Dismay, disbelief after late-May Newfoundland snowstorm: ‘Why? Why? Why?’
GANDER, N.L. — A late-spring storm that buried cars in snow and closed a slew of schools in Newfoundland was prompting dismay — and disbelief — from residents along the island’s northeast coast Thursday.
Photos posted on social media showed a barbecue entombed in snow, and drifts that reached halfway up a front door.
“You would think you were in January,” said one employee of the Gander Public Library, which opened four hours late, after the town plowed the streets. “People have been golfing, and raking, everything here was very spring-like. So this has set us back.”
Environment Canada meteorologist Linda Libby said more than 35 centimetres fell at Gander International Airport overnight and into Thursday, while more than 36 centimetres was recorded at Terra Nova National Park.