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Weather woes: Huge snowfall leaves residents digging their way out Wednesday.
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By Tracy Hughes and Martha Wickett MARKET NEWS STAff
First it was snow, and then more snow. Now arctic air moving in will mean colder temperatures for the Shuswap. Two snowstorms, the first Monday, Jan. 7, and the second and more dramatic snowfall Tuesday afternoon and evening, dumped approximately 18 centimetres on Salmon Arm. Now the low-pressure system which brought the snow is moving off, allowing colder air to move in for the weekend. “We may hit double digit minuses for the overnight lows this weekend,” says Doug Lundquist, Environment Canada meteorologist. “Just in time to really freeze up all that snow.” The Environment Canada gauge, which is located along Shuswap Lake, recorded the 18-centimetre increase in the snow level by Wednesday morning. “This is not to say the area didn’t actually receive more snow than that,” says Lundquist. “There’s a great deal of elevation change in Salmon Arm, and the higher levels likely saw even more snow.” Lundquist says the back-to-back nature of the two storms is what made it more significant. “On their own, each of these storms was pretty typical winter weather, but coming so close together, it really made an impression on people. It was an intense few hours.” Lundquist also notes the relatively mild temperatures, hovering close to zero, contributed to wet snow and
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n City workers had their work cut out for them Wednesday, clearing roads and sidewalks, like this sidewalk on Auto Road, following the heavy snowfall Tuesday. treacherous road conditions. Indeed many drivers struggled to reach their destinations Tuesday evening, as many roads became almost impassable – including the Trans-Canada Highway at Tank Hill. “There was some real trouble with semis spinning out and not making it along the hill there,” said RCMP Staff Sgt. Kevin Keane. “Our members were kept pretty busy there for a while.” But while the road conditions were terrible, Keane said most drivers took extra care and there were remarkably few accidents.
“There were no major incidents, just a lot of people in snowbanks or stuck on the shoulders.” Tuesday’s snowfall meant extra staff and hours for the city. Rob Niewenhuizen, the city’s director of engineering and public works, said although the snow stopped falling about 9 or 10 p.m. Tuesday, the fact that it came on the heels of an earlier snowfall made for lots of work. Crews were starting to clear city subdivisions after plowing the arterial roads, when the new snow meant they had to head back to the main roads.
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“It’s kind of a hop-scotch game we play having to move back and forth,” he said. No city roads were closed because of the snowfall. Even Okanagan Avenue stayed open, with crews plowing and sanding it. “I think the worst part of the event was around the rush-hour traffic going home, with everyone on the road and heavy, thick snow. The roads were all open – it was just the condition of the roads.” Last week city crews hauled snow See Arctic on page A2
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