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February 5, 2015 By 11 Comments

161 Centimetres of Snow & Counting!

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I have lived in Canada my entire life.  I know to expect lots of snow, it’s Canada after all, we get snow.  But 161 centimetres in nine days… and counting, now that’s ridiculous.

I live in the Maritimes, not with Santa at the North Pole!

There is a reason I titled this post, 161 Centimetres of Snow & Counting.  Yes, you guessed it.  Today, we are expecting to receive an additional 25 – 40 centimeters of snow.  That will bring the 12 day total to between 186 and 201 centimetres!  Any way you “shovel” it, that is a lot of snow!

I live in the suburbs of our neighbouring city of Saint John in New Brunswick.  Not sure if you have ever visited Saint John, which is Canada’s oldest incorporated city, but the uptown (yes uptown, not downtown…lol) is a maze of narrow streets and very old buildings.

So, you can imagine what 161 centimetres of snow, coupled with narrow streets and mainly curbside parking has down to the uptown city core.  Because of abandoned and parked vehicles, coupled with the sheer quantity of snowfall, plows cannot access many streets and others are too narrow for emergency vehicles to use.  Unless something was done, the situation would only get worse as more snow is slated to fall today.

On a few occasions in the past few days, fire and police vehicles have been unable to gain access to many roadways. The situation is so dangerous, that the city made an unprecedented move and declared a local state of emergency on this past Monday night and has asked the province and neighbouring communities for help with snow removal.

For the next seven days, until the snowy mess has been cleaned up, ALL vehicles are banned from parking in the uptown area.

Wondering what 161 centimetres of snow looks like?  Here are some images to give you a bit of an idea.

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The morning of the big event!  “Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning…”.

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We are well into the belly of the beast!  Talk about white out conditions!

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The aftermath. Huge mounds of snow are everywhere.

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That is a lot of snow!

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Shoveling a path to our side door.

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I can’t help but wonder if I tempted fate with this sign…

 {Some of the images you see are courtesy of my sister Kathy over at Oak Lawn Images.  Thanks Kathy!}

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  1. Patricia says

    February 5, 2015 at 6:13 PM

    Great post! I,too, wonder if your sign and my son’s “snow dance” have temped the Snow Gods to send retribution on us! Just kidding, we are, as you said, living in Canada where this is what happens. Sort of a perfect storm of coincidences, short time period, cold temps and humongous snow falls!! Looking forward to spring.

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    • Monica Parlee says

      February 7, 2015 at 11:05 AM

      lol…yes people will be chasing Chris and me down!! I hate to say it, but it is so pretty!

      Reply
  2. Jarod says

    February 5, 2015 at 9:14 PM

    Great post. I can’t believe the difference in the past month!

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    • Monica Parlee says

      February 7, 2015 at 11:05 AM

      Difficult to believe what a difference a few weeks makes!

      Reply
  3. Shari says

    February 6, 2015 at 8:01 AM

    Great…I can’t say I miss it, though. …..

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    • Monica Parlee says

      February 7, 2015 at 11:06 AM

      It’s very pretty Shari, but I could use a few weeks in the warmth and sun about now!

      Reply
  4. Guppy says

    February 6, 2015 at 12:17 PM

    Insane! Makes me glad I live on the southern end of the “Wet” Coast instead. I think we had a minor dusting of the white stuff weeks ago lol!

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    • Monica Parlee says

      February 7, 2015 at 11:08 AM

      lol..the “wet@ coast, never heard that before! Visited BC once and it is GORGEOUS! You live in a great area of the country Guppy!

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  5. Catherine White says

    February 6, 2015 at 7:51 PM

    So much snow indeed. I didn’t think we were going to have a Winter al all. boy was I wrong!!

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    • Monica Parlee says

      February 7, 2015 at 11:09 AM

      I know, thought we were going to escape this year! We went from 0 to 180.2 in a matter of days!

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  6. Shari says

    February 7, 2015 at 1:07 PM

    Come visit!! Would love to have you!!

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