Greg Thompson, of Central Maine Power, speaks during the 8th annual Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference on Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center.
Central Maine Power Company workers repair a utility pole near the Irving station on U.S. Route 201 in Fairfield during the 1998 ice storm.
The yellow flashers of Central Maine Power trucks light up Western Avenue in the early morning hours in this January 1998 file photo.
Steve Daniels, of Central Maine Power, speaks during the 8th annual Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference on Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center.
A van drives around ice covered birch trees that are hanging into the road on Ganneston Drive in Augusta in January 1998.
A couple who were out walking the neighborhood surveying the damage from the 1998 ice storm pass fallen limbs and downed wires on Lincoln Street in Augusta in this file photo.
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