You live in Quebec City, don't you Andre? How bad was the ice storm of a few years ago for you? My ex-wife's family lives in St. Bruno, southeast of Montreal. That was in the "Black Triangle", and they were without power for over a week - although some areas of the Triangle went about a month without electricity. The freezing rain kept falling and falling, and the hydro crews would repair downed wires, only to have them come down a couple of hours later.
Indeed, ice storms can be horrendous. And, we're not even talking about the walking/driving conditions, just loss of electricity! I hope it isn't too bad for you Bill. My earlier tongue-in-cheek remark to Pal was in no way intended to belittle how dangerous ice storms can be. Hope all turns out okay for you. OTOH, despite the obvious dangers, there's a beauty to having a world covered in ice, so you may have some photo ops... good luck, frank Andre Langevin wrote: > >It's not the snow that concerns me, it's the 1/2 inch or more of ice. We > >don't get much snow here, but ice storms can cause havoc. > > > >Bill > > Indeed. Ice is the problem. > > http://members.aol.com/badice98/expo/icestormExpostionNDG1.html > > Andre > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 5:22 PM > >Subject: Re: Winter Storm Warning > > > > > >> Hi, Pal, > >> > >> We North Americans aren't as tough as you Scandinavians, I guess! <vbg> > >> > >> -frank > >> > >> P�l Jensen wrote: > >> > >> > Huh? Are anyone issuing warning about inches of snow? The 1. May 1997 we > >had 2 metres and 40cm (only God knows how many inches that is) of snow and > >this in spring. Getting half a metre or up to a metre in a day is not > >uncommon in winter. I've yet to see any waring about it though. > >> > > >> > P�l > >> > >> -- > >> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > >pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert > >> Oppenheimer > >> > >> > > -- -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
