Atlantic storm causes Newfoundlanders to step up for their neighbours

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Amidst the remnants of last week’s blizzard, there were handfuls of so-called “shovel brigades” and volunteers pushing snowblowers across St. John’s to help people move the mounds of snow. The epic weather event has created its own class of celebrities in the city’s snowplow operators, who went out when everyone else stayed in.

The region’s musicians also joined in on the fun. In the tune of Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues,” Derrick Vaters of Victoria, N.L.The internet has been flooded with images posted for laughs, which vastly outnumbered those conveying any sense of misery.Some people were seen taking advantage of the wall of snow right outside their doors by stuffing beverages into them to keep them cold.

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