As most of you might have heard on the News we here in Eastern Canada had a rather devastating Ice Storm. Most of the province of Quebec and the eastern part of Ontario were affected.

• HARI was out of power for 11 days. We had a generator to run essential lights and water pump. No warm water though.

• Heat was maintained in rooms due to earth sheltering of building and high insulation value in roof and walls.

• Only a few (6 out of 150) cockatiels and 3 Conures died of cold stress.

• Babies at HARI were moved to Mark Hagen's house down the road in Hudson, Quebec. Although Mark had no power for 13 days, he had a generator connected to two oil furnaces for heat and hot water, also two fireplaces were going all the times. Babies at HARI that were moved included 2 Hawk Headed parrots, 2 Bronze Winged Pionus, 2 Pacific Parrolets, 1 Goffin Cockatoo, and 1 Sun Conure. The birds were set up in front of the living room fireplace and were very comfortable and growing well.

• A running generator is a very important part of any facility where many animals cannot easily be moved.

• Damage from the ice to trees around HARI is a major negative aspect of the storm.