I had to repeat the 9th grade because of the ice storm in 93'. I grew up in BC but over Christmas break, an average ice storm hit the province of Quebec and flights got canceled so my family and I could not get back. The storm of 98' was something else. People weren't dieing of cold but roads and infrastructure were devastated

Victoria nl canada, me and dad are surrounded here by; a former town mayor, a restaurant owners, a busdriver, equipment operator, and a mechanic, plus the recreation fields and such. We all help each other out here from time to time. A lot of snow blowers shovels atv side by side and some other equipment that can be borrowed.

I live in eastern Ontario and my home was without power for over a week. We had a woodstove in the basement for warmth and cooking. My office didn't get electricity back for 2 weeks and I was the only person who could make it in. It was so spooky driving to work that first morning. A village I pass through was totally dark except for the odd candle I could see through someone's window. One could not get fuel as all the stations were closed. The military visited every household to check on people. We managed. It certainly was memorable.

I lived in Ottawa during the storm. I personally was only out of power for a few days, but husband (then boyfriend) lived just south of Ottawa and they did not have power for almost a month! I also did volunteer work for St. John Ambulance and helped at a shelter halfway between Ottawa and Montreal and many people came to eat, but still wanted to stay in their homes – worried and wanting to watch and protect their property. My job was to provide first aid. I remember treating a man with frostbite on his feet. He still chose to go back to his home after receiving treatment and getting some food.

I remember the ice storm, on the first morning looking out the window it was so beautiful but then nature started showing its wrath I remember walking down the street to bring my daughter to preschool and a tree falling right in front of us thats when we turned around and went home. it was a once in a lifetime thing our trees are still recovering today now we have mini ice storms with just a few millimetres of ice on tree branches and they still fall with even a small amount of ice but nothing compared to the ice storm of 98.

In 2020 there was an awful ice storm that hit parts of Oregon. It wasnt quite as severe as what happened to Montréal, but it tore down 150 acres of timberland my uncle had hand-planted 30+yrs ago, as well as the century-old oaks that we loved so much on that family farm. It was utterly heartbreaking and has taken years to clean up from…

i was an adult when this storm happened. I also did not see any of the coverage since I did not have power for 8 days. I listened to my small radio with batteries and a candle for light. The triangle of darkness lost power for a month. The farmers lost all their livestock and the maple producers were devastated. The building where I worked downtown Montreal was a power user so hydro closed the building so that the power could be directed to residential users. It was closed for a week after the storm ended. A book was published on the storm. I bought it since I did not see the coverage. I remember looking out my front window and seeing the military vehicles going by. The roads where difficult to manouver since the ice was so thick. It could not be removed since it would break the snow removal equipment. All the grocery stores where closed since there was no power. All their perishible groceries were lost. Some restaurants were open for take out only since they had a gas ovens. My family was almost evacuated to a shelter but we were lucky that our neighbour got a generator in Kingston since the price of generators, batteries, water etc. went sky high. In the height of the storm, you could not travel by plane, train, bus or metro. They even closed all the bridges so you could not leave the island. Downtown Montreal was also closed since it was to dangerous due to the falling ice. The building I worked in had an atrium and an open restaurant. The tower is 48 stories. Some co-worker were eating when a large chunk of ice fell of the building and broke through the atrium. Luckily it was on the left side since the restaurant was on the right side. Needless to say, they did not finish their lunch. In the book covering the storm, there was a photo of a hydro crew from Newfoundland. The group of them bought a lottery ticket when in Montreal and they won!

i was living in Toronto area terrifying no power driving to work hoping the bus in front could make the hill and not sliding back into you it was so cold most furnaces couldn't be run no lights it was horrifying

I know these videos tend to focus on Montreal (obviously, as the largest/most populated area affected) but it was truly an event that spanned the St. Lawrence/Champlain Valley systems and beyond…

we had worst ice storms in toronto

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I was living in the Ottawa area. (Which is close to Montreal and was hard hit buy the storm), pregnant with my daughter. The birch trees in the yards were bent over with the weight of the ice and in the midst of all the cold and ice the power went out. Our power was not out for long, others went a long time and had to leave their homes to go to a shelter. Farmers had to take turns hand milking their cows. Ice was caked on everything making it dangerous to walk outside. Some were isolated. I kept praying that I didn’t go into labour early as ambulances and emergency vehicles were struggling to get anywhere.

I had a head on collision with a truck in a tunnel. I survived only because the truck did not have the container. It was just the cabin. It threw me 5 meters and the cops when they came, could not believe I was in that car. Just had a broken nose from the air bag.

The ice storm added 9 tons to each electric power line

I lived through that…I was living 2 hours from Montréal back then. No electricity for weeks, by chance one neighbor had a generator and was kind enough to let us use it to