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>> do it again. oh, wow! >> reporter: street lights exploding in el reno. more than 100,000 in the dark at the storms height. in bethany, an 80-foot pecan tree landed on len capparos house. >> its going to get worse before it gets better, because of the weight of the ice as it mets. >> reporter: another danger overhead, ice-coated power lines. >> look how big these pieces of ice are. >> reporter: a 300-foot power line covered in an inch of ice adds more than 750 pounds to those lines. and that l...

Solar panels arent counted towards the states goal of using renewable inarg. two years ago -- energy. two years ago she installed panels on her home. >> i think it is the right thing to do. >> reporter: why isnt home solar counted? >> the fight has been between the installers of rooftop solar and their customers and the large scale renewable producers who want to be able to sell more to the utilities. the large suppliers of wind turbines dont want the standard to be met with rooftop solar becaus...

On so you can make, you know, the safest drive up there. >> reporter: the pre-winter storm covered roads in oregon and brought 50-mile-per-hour wind near lack tahoe. further east in colorado, the wind snapped utility poles near denver. and in washington state, hurricane-force winds splintered trees and knocked out power, according to resident vin chawla. >> it was rockin. we had probably three or four large branches at the house, and went outside, looked up, and saw branches flying, hitting neig...

Mim a lineman here in oakland. day in, day out, a large part of what we do is about providing reliable power to our customers. pg&e is dedicated to the community. i love working here because this is my home. oakland is my home. this is where im raising my children so its important to me to make sure my family and friends have the power and energy that we provide. this is very personal to me. it makes me work a lot harder knowing that this is my community. together, were building a better califor...

Just a massive explosion. >> witnesses say a 10 seater business jet came out of the clouds and seemed to trip over utility lines. and plowed into the apartment house. the debris set the neighboring building on fire. >> oh, my god. >> a neighbor was live chatting with a friend when the plane suddenly flashed by her window. >> oh, my god. >> i need to go to the street. directly south of -- >> thankfully no one was in either building at the time. its believed no one on the plane survived. >> we kno...

Cornell bernard joins us live from the scene. >> reporter: 16th street is still closed between south van ness and followsome straighted as firefighters keep a close watch on this fire which left this tire store totally destroyed. they are dousing hot spots. they say the fire still smoldering inside. 21 neighbors who live next door, now looking for a new place to live tonight. the fire left their home. red-tagged by the city. >> i was really scared. coming out and seeing big fires. explosions. wh...

His that i loved, that glens voice, an glens voice, it got to me. there is a real, it is a very loneso somsome tonality to his and i wish i could sing like that. ♪ i am a lineman for the county ♪ ♪ and i drive the main roads >> i mean i grew up singing them. i mean, you covered them e growing up where i lived. ♪ i hear you is singing in the wires ♪ >> we kind of fight for respect a little bit, and here is a guy that could stand toe-to-toe with anybody playing on records.

Theres a real -- its a high lonesome tonality about the way he sings, but theres a cry in his voice that just -- it totally affected me. i really wished i could sing like that when i was younger. ♪ i am a lineman for the county and i drive the main roads ♪ >> i grew up singing them. i sang so many of them over the years. you had to. you covered those growing up where i did. ♪ i hear you singing in the wires ♪ >> we always kind of fight for respect a little bit as country players. and her...

Oh i got a job too, at zazzies. (friends gasp) the app where you put fruit hats on animals? i love that! guys, ill be writing code that helps machines communicate. (interrupting) i just zazzied you. (phone vibrates) look at it! (friends giggle) i can do dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs... you name it. im going to transform the way the world works. (proudly) i programmed that hat. and i can do casaba melons. ill be helping turbines power cities. i put a turbine on a cat. (friends ooh and ahh) i can ma...

Parts of texas were hit with flash floods and destructive winds. two suspected tornadoes touched down, and at least two people were killed by floods near austin, where we find omar villafranca. ( sirens wail ) >> reporter: thats the sound many residents in south central texas woke up to today-- tornado sirens alerting them to take cover. the fast-paced storms dumped up to 16 inches of rain in just a few hours, flooding neighborhoods and knocking out power to thousands of homes and businesses. ju...