Good assessment of the ice storm in ambiant sound. Firefighters searching for people without electricity in an apartment building, the St. Regis. Cow with a newborn calf, interview farmer. Box of checks for Public Safety Disaster Relief, people who carry these boxes, CU Lucien Bouchard in a helicopter prepares to go distribute the checks. Snow removal truck and snowblower, a caterpillar cleans the sidewalk, crane removes snow. Two men unload a truck of branches, piles of tree branches. Jean-Claude Turcotte shakes hands with two elderly residents in a center, chats with them. Hydro-Quebec engineers working on towers aboard boats, towers intact. Keywords: MONTEREGIE,MONTREAL (REGION),1998 ICE STORM