GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: Winter hit well below the Mason-Dixon line overnight and into the morning. Snow and ice glazed several Southeastern states, making highway travel hazardous and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Georgia. More now from Dennis O'Hayer (ph) in Atlanta.</s>DENNIS O'HAYER, 11 NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Remember Y2K? For some midtown residences it just came three weeks late.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I woke up to a big flash of light and a loud crash and the power went the off, and I didn't think it -- I didn't know the tree had fallen. So I went back to sleep, and about 6:00 I got up and looked out and saw my car was smashed.</s>O'HAYER: The giant oak that smashed the back of his car also knocked out power for blocks in this neighborhood of trees. It took nearly 12 hours to clear a lane of traffic. Around the corner, another huge tree fell, glancing Merrick Olive's (ph) roof, just above where he and his wife were sleeping. It slammed through a cinder block wall and smashed three cars, but he feels lucky and is keeping his sense of humor.</s>MERRICK OLIVE, GEORGIA RESIDENT: This is just stuff, you know, that's why you have insurance. I was more concerned about not getting hurt.</s>O'HAYER: But as some houses stay dark and cold while others just yards from the downed lines kept their heat and light, frustration set in.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: For the first couple of hours today it was fun having this camping experience in my kitchen, but now I'm over the experience and I want to return to what is normalcy for me.</s>O'HAYER: That may not return for a while. Dennis O'Hayer, 11 Alive News.
Winter Weather Creates Big Headaches For Georgia