... dollars worth of property damage in parts of Eastern Canada. It took 72 hours before the Canadian government realized the Great Ice Storm was going to be as savior as it was. If the government had warned or informed the people sooner then the population would have taken more preventative measures then what they did such as buying extra generators to maintain heat and light in the homes. Extra wood for wood fired stoves as well as insuring car vehicles were kept inside garages. People might have made provision for the elderly and children to move away from the danger zone to friends and relatives. These measures would have helped to reduce the amount of number of claims made to insurance companies and the government. During the Ice storm there was great economic loss and disruption to the economy of Quebec and Eastern Canada. Agriculture was particularly effected more then ...

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