authorities to be $2 million, plus $1.5 million more in cleanup costs. >> the video doesn't really do it justice. actually watching it, and it was just, yeah, once in a lifetime thing. i'm never going to see something like that again. >> dallas, texas. december 8th, 2005. an ice storm causes major headaches during the morning commute, as cars and trucks spin out on the slick roads. >> we get true ice storms. you may not have much snow. the snow is really just sheets of ice. and i do think that there's not enough drivers around here that see it frequently enough, they don't understand the concept that you have to slow down all the time. >> tv reporter mark johnson is in a helicopter covering accidents and traffic jams