FREDERICTON — A review of a devastating ice storm in northeast New Brunswick says many residents were ill-prepared for an emergency — and some responded to the crisis with fear and suspicion that put them in even greater danger. The storm in late January loaded trees and power lines with ice, snapping hundreds of power poles and leaving more than 130,000 people without power for days. NB Power CEO Gaetan Thomas said the utility promotes the 72-hour preparedness message every fall, but more will have to be done to convince people to be ready. NB Power said the ice storm was the largest, most expensive restoration effort in the utility’s history. The ice build-up from this storm exceeded those maximums by four times!” the report says.

Source: National Post August 18, 2017 15:22 UTC