Quebec officials say about 1,100 workers are out restoring power to the 1.1 million who lost it amid an ice storm Wednesday. They expect to have a third restored within 24 hours.
While Wednesday’s ice storm recalls the 1998 ice storm that ravaged the region, officials say it won’t be that bad this time. In the 1998 storm, about 1.4 million lost power in Quebec and it took weeks to restore. By the end, 35 people had died and the aftermath cost more than $5 billion.
“Its not the same thing. At that time, there was a lot more ice over four days. It was focused in urban areas,” Public Security Minister Francois Bonnardel told reporters at the national assembly Thursday morning….