Snowblowers sales surge as Maritimers dig themselves out of back-to-back storms
HALIFAX — Maritimers are struggling to dig themselves out of back-to-back snow dumps that have walloped the East Coast.
A major storm clobbered Atlantic Canada last week, burying vast swaths of the region in more than half a metre of snow by Monday. There was barely a reprieve before a second system went through the region.
While the worst of the blustery weather appears to have passed, residents and officials alike are still puzzling over how to get rid of the mountains of snow lining streets and roads in many communities.
“I dig and dig and dig, and somehow, there’s more,” said Gordon Gilbert of Sydney in Cape Breton. “I don’t remember what my lawn ornaments look like.”