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 The Ice Storm of 1998 |
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Canadians had never before endured a natural disaster like the ice storm of 1998. A difficult morning of car scraping quickly turned into a state of emergency from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec. Millions huddled in the dark by their fireplaces. Many suffered from hypothermia and carbon monoxide poisoning. Heavy ice sheets toppled huge power pylons and in just six days an electrical system that took decades to create was razed. |
  Educational activities about The Ice Storm of 1998 |
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 Montrealers wake up with their windshields sheathed in ice and sidewalks like skating rinks. (Radio; runs 2:35) |
 Quebec and eastern Ontario have now been suffering through three days of violent weather. (TV; runs 3:51) |
 Outside of Susan Johnson's front window, a silvery veneer of ice covers her mature trees. (Radio; runs 4:25) |
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 A tree pathologist says Montreal is going to look a whole lot different. (Radio; runs 7:24) |
 Giselle Van Lieu whips up dinner by the light of several candles. (TV; runs 3:11) |
 Montreal's entire south shore still lives without electricity. (TV; runs 3:01) |
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 People across the country inundate charities with phone calls asking where to send donations for ice storm victims. (TV; runs 2:49) |
 During the disaster, dozens of people unwilling to leave their homes are found suffering from hypothermia. (TV; runs 8:48) |
 The reasons residents went without power for so long during and after the storm are clearly stated in Roger Nicolet's commission report. (TV; runs 2:07) |
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8 Additional Clips about The Ice Storm of 1998
