush to clear the ice off his car after the hard coating of ice broke his ice scraper. Stone was trying to get to work at RIT where he is a visiting professor in the IT department. The ice storm of 2003 left many without power in the Rochester area.

Elena Vimercati and Frank Rinehart take a look a a tree that was pulled out by its roots by the ice storm of 2003 and fell across Windemere Road in Rochester.

Andy Carafos cuts fallen branches around his house after the ice storm of 2003 left his house without power on East Avenue in Pittsford.

Rick Frank fills up gas for himself and neighbors while Cathy Raine fills up for her generator at the Country Store on Lake Road in Webster during the ice storm of 2003.

A car is covered with ice across from Irondequoit Bay at Empire Boulevard on Friday April 4 2003. Many area residents lost power over night and early morning due to the ice storm.

Bob Kern retrieves his flag from the front of his home on Windemere Road in Rochester Saturday. The flag's pole broke overnight from the weight of the ice from the ice storm that left tens of thousands of people without power and coated the area with more than an inch of ice in 2003.

Kathleen Toltz of Irondequoit, talks on her cell phone on a cost at the Penfield Recreation Center Sunday, April 6. The center was used as emergency shelter after the 2003 ice storm.

Tim Morgan, a volunteer firemen with the Pultneyville Fire Department, checks on a tree that fell on Lake Road after an ice storm in 2003.

Second-generation Marion farmer Ned Morgan checks his acres of 20-year-old cherry trees that were damaged in the ice storm of 2003. New York State farmers lobbied the federal government for aid for cherry trees.

Gerald DiVelbliss cuts up downed trees near the Light House Museum in Sodus Point after the 2003 ice storm.

RG&E's Jim Wilson feeds a primary electric line to Mark Hryhorenko on Plank Road in Webster after it was knocked out of service during the ice storm of 2003.

Lloyd Robinson and Jeff DeWandel clear fallen trees from Robinson's yard in Williamson. Robinson was going to burn the wood to keep his house warm as it has no electric or phone. " Warm, dry and clean would be so nice. Maybe next week," DeWandel said

Sam Godin rips old lines from the broken pole on Hearthstone Lane in Irondequoit. He was part of a crew that came to the area from Maine after the ice storm of 2003. N

Asplundh Tree Expert Company worker Jason Readinger of Reading, Pennsylvania pulls a limb from wires near the intersection of Hard Road and Copper Kettle Road in Penfield. Many Asplundh crews came from Pennsylvania to help with the clean-up following the 2003 ice storm.

Ontario Pathways president Kyle Gage throws cut limbs and ice storm debris from the Phelps section of the trail. The ice storm caused the most damage on this section of the Ontario Pathways in 2003.

John Petrauskas and Rodney Moreton from Arbor Tree Service clean tree limbs from a yard on Britton Road in Greece after the ice storm of 2003.

Glenn Lever unhooks extension cords leading from his Hearth Stone Lane home to his neighbors' homes in Irondequoit Tuesday, April 8, 2003 after power was restored to their homes. Lever had been providing three other homes with electricity since his neighborhood lost power in the ice storm on Friday, April 4.

Dean Toates and Nate Johnson work with the Spencerport village crew to clean up trees and wires from the intersection at Canal and Bowery streets after ice forced them to collapse on the road during the 2003 ice story.

Heather Warn and her dog, Bandit, make their way inside after checking out the ice covering Heather's car in Rochester after the ice storm of 2003.

Keith Walker of Terry Tree Service picks up downed trees on Lake Shore Boulevard in Irondequoit after the ice storm of 2003.

Mark Delaney removes fallen branches he had cut down from a tree in his parent's back yard after the ice storm of 2003. The Delaney family had planted the tree 20 years earlier when Mark's younger sister Katie was born. Delaney was going to his in-laws in East Rochester to clean up after finishing up in Fairport.

Sam Godin was drills holes in a fiberglass pole top that was used to repair a broken pole. Other crew members include Justin Gilchrest ,Ron Valade and Bill Smith. They were part of a crew that came to the area from Maine after the ice storm of 2003.

Every street in the hamlet of Sodus Point has downed tree limbs and power lines following a massive ice storm Friday, April 4, 2003. The town was without power and declared a state of emergency.

Asplundh Tree Expert Company worker Todd Grove of WIlliamsport, Pennsylvania pulls a limb from wires near the intersection of Hard Road and Copper Kettle Road in Penfield. Many Asplundh crews came from Pennsylvania to help with the clean-up following the 2003 ice storm.

Robert Podlaski lights a candle from his wife Veronica's candle as they pose for pictures the day after their wedding. The couple's wedding was canceled on Friday and held Saturday by candlelight at Pinnacle Road Baptist Church after the 2003 ice storm.

Carriage House Inn owner Vivian DenDecker holds ice that has melted over the last two days from the yard in Sodus Point. At the time of the photo, the ice measured over two inches. She lost the tops from 60 evergreen trees and 20 maple and 10 60-year-old trees were toppled.

Julia Fuller huddles by the fireplace in her family's North Landing Road home which has been without power from the ice storm for several days. They made due by heating with the fireplace and a kerosene heater and grilling steaks outdoors.