THE GREAT ICE STORM OF 1998

FROZEN ICE STORM

1TAC REMEMBERS

The North American Ice Storm of 1998

(also known as Great Ice Storm of 1998)

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Frozen Cars stopped in their tracks during the great ice storm of 98
Cars frozen in their tracks. The great ice storm of 98

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Ships sunk in the harbor weighted down by the ice
Ships sunk in the harbor weighted down by the ice in the great ice storm of 98

SURVIVING THE GREAT WINTER ICE STORM OF 1998

Frozen in time trees are weighted down by coating of ice during great ice storm of 98
Frozen in time trees are weighted down by coating of ice during great ice storm of 98

Great Ice Storm of 1998 was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern QuebecNew Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the United States.

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POWER LINES DRAGGED TO THE GROUND BY ICE STORM
POWER LINES DRAGGED TO THE GROUND BY ICE STORM

The Ice Storm of 1998 came with no howling winds, no torrents of floodwater, no seismic convulsions, not even a clap of thunder. Just the steady patter of rain too cold to evaporate.

Later, in the cold and dark, there would be the creaks and groans of burdened trees, the buzz, and crackle of downed power lines, the metallic shriek of ice-rimmed hydro towers giving way to their icy burden. But at first, the enemy was noiseless, its aspect almost benign.

Its effect, however, was anything but:

  • Thirty-five people, including four in Ontario, died as a result of the storm, succumbing to hypothermia, a house fire, carbon monoxide poisoning, and falling ice. Almost a thousand more were injured in car accidents, by falling limbs; emergency rooms dealt with everything from sprained ankles to chainsaw wounds.
  • The death toll was three and a half times that of the flood in Saguenay, Que., in 1996, the next most deadly natural disaster in recent Canadian history.
  • More than 1.2 million homes in Quebec (about half the population) and 250,000 homes in Ontario lost power. About 600,000 people were forced to leave areas where the blackout lingered.
  • The storm inflicted as much as $5 billion in damage. Homes lost roofs, basements were flooded, cars were crushed by falling trees.
  • An estimated 11,000 hydro poles, 1,000 transformers and 300 steel towers were damaged in Ontario alone. Forests of trees were toppled, split, or lost limbs.

But what the storm left most profusely in its wake are memories, some dreadful, some poignant, some wondrous, many warmed by the flame of human kindness that blazed everywhere icy fingers reached.

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