Ice Storm 1998: Immersion in the Black and the Cold Ice Storm 1998: Immersion in the Black and the Cold Musée du Haut-Richelieu
Loggers arrived from all over Québec to lend a hand to the victims. They cut the wood that will be distributed free of charge to the population.
Citizens can stock up on wood for free.
Poles and wires collpased one after the other, because of frozen rain. The darkness has invaded the streets after de fall of the lampposts.
Aerial view of wood distribution center, Saint-Luc.
Bread shelves were quickly emptied in grocery stores during the crisis.
The crowded streets forced people to fill their cans with gasoline on foot, Lacolle.
This tree was bending under the weight of the ice. It was February 6, 1998.
Orchards in the region have been hard hit by the freezing storm. Most trees have lost 2/3 of their branches. This affected the production of the season and […]
Along the roads, there was a series of poles lying on the ground.
This pole broke, dragging the wires in his fall with him. There have been thousands poles who have suffered the same fate in the area of the black […]
This tree was greatly affected by the freezing rain. Despite its size, the weight of the ice broke its branches.
The branches broke under the weight of the ice in front of this Iberville church.
