RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- This Christmas marks the 26th anniversary of the 1998 Ice Storm, a devastating storm that knocked out power for 400,000 customers across Central Virginia. “As a 2-year-old on Christmas Eve, you’re worried about Santa and worried about the presents, and I remember my 2-year-old self thinking oh my goodness, like is Santa going to be able to find me,” said Good Morning Richmond Anchor Delaney Hall. The storm was a combination of sleet and freezing rain which led to ice accumulations across Central Virginia and Eastern Virginia. “Well, this was, of course, a classic cold air damming event," said Stormtracker8 Chief Meteorologist John Bernier. "Where we had cold air down at the ground, and warm air aloft.” The effects of the storm started on Wednesday, Dec. 23, and lasted into Christmas morning. There were outages for many -- with some not getting power back until 10 days after the storm was done. Many areas declared a state of emergency as roads became impassable and travel became nearly impossible. “There were a lot of travel problems that developed, obviously, because of all of the people who tried, trying to travel for Christmas Eve," Bernier said. "This kind of, basically, threw everyone’s plans up in the air.” In recent years, we have not seen much in the way of snow -- but Stormtracker8 meteorologists say that that could mean we will see more ice storms. “I think we’ve moved into a pattern where ice is becoming more of a prevalent threat for us than snow," Bernier said. "Snowfall here has been on a diminishing trend, really since the 60s and 70s. The 60s were the decade when the biggest amount of snow for us -- when you look at it on a decade basis.”