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Humans are curious by nature, and after a storm of such magnitude over eastern Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, you start to think about how this stacks up to past events.This storm

Wind gusts were persistent in the range of 40 to 80-plus km/h, which in general, is lower than other historic blizzards.Perhaps the most reasonable comparison in terms of duration is the blizzard of 1992. This photo from Truro, N.S., shows a car buried in snow following the blizzard dubbed white Juan in February 2004. -Contributed/Keith Beaver

 

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