Thursday, November 20

North American Ice Storm of 1998

Welcome to my Blog, where it is always warm. My name is Don and I'm 81.
I'm still Homeless and without my House, with it marvelous inventory to help create what we needed in an emergency.


Hi, the Buffalo Snow Storm reminded me of Ice Storm of 1998.
Denise and I, took an elderly couple in. He was in his 80's and very ill.
It is strange to think, that in 2009 Denise, had me evicted from the same home. We had no electricity, but we had natural gas. I invented a way to have heat, when others didn't.
 
 
"The North American Ice Storm of 1998 (also known as Great Ice Storm of 1998) was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms which combined to strike a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec to Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the United States, in January 1998. It caused massive damage to trees and electrical infrastructure all over the area, leading to widespread long-term power outages. Millions were left in the dark for periods varying from days to weeks, and in some instances, months. It led to 35 fatalities, a shutdown of activities in large cities like Montreal and Ottawa, and an unprecedented effort in reconstruction of the power grid. The ice storm led to the largest deployment of Canadian military personnel since the Korean War, with over 16,000 Canadian Forces personnel deployed, 12,000 in Quebec and 4,000 in Ontario at the height of the crisis"