Part 2 – The Worst Natural Disaster, Canadian History (Ice Storm 1998) Australian Reacts |AussieTash

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1. We had in Ontario, we just beside Quebec, no power for weeks, unless you had a generator and gasoline

2. my hometown is about 700 km away from Montreal in Ontario and we were hit with 1/100th of what Montreal got hit with. It shut the city down for 2 days. Couldn't drive anywhere and everything was closed. But our power was on. What Montreal got hit with is just unreal. I feel like we avoided a disaster being just far enough away

3. Maine got hit by this storm… I remember it too I was only 7. We had to sleep in our van to keep warm. That storm was brutal.
   This made me remember so much about it…. This gives me the chills just remembering this lol

4. its a whole lot easier to cool off then to warm up.

5. This was interesting to watch, especially since I was 17 years old at the time living in Ottawa, and we did not get it nearly as bad as Montreal. We were only out of power for a few hours where we lived. The biggest memory I had was that I was that I was a new driver, I had just gotten my license, so it was my first real experience driving in bad weather. I was lucky to live in an apartment building with underground heated parking, so didn't have to break big chunks of ice off my car. But I do remember a tree falling on my boyfriend's (now husband's) parent's car that caused a bit of damage. I now live in a rural community between Ottawa and Montreal, the neighbours who lived here during the ice storm told us that they were out of power for over 2 weeks. If this happens again at least we have a generator and other equipment that will allow us to survive through a long-term power outage.

6. The ice storm devastated the Maple Syrup industry. Huge areas of maple trees that produce syrup were destroyed by the ice. They're not expected to recover for at least another 40 years.

7. Your discord is not responding? I have one for you from here in Canada. If you want?

8. After all this heavy stuff you need to check out a feel good Canadian story. You'd enjoy "Gander's Ripple Effect" about Canada & their reaction to 911.

9. i was 11 ,we were in the center of it ,so no power for 1 1/2 month ,but we had a generator and a fire place ,so a lot of my family members came sleep at our house.For the first 4 days we were stuck cause the all the power line were bloking the roads and we are in the country side.There was green stuff on the road in front of my house and people wearing big white suit came to clean it. The army came to ,and i was alone with my 2 littles cousins and i didnt speak english .it was like a movie but hey no school for a month

10. I remember cheering on radio stations when, every morning, they would read out a short list of retailers who had raised their prices to exorbitant levels, trying to profit from the devastation and desperation of others… There's always a few, isn't there? Firewood, water, gasoline, some necessities jacked up to 10 times their regular prices! Needless to say, those businesses were instantly boycotted and did not survive long after the ordeal.

11. We lived in Ottawa, Ontario and we lost power for several says. 🥶🥶🥶

12. I would go out every morning and smash the ice off the lilac and honeysuckle bushes and the young trees in the front yard with my hockey stick . Didn't lose any of those but the one mature tree we had lost a couple boughs. We were also lucky to be connected to a part of the grid with underground wires so we never lost power.

13. On day 3 of that storm, my boyfriend and I moved out of the house because it was sooo cold. We went to my parents place, they lived in a old house with wood stove, fireplaces that are kept in working order all the times… At one point, I counted people who were there. We were 16 adults, 2 kids, 4 dogs and 5 cats! LOL… As for the food, well, we all had our food from home that we took out of the freezer and put in coolers outside so it didn't went bad too quick… We bring them with us and so we didn't lost too much of food. I have oil lamp and at my parents place they have some also, so we used that so we could see during the evening. As my parents were farmers, we had also a generator that we used every now and then to give just enough electricity for the fridge and the freezer.

14. How did we rebuilt things ?–by cooperating & helping each other. We got help from USA electric lines workers to help, & once power was restored here, Québec electricity workers went to USA northern states to help as a thanks. I had heating (gas instead of electricity & my neighbour had a lot of bottled water. I had 12 people sleeping on the floor in my own living room. I had heating & my neighbour had water, so we helped each other & everything was fine. Power lines were rebuilt stronger to plan for eventual future ice storms. Have a nice day.

15. I was 12 living in my home town west of Ottawa at that time. My family and I were camping in our basement using our wood stove for cooking and heat for 3-5 days while waiting for the power to return. Lucky for us, my step-father had a generator and and he brought it into our family business (a restaurant) and was able to to cook off our dwindling stock and bring food to those who needed it. But leaving the house wasn't easy as out home was on a hill with a shared driveway with out neighbor and with the ice so slippery, we could get a car down the driveway, but not back up it.

16. I was living on north shore of Montreal, I was 17 yo and we were lucky enough, we weren't out of power so we hosted the grand mother and my step brother. The good thing was we didn't have school for that period of time ! But my uncle living on south shore of Montreal was out of power for 45 days, the exact spot where power lines collapsed !

17. I was stuck in that ice storm in Gatineau, without power for two weeks. My boyfriend was a hydro technician so he was away for those two weeks. I was left alone to take care of everything. Hopefully, we had a fireplace but I had to cut my wood every day to maintain it. I had to cook my food on a fondue stove. What just stroke me with your video is the fact that for the first time in my life, I am witnessing what was happening while I was alone for two weeks, I simply had no clue. I had no radio, no phone, and no tv. Incredible! Thank you for sharing.

18. You should check out the documentary about Gander Newfoundland during 9/11 I think it's called "come from away" you will see true Canadian spirit in that one.

19. Imagine, a month without light, without phone, without water. No radio or tv. No hot shower. No home or even hot food. It was painful. I was going to school that fatal year. Our school was closed until February, and the cafeteria was used as a shelter for the evacuated. They created electricity with giants industrial generators, given by donators from Red Cross. Red Cross helped us and did the best they could at that time. I remember a local artist of my area composed a song about the storm. His name is Kaya, but I can remember the title of this song. Everyone hated it here, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The total of the benefits created with the song went to the victims and the Red Cross.

20. 4 of my brothers work for Hydro and they were all sent from other parts of Canada to work on this disaster. They were there for weeks helping rebuild towers and restore power.

21. Thanks again Tash for Part 2. I can only pray that they never have to experience that again. Thank God though for how people pull together to help one another!

22. I want to know who said "The power lines are nearly falling down… lets throw logs it." I mean it worked, but it sounds crazy even knowing it worked.

    While I was far away from the storm, I remember days of news coverage of the story.

    If you want another coming together in adversity story… Gander and the Plane People… um… first link I found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GXmplRrwgA&t=855s seems short to tell the whole story but…

23. We are supposed to get 15 to 20 cm of snow on Wed and Thursday this week.

24. I 2nd HOODAT DARE's suggestion for your next video to react to and have an addition.

    Halifax Explosion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA8jIgvA8fo) followed by The Boston Christmas Tree (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uu6GULBKVM) as the two stories are directly related.

25. So, the way my husband's family did it was that everyone in the neighbourhood would go to his house for meals because his father had a generator so it became this huge communal meal place.
    I was in Ottawa. My street didn't loose power but all the trees and infrastructure had come down and were damaged so we were stuck in our houses until the military could clear the debris up.
    * My house was also located across the road from CSIS (Canadian Intelligence Service) so I think there were perks to living there and getting help quicker!

26. I wonder if this is a bit like what Ukraine is dealing with. No power, water.

27. A friend of mine she was 15 at the time and she was in charge of keeping the wood stove going for a month as they had no power for a month. Many people in rural areas had no power for weeks. The province I live in, Ontario was affected as well more east of me.

    We had a bad ice storm where I was in 2013 and we had no power for 4 days. We had to sleep under the blankets in our coats and hats and mitts. We had to try and keep our pets alive as well. We all survived . My in-laws 5 days and they were very elderly in their 80’s and they almost froze. They absolutely refused to leave their home . We pleaded crying but no. My father-in-law ended up in the hospital.

28. The community spirit was great but unfortunately there were also people who took advantage of others. There were people who had their generators stolen and some stores were price gauging people by charging enormous amounts for generators and other supplies. But the good out weighed the bad for sure! Alot of people had frozen water pipes that burst and caused a lot of damage too.

29. Luckily building codes were more modern at this time , back in the day when the Europeans started building had NO CLUE how bad winters could get here and many died just due to " normal " winter weather. This was another level!!! Many old fireplaces and woodstoves saw use for the first time in 50 or so years…some had bought the houses not knowing if the chimney's were blocked off or not. Many took other people in and others who could get to familly and friends stayed with them. We weren't as badly affected in North Ontario but we still had ice everywhere, a lot of ppl here were real nervous about losing power, driving was HELL and all the wife worried about was her Auntie and Uncle living way back in behind Goulais Bay North Ontario, she found a neighbour with a radio tower and managed to get ahold of her Aunt's neighbour to find most of the small community were stuck out there til the highway got cleared. Thankfully they had 5 cords of wood ( 1 large tree= 1 cord )and most Ppl out there had big pantrys so they were doing alright, everyone out there had a community meeting at the local church and volunteers went out to the more remote parts to check on elders and bring them to the church ( on the back of snowmobile ) if need be. You can get or make shade to get away from the heat….the cold finds the shade and makes it colder…if you run outta wood to burn or other method of heating, you in trouble.

30. As others have pointed out already, huge respect to the pioneers who had it so rough compared to us but still thrived.

    5 days without power was not overly terrible for us, thank god. We had a clean fireplace, lots of wood. We lost plants, food. Our cat was terribly cuddly. I disfigured my Honda Civic's hood when I tried to remove the 2-inch thick ice (for real). We almost purchased a generator, but unscrupulous vendors were selling them at shamefully high prices.

    That was the extent of the consequences for us, living on Montréal's south shore.

    But it was tragic for some businesses, cattle farmers, etc. And terrible for forests.

31. Churchill, polar bear capital of the world would be a good video.

32. IN PETERBOROUGH ONTARIO WE HAD A NORMAL ICE STORM, NOT TO BAD. THE HALIFAX EXPLOTION IS A GOOD STORY ALSO.

33. I remember this storm. I live in Ontario but have a lot of family in Montreal and the surrounding areas. It was so brutal and sad.

    Type "ice homes Ontario, Canada" on Youtube, and you'll see videos of homes in Crystal Beach not far from Niagara Falls after the recent storm over the Christmas holiday. They're beautiful, but it's crazy to think about what some snow/ice storms can do! We were more or less okay here in Canada, but several people died on the American side.

34. It's honest battle of efforts to live in some areas of Canada. Last summer lost half my backyard to tornadoes 3 in one year

35. Yeah it was bad but we rebuilt, those of us who lived through it now know what to do. We're equiped to live through such disasters. My family had fire places in working order so we were ok, but i know people for whom it took up to 2 months before they were reconnected…

    It reminded me of how it must have been for the first pioneers who arrived to this wild, immense land with virtually nothing… and they built this wonderful country, literally by hand… We're made of tough stuff over here!

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