Armed Forces arrive in St. John's as state of emergency stretches into fourth day

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A state of emergency is stretching into its fourth day in St. John's, N.L., today as Armed Forces personnel prepare to help the city dig out from an unprecedented snowfall.

Eastern regions of Newfoundland have been paralyzed since Friday when a major blizzard brought down record-breaking amounts of snow, with over 76 centimetres falling in a single day in the capital amid winds gusting over 150 kilometres per hour.

The Canadian Armed Forces says it deployed 100 personnel from Fredericton Sunday and expected between 150 and 200 people on the ground by Sunday evening. With a second snowfall on Sunday night, the city advised pharmacies would be closed Monday, updating later to say some may be allowed to open for prescriptions.

 

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Meanwhile the Army is clearing the snow, the unemployed sit back and watch

And for added fun, globalnews embeds a video of snow removal in St. John's in a story about a snow removal parking ban in Saint John.....

What happened to the stories of that famed east coast wit?

Why are they armed? Jesus Christ ... they aren’t going to shoot the snow, are they? No. I guess that would be stupid. ... But, they’re not going to ... right?

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