12.   However mother nature had quite a surprise in store for the North East Avalon this week.

11.   Today's storm came with a blizzard warning, it was initially forecast to drop 15-20cm snow, bi ity stalled and dropped over 50cm in the St. John's region!

10.   For people that had to go out, driving was quite tangly as motorists were met with whiteout conditions.

9.   Road conditions were further hampered as Municipal and Provincial governments laid off seasonal snow clearing operators. There were noticeably fewer pieces of equipment on the road during and immediately following the storm.

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7.   High winds coupled with the high snowfall created huge drifts, and completely filled in my basement stairwell. This is still one of my most hated winter tasks, shovelling out the basement door.

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4.   In short order the Honda made quick work of my and a couple neighbours driveways. Warm temperatures the following day really accelerated the melting of this surprise spring snow.

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2.   To add to the excitement of the day, right in the middle of the Blizzard Costco called and said the new summer tires for my truck had arrived. Due to the storm they weren't busy and said it was a great time to beat the crowd and have them installed. So right in the middle of the storm, I unloaded my tools and threw my summer rims in the truck and carted them up to the Service Centre. They were ready later that afternoon and I was soon home with brand new 34" BFG All Terrain KO2's ready to be installed.

1.   The following Wednesday we had one more taste of winter with another 15cm dump, although not Blizzard like, it was enough to push Winter 2016 snowfall records over the top for the month of April. This storm officially made it the snowiest month all winter beating January's snowfall totals by just 1.5cm.

Cheers, MIKE

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