The ten year anniversary of the Ice Storm of the Century approaches....

Lyrics to "The Ice Song" by Bill Welburn and Richard Rice as performed by The Road Scholars were printed in the Gleaner this week.
This was the view from Howick, Quebec, Canada 1998

The Ice Song

It's never been so dark here in our homeland
Black triangle's where they say we are.
Twenty days it's been and still no power;
That ice is causing damage everywhere.

Melting ice and snow brought on more trouble
Strangers reaching out to show they care
Folks we hardly knew became our saviors
When someone needed someone, one was there

No power, rising water in the Valley;
Barely surviving with my kin.
Generators, sump pumps were a luxury;
Don't ever want to live that way again.

Water swiftly rising in the river;
Saw my neighbour's house go floating by.
Pussy cat perched high upon a chimney;
It almost brought a tear drop to my eye.

The sound of crashing trees will never leave me;
They lie like broken match sticks on the ground.
Fifty years of growing gone to tinder;
I think I'll sell my house and move to town

No power, rising water in the Valley
Barely surviving with my kin
Generators, sump pumps were a luxury
I don't ever want to live that way again.