"Dave Smith" wrote in message
news:43270959.A6447F27@sympatico.ca...
> sechumlib wrote:
>
> >
> > > Any risk of "ice storms" like the one that struck Quebec in 1998,
> > > leaving people without power for days in the middle of winter? Or are
> > > meterological factors different in the Great Lakes area?
> >
> > Good grief! Are you suggesting that the OP was so stupid as to try to
> > avoid ALL possibilities of disaster, any time, with any frequency no
> > matter how infrequent?
> >
> > Yes, there are ice storms. They probably happen about every 15-20 years.
> > I lived through one ice storm in central Missouri, for heaven's sake, in
> > 1949, and another one in central Illinois in the late 1950's. NY State
> > might get one, but what are the chances?
> >
> > Just try to find ANY place in the US or Canada that has NO chance of a
> > weather emergency.
>
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