HALIFAX- Slick sidewalks and clogged driveways are just some of the problems being dealt with by Halifax residents in the wake of a series of brutal winter storms. But for some, the problems aren’t just outside, but inside their houses too.
Ground floor residents of an apartment building on Victoria Road, know this all too well after they experienced flooding on Sunday.
Resident Gillian Zinck said that the water started pouring in mid-morning.
“There was drainage that was coming off the roof and a pipe was leaking and that of course causes havoc and there was a little bit of backup and then it became a big backup.”
Zinck said that there was nothing they could do as water flowed down the first floor hallway rushing through residence doors.
“And then there was about an inch and a half, two inches all the way to the picture window, so anything that was on the floor had to be put up up on like the couch, the bed.”
Building superintendents brought dryers to the apartment and helped residents as much as they could.
“They had pump trucks in – everyone was working tirelessly,” said Zinck. “And I mean and at the end of the day we were all trying to crack jokes because there was such a mess and we were all so happy that it ended up that the leak was stopped, but they were amazing.”
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Excessive water in a parking lot on Gebhardt Street in Fairview caused the basement of another apartment building to flood, forcing people out of two units.
As temperatures rapidly dropped below zero Sunday, flash freezing occurred across the city.
Two Queen Street business owners chipped away at their icy steps before closing shop early, and tried to make good use of a bag of safety salt.
“The sidewalks are so bad, it might be the only bag of salt in the city so I might just sell it – it might be the only money I’ll make today,” Said Maureen Court, owner of Elsie’s Clothing.
Joey Robinson, owner of Put Me On Consignment said, “nobody will be out in this. It’s too icy, can’t do anything about it.”
With cold temperatures in the forecast, it may be awhile before the ice breaks up, and with the parking ban in effect again Monday night many people are struggling to clear their ice packed driveways so they can move their cars off the street.
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