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Topic: 1998 Ice Storm

	Ice Storm 1998
		Between January 4th and 10th, 1998, parts of Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec were hit by 3 successive storm fronts that have been called the greatest natural disaster in Canadian history.
		Canada's largest recorded ice storms, in Ottawa in December 1986 and Montreal in February 1961, left 30 to 40 mm of ice.
		The ice storm began as a low-pressure warm front from Texas and a high-pressure Arctic cold front moving in simultaneously.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0009646 (577 words)

	Respect The Wind--Global Weather News, Storms, Famous Weather Events, Historical Weather
		Ice storms are a major hazard in all parts of Canada except the North, but are especially common from Ontario to Newfoundland.
		The severity of ice storms depends largely on the accumulation of ice, the duration of the event, and the location and extent of the area affected.
		From January 5-10, 1998 the total water equivalent of precipitation, comprising mostly freezing rain and ice pellets and a bit of snow, exceeded 85 mm in Ottawa, 73 mm in Kingston, 108 in Cornwall and 100 mm in Montreal.
	www.respectthewind.com /98icestorm.html (703 words)

	CNN - New Northeast storm may complicate recovery - Jan. 15, 1998
		Storm warnings were posted as far north as New England and as far south as Maryland, where sleet and snow flurries already had forced schools to close in several counties.
		At the peak of the ice storm, about 3 million Canadians in five provinces were without power.
		The ice storm and its aftermath have been blamed for more than two dozen deaths in the United States and Canada.
	www.cnn.com /WEATHER/9801/15/ice.storm/index.html (865 words)

	The Ice Storm of '98
		The ice was still forming; the smallest twigs on the lilac bush were the size of thumbs.
		The summer storm heralds a crack of thunder with crackling sound; with an ice storm it's the crack first, then the crackling as the ice and branch fall slowly into the lower branches or the ground.
		Because of the slippery ice, it was gathered from a spot very close to the garage door where snow had been piled from a storm back in November.
	www.jimmoulton.org /icestorm/bowdoin1.html (3213 words)

	Adverse Health Events Associated with the 1998 Ice Storm: Report of Hospital Surveillance of the Eastern Ontario Health ...
		The worst ice storm in recent memory - Ice Storm '98 - struck eastern Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and the northeastern United States in January 1998.
		During the 4-week period in 1998, there were 1,221 admissions to the five hospitals as compared to 1,238 in 1997- a decrease of 1.4%.
		In Ottawa, the total rainfall in January 1998 was 70.6 mm, of which 69.6 mm (99%) fell as freezing rain from 5 January to 9 January 1998.
	www.phac-aspc.gc.ca /publicat/ccdr-rmtc/99vol25/dr2517ea.html (2039 words)

	Likens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Unlike a commercially clear-cut forest, the intensity of the disturbance associated with the ice storm was highly variable across the landscape, and we anticipated that these responses will vary with the scale and intensity of canopy disturbance.
		We finished a complete forest inventory of W6 during the summer of 1997 [www.hubbardbrook.org/yale/vegetation], and we now have resurveyed the forest during the summer of 1998 to quantify the disturbance associated specifically with the ice storm.
		Ice storms are common to the mesic forests of the northeastern United States (Boerner et al.
	www.hubbardbrook.org /research/current/projects/likens.htm (3000 words)

	Ice, Trees, and People: An Integration of Research, Education, and Management
		Three ice storm-damaged stands in the Adirondack Park region were intensively sampled in 1999 and 2000 to evaluate the relationship between ice storm damage and abundance of secondary insects and insect-caused defects associated on the main boles of ice-damaged trees.
		Ice storms are a recurring disturbance in temperate landscapes and can have major impacts on forest systems, as well as on human communities.
		Comparison of potential mortality due to ice damage (i.e., mortality of trees with >75% of branches broken) to mortality expected without ice damage suggests that the ice storm may alter the health of 16-25% of the forest area but this is not sufficient to alter the health or sustainability of the larger forest system.
	www.esf.edu /ce/conferences/icestorm2001abs.htm (3722 words)

	The Ice Storm of '98
		The Ice Storm of 1998 left us with a legacy of tangled trees, impassable roads, and closed recreation trails across much of the state.
		The Ice Storm's impact on urban forests in the Champlain Valley was particularly devastating.
		The City of Burlington estimated that the Ice Storm damaged or destroyed one-third of the community's street tree population.
	www.anr.state.vt.us /Env99/icestorm.html (665 words)

	Ice Storm 1998 - Ice - SOS! Canadian Disasters - Library and Archives Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		People called it the "storm of the century", but the ice storm of 1998 started out, on January 5, 1998, as little more than a cold drizzle.
		The area affected by the storm was enormous, extending from eastern Ontario, across Quebec, to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
		The storm was worst, however, in eastern Ontario and southern Quebec, where a state of emergency was declared.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /sos/002028-5100-e.html (387 words)

	Ice Storm Hazard Mitigation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Ice accretion hindcasting, calculation of extreme ice loads and ice storm frequencies, and determination site-specific ice loads are aspects of ice storm hazard mitigation studied at CRREL.
		The CRREL Ice Storm Team surveys ice storms as they occur to measure ice loads and document the associated damage to both trees and the power and communication infrastructure.
		Also see the news article on the Ice Storm Team's work and the images from ice storms in Texas and Arkansas in December 2000.
	www.crrel.usace.army.mil /icestorms (189 words)

	UNH Cooperative Extension Forests & Trees - Ice Storm 98
		A map of the ice damage in the state was created using aerial survey data collected by the State of New Hampshire, Division of Forests and Lands and USDA Forest Service.
		Although storms of this extent are uncommon, trees are often exposed to severe weather conditions and are remarkably resilient.
		Ice glazing, snowstorms, and high winds cause dramatic changes in the appearance of forests and sugarbushes.
	extension.unh.edu /Forestry/icestorm.htm (761 words)

	icestormjan98
		In January 1998 a front became stationary in the northeast quarter of the United States.
		The Ice Storm of 1998 caused extensive damage to the northeast.
		The storm was the worst winter ice storm on record.
	www.hprcc.unl.edu /nebraska/icestormjan98.html (546 words)

	Rideau Canal Waterway - Ice Storm 1998
		The ice storm, the worst this century, plunged several million people into the dark in an area ranging from the Rideau region in the west, to the Maritimes in the east.
		In this case, a series of ice storms swept the region, each adding a new layer of ice to already overloaded trees and power lines.
		The real problem was the massive failure of the power grids, partly due to the storm, partly due to the state of the grid itself.
	www.rideau-info.com /local/ice-storm98.html (1770 words)

	Ice – damage or destruction from ice - List of Items - MSN Encarta
		1998 ice storm in Canada and northeast U.S. act of God
		1998: Weather: Ice Storm Ravages Canada and Northeastern United States
		A massive ice storm that began on January 5, 1998, and swept through the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Québec and into the northeastern United States left hundreds of thousands of people in both countries without electricity for weeks.
	encarta.msn.com /refedlist_210071886_0/1998_ice_storm_in_Canada_and_northeast_U_S.html (74 words)

	CTV.ca \| Hydro-Quebec sued over 1998 ice storm
		QUEBEC CITY - Hydro-Quebec, North America's largest electricity producer, confirmed Wednesday it is being sued for $316 million by 22 insurance companies for the unreliability of its power network during a massive ice storm that paralyzed much of the the province in early 1998.
		The insurers, which launched the suit Tuesday, said that not only bad weather was to blame for the damages, but also the power network configuration of the provincially owned utility, its inadequate maintenance, its technical weaknesses as well as human errors.
		During the storm, the weight of the ice crushed transmission towers and brought down power lines across southern Quebec, including Montreal, the province's biggest city.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025816602339_21225802 (240 words)

	Ice Storm.html
		On January a devistating Ice Storm hit the NorthEastern section of the United States and Canada.
		During the storm I had to stay home with my family because our cars were covered in ice and most of the roads were closed.
		My aunt and uncle had a river in their back yard; they had about a foot of water in their basement but the important thing is that we are all right.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Plains/9101/Icestorm.html (3169 words)

	Ice-Storm Twig Pen- background- the Great Ice Storm of '98 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The storm of '98 was especially severe, but almost every year Northern forests sustain ice damage.
		Ice Storm 1998 - a picture essay of the devastation caused by the storm in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
		Ice Storm 1998 - news items and information on the icestorm focusing on the impact in St. Lawrence County.
	www.greensense.com /Marketplace/Won/ice_storm.htm (187 words)

	Learning Resources: Ice Storm 1998 lesson plan
		In January of 1998, the people in eastern Ontario and western Quebec experienced an ice storm that left an indelible impact on them and their environment.
		The St. Lawrence River Valley 1998 Ice Storm: Maps and Facts contains a series of six annotated maps that illustrate the ice storm's impact on the population, environment, retail sales, land cover, dairy cows, and sugar maple taps in eastern Ontario and western Québec.
		In addition, the following activities were developed around the ice storm by teachers during a one-hour workshop at the fall conference of the Ontario Association of Geography and Environmental Education in 1998.
	www.statcan.ca /english/kits/storm.htm (858 words)

	Academic Paper on Ice storm of 1998
		Ice storms are result of the ice formation process, which is influenced by general weather patterns.
		Ice accumulates when super cooled rain freezes on contact with surfaces, such as tree branches, that are at or below the freezing point (0'C).
		Furthermore, ice storms are predictable whereas fire is not since the cause of fire is human mistake and is hard to predict.
	www.researchaid.com /paper/Ice_storm_of_1998-18633.html (163 words)

	Montréal in the Ice Storm, January 1998
		Sometimes a centimetre or more of ice accumulated in an hour or two on cars, and it was also encrusted on trees, buildings, road surfaces, the superstructure of bridges, and anywhere that was open to the elements.
		During the storm the crash of breaking branches was frequently heard, and the ground became littered with splintered wood, Falling limbs brought down power lines and blocked streets.
		But then, as the ice gradually melted in the warming temperatures, one began to notice the extent of damage that had been sustained by most of the mature large trees all over the city.
	home.thezone.net /~sharvey/icestorm.htm (649 words)

	CTV.ca \| N.B. cleanup double the price of 1998 ice storm
		"This was the worst storm in the utility's history, eclipsing the ice storm of 1998," Jeffrey Carleton, NB Power spokesman, said Thursday.
		The ice storm hit New Brunswick last Sunday, causing power outages across the province.
		ATV News: Evaluating casualties of the New Brunswick ice storm
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20030206/nb_storm_cleanup_030206?s_name=&no_ads= (423 words)

	The Ice Storm of 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Most of the birches were severely bent over by the huge amount of ice that formed on their many small twigs and fat leaf buds.
		The ice is still covering many of the trees in the upper third of the south facing slopes, more on the north side.
		For some reason, the light reflecting off of the ice made the woods look an amazing shade of deep blue, an appropriate color, because what happened up there is neat in many ways, sad in others.
	www.hubbardbrook.org /yale/misc/beech98.htm (1098 words)

	Session Summary S98-29 from the 1998 Hazards Research and Applications Workshop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In January 1998, Canada was hit with the worst ice storm that has been recorded.
		It was actually a sequence of three storms which resulted in an accumulation, ranging from 69.6mm in Ottawa, which is three times the historic high for a six day period, to a high of 110mm southeast of Montreal, which is five times the historic high for the same period.
		As a result of this storm(s), one-fifth of the residents of Canada were left without power, and 66 municipalities declared emergencies.
	www.colorado.edu /hazards/workshop/1998/ss29.html (546 words)

	ice storm
		The pine barrens at Altona Flat Rock was severely damaged by the January 1998 ice storm.
		The foresters left any undamaged trees and the cone-bearing branches from damaged trees to act as a "seed-source" to maintain the integrity of the ecosystem.
		Photographs A-C (below) were taken near Well 400 on the flume road (A) before the ice storm, (B) about four months after the ice storm and (C) nearly three years after the ice storm.
	faculty.plattsburgh.edu /david.franzi/esfl/icestorm.htm (147 words)

	Bangor In Focus: The Ice Storm
		Hundreds of students from outside the state who did not know of the ice storm's devastation arrived in Orono and found themselves unable to move back into their dorm rooms.
		The silent storm also destroyed cars that were victims of falling ice and tree limbs, and electrical equipment that experienced power surges and brown-outs.
		The increasingly silent weight of the ice eventually snapped fully grown trees as though they were mere twigs.
	bangorinfo.com /Focus/focus_ice_storm.html (1629 words)

	Be Blommesteijn's Memoirs - 1998 Ice Storm
		The people of eastern Ontario and southern Quebec had just finished their Christmas and New Year's celebrations and were settling in for their winter routine when the new year quickly took a twist that no one had expected.
		The 1998 ice storm was rated by Environment Canada as the worst natural disaster of the 20th century.
		The ice storm was quite the ordeal for many people and monumental in the Canadian record books, for me personally, it was challenging but only a minor temporary hardship.
	www.magma.ca /~triplb/Moms-memoirs-1998-ice-storm.htm (1403 words)

	Ice Storm '98
		During the Ice Storm of 1998, I kept a small diary each day of what was happening in our home near Manotick, Ontario.
		Jan 5: We lost our power with the first ice storm that dropped 13 mm of record setting rain, freezing rain, then ice pellets (same as hail).
		Power is out for 100,000 homes in Ottawa-Carleton as hydro lines snap under the weight of ice, but no one outside the area seems to know anything about it.
	boating.ncf.ca /icestorm.html (1792 words)

	Ice Storm of 1998 pictures. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Northern New England and much of Eastern Canada got hit by an unusually severe ice storm that went on most of the week and finally ended the night of Friday, 9 January 1998.
		This picture was taken the morning of 10 January 1998 in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire by the old train station.
		These pictures were taken on 11 January 1998 on a hike up South Moat Mt (at left) from Passaconaway Road to the south.
	www.embedinc.com /olin/hikes/hb/icestorm.htm (143 words)

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