The Harms of Living in Edmonton QEII

March 21 marked the beginning of spring. Well I guess the groundhog never saw his shadow because Edmonton saw a huge snowfall that lasted all day and well into the night.

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When I went out the door early 6:00 am yesterday it was already madly snowing. The flurries just wouldn't stop. It wasn't as if it was extremely cold, more that the flurries obstructed your view and hid all the black ice on the floor. Driving conditions were horrible.

This storm as reported by CBC caused injuries to 100 some people and involved several deaths.

Police first got reports around 11 : 30 am. Initial numbers of those hurt were estimated to be about 300 but after assessment the final number of injured fell to about 100 people.

Around 22 were transferred to nearby hospitals for treatment while about 80 were treated onsite.

To avoid the congested high way and the tricky high way roads, Dustin actually took the backroads leading back to Ellerslie from Nisku at about 20 km/ hour. Others that I knew taking the highway inched along at 30 km/hour.

Yesterday made for a scary EYE OPENING drive and a look at the horrors of an Edmontonian Spring gone wrong.

Its days like this that I wish I was living in some tropical country... Even the bank closed down early yesterday at 6 pm instead of 8 pm.

On a brighter note, the sun is out today and it seems like yesterday never happened... except for the ginormous piles of snow.