Emery Slessor and his dad are doing their best to dig out their driveway in Wingham after a huge dump of snow overnight Thursday. “It’s horrible. I hate having to push this, scoop that down. He has to chop it down, and then I have to blow it out. And you just repeat that, and it just won’t end,” said Emery. A streamer coming off Lake Huron, stretching from Kincardine to Kitchener, dumped upwards of 30 centimeters of snow overnight and Friday morning, on places including Wingham, Brussels, and Listowel. Residents awoke to driveways jam packed with heavy, wet snow. “I’m really thankful the town plowed it in for me because, I mean, this is what I want to do for four hours is to shovel out my driveway,” said Emery’s father, Shawn Slessor. The father-son team weren’t alone in their frustration Friday, as residents used every means necessary to clean out their driveways and walkways, only to see it fill back in moments later. At its peak, the system dropped 5 to 10 centimeters of snow per hour. “It’s normal for where we are in Ontario, but it is kind of early,” said Wingham resident, Robert Alton as he cleared out his driveway. It was the second consecutive day of school bus cancellations and school closures across Huron, Bruce, Grey, Perth, and Wellington counties. Over the past two days, some communities have seen more than 70 centimeters of snow. “I would rather have gone to school than have to do this,” said Emery. The worst of the squalls are supposed to subside Friday night, but with Lake Huron wide open, it’s only a matter of time before the next storm passes over the unfrozen waters, adding fuel to the snow machine. “I’m living the Canadian dream. This is what I live for,” said Shawn sarcastically.
