# Freezing rain in Quebec - 1 dead, lots without power - premier hopes it warms up soon

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 7, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-rain-in-quebec-1-dead-lots-without-power-premier-hopes-it-warms-up-soon/982294 "2023-04-07T03:07:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-rain-in-quebec-1-dead-lots-without-power-premier-hopes-it-warms-up-soon/982294/21 "2023-04-08T02:05:58Z")

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Thanks for the update, Hari!

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**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-rain-in-quebec-1-dead-lots-without-power-premier-hopes-it-warms-up-soon/982294/22 "2023-04-08T08:36:38Z")

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Thanks for the update - so interesting how the different services fail and return to normal. Definitely not easy to predict.

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**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freezing-rain-in-quebec-1-dead-lots-without-power-premier-hopes-it-warms-up-soon/982294/23 "2023-04-08T11:11:21Z")

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I was smack dab in the middle of the 1998 ice storm and I’m sure glad I’m not living there now. We had no power for three weeks and no phone for one month.

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