Wing Greenwood, NS, conducted aerial imagery of the downed power lines in Quebec and Ontario. Military engineers and technicians worked around the clock with hydro and telephone crews to repair and replace downed transmission towers and utility poles. On January 13, at the request of the Province of Quebec, CF members assumed the powers of peace officers in the most devastated areas around Montreal. At the height of this crisis, Operation Recuperation involved 15,784 deployed personnel (including 3,740 Reservists) from all three CF commands: 10,550 in Quebec, 4,850 in Ontario and 384 in New Brunswick. In addition, 6,200 CF members and DND employees working at their regular jobs provided the logistical support required to sustain the operation. Long-term effects Project Ice Storm (Projet Verglas) was created to monitor the long-term effect of prenatal stress. Researchers at McGill University set up the project in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, finding 178 families to participate; some of the women were still pregnant at the start of the investigation. "The goal of the current study is to understand the long-term effects of the prenatal exposure to stress on the physical growth and functioning, cognitive development, and behaviour of the Project Ice Storm children by studying developmental trajectories through age 13. See also Blizzard of 1977 December 2005 North American ice storm January 2007 North American ice storm December 2013 North American storm complex 2013–14 North American cold wave November 2014 North American cold wave 2020-21 North American winter February 2021 North American cold wave 2021 Texas power crisis References External links 1998 meteorology 1998 disasters in Canada 1998 natural disasters in the United States Ice storms in Canada Natural disasters in Ontario Natural disasters in New York (state) Natural disasters in Maine Natural disasters in Vermont Natural disasters in New Hampshire Natural disasters in Quebec Natural disasters in New Brunswick History of Montreal 1998 in New York (state) 1998 in Maine 1998 in Vermont 1998 in New Hampshire 1998 January 1998 events in Canada January 1998 events in the United States