Wednesday, March 18th - it certainly was't a green St. Patrick's Day

Condition at 5:30 am: -6 and overcast
Expected later: -1 with a winter storm watch - another 10 to 15 cms of snow with high winds before the day is over - Yaaay! :-(  So after being storm stayed for two days, I should actually get to work this morning

As I write the first part of this post, it is Tuesday evening around 8:00.  An insane amount of snow fell over the weekend and continued on into Monday. So much so that the island was once again, pretty much shut down. Our work didn't open so I needn't worry that I couldn't get out. Plows were trying to get around to as many places as they could but the high winds overnight Monday blew back in a lot of what had previously been cleared.

Keep in mind that there is no hill here - just snow

The sun was shining brightly most of the day on Tuesday but there was no sign of a plow anywhere in the neighbourhood. It did finally go past approximately 6:00 pm but it took over 20 stop, back up and start again before he got past our house and the next door neighbour. There was an amazing amount of snow that had blown in between the two steep banks on either side of the road.  Once that was done, we expected our regular snow clearing to take place at the end of the lane. Lloyd headed off to bed and just as I was heading out to the garage to do some work, the phone rang. Unfortunately, due to mechanical problems our neighbour wasn't able to come over. So I woke up Lloyd and asked him what we should do.

Bernie to the rescue

What can I say. Once again the VanGaal family came to our rescue. Bernie had just gotten in the house when Lloyd called him. He said he'd be over shortly and we promised to have something for him to eat when he was done. He must have been exhausted as I'm sure he spent his entire day blowing snow. He has no idea how incredibly grateful we are for his help, again. And apparently we're the winners, having the most snow.

On a brighter note, flights were back on track so Brenda should be out west by the time she reads this. Have a great time girls!