Tulsans Draw Comparisons To '07 Ice Storm After June '23 Storm

The damage done this weekend reminds some people of the 2007 ice storm that left people without power for at least a week.

The city says the damage to the power grid from this weekend's storms is the worst damage the city has seen since the 2007 ice storm. Bill Davis has been working on cleaning up his property since the storm hit near 15th and Lewis.

"Once the storm went through, it was still raining a little bit, and I came out to survey what happened and that's when I discovered my garden was torn up, and I just started right then," he said.

He says he's done this type of cleaning before.. in 2007 when the temperatures were much different.

"It was a lot easier working out in the cold, cause once you start moving you get warm, with this, once you start moving, you get hot," he said.

Back then, he says he had bigger tree branches fall, this time it's a lot of smaller limbs and he's in okay shape power-wise because of generators.

"Other than that, the cleanup is about the same, it just takes a lot of time," he said.

"This is spread out all across the city, we are seeing damage that I think when it's all said and done, may not be quite as bad as the 2007-2008, ice storm, but it's going to be close," Mayor G.T. Bynum said.

In 2007, many Tulsans were without power for at least a week. Mayor G.T. Bynum says the city is in better shape financially this time around with an emergency fund set aside specifically for disasters.

"We're confident that we have the funding, it's a matter of time and personnel that's going to be required to do,"

Bynum says the main priority is restoring people's power. Until he can pack up his generators, Bill Davis will continue to clean up the damage.

"Hopefully I'll be done tomorrow, hopefully," Davis said.