Monday 6 March 2017

Swept to Sea


St. Anthony has been wiped off the map:

A non-stop 72+ hour winter blast pummelled the Northern Peninsula this past weekend, dumping at least 80cm of snow.
Even the snow plows were taken off the road.

A short 30 minute (mis)adventure into the worst of it and I was hurrying back to my cave:

The hospital:


Wouldn't want to dig out of this one:

... or this one:

The main highway coming....

Snow drifts up to the power lines:



Roads leading to and from St. Anthony were still blocked off this afternoon.
The only new birds I've discovered, so far, were a flock of 30+ redpolls which included two pale individuals: