Neighbours have been working to help one another unbury their vehicles and homes, and to locate necessities ranging from prescription medicines to gasoline
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Armed Forces personnel were deployed Sunday to help Newfoundland and Labrador dig out from the monster blizzard that paralyzed eastern regions of the province with record breaking amounts of snow, as forecasts called for yet more precipitation overnight.
She’d just finished chatting on her cell phone with her stepmother, a nurse who had just worked for 50 hours at a St. John’s hospital during the blizzard. Some municipalities including St. John’s, Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s, Conception Bay South and Mount Pearl eased their states of emergency Sunday to make exceptions for some businesses stocking essential needs like medication and gas. People lined up at open gas stations for emergency supplies after days of being snowed in.
In the meantime, residents pitched in to assist home-bound neighbours who had reached out for help on social media. “If it wasn’t for these kind people, I don’t know what I would do,” Pynn said. “There would be absolutely no way we would be able to leave here by vehicle and she probably would have a lot more sick.”
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