It was a rough day for travelers across the province today as the first winter storm of 2016 dropped more than 20 centimetres of snow across New Brunswick.
The snow and wind led to drifting and blowing snow made for poor visibility and difficult driving.
In Moncton a tractor trailer ended up in a ditch.
All in all people described this as a pretty typical maritime storm.
“Well I think it’s an early appetizer maybe. You know, hopefully we might get some more, maybe we won’t,” said Matthew Gauthier of Saint John.
The storm did cause schools, universities and colleges to shut their doors in much of the province, along with offices and businesses.
The conditions were much the same in Fredericton. Visibility was minimal with plows and tractors out in full force.
Meanwhile it was almost a year ago the region was thrust into the grips of a vicious winter. One area was especially hard hit in Saint John in the South Central Peninsula. So hard in fact, a state of emergency had to be called.
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Last winter saw snowfall records shattered with officials scrambling to remove the huge piles of snow. South end resident Shelley Watson remembers it well.
“Last year was really bad. I don’t want to go through that again. It was really scary,” she said.
Other residents seemed unfazed with the weather today.
“I enjoy shoveling,” said Saint John resident Al Gallant. “It’s not like when we were young, we had a lot more than that and never complained about it.”
For snow lovers, there could be another system ready to hit the Maritimes on the weekend, so more snow ahead.
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