Not as bad on this side of Erie

While Buffalo continues to deal with extreme snowfall, on the north side of Lake Erie, residents in Dunnville and Cayuga are welcoming a more subtle introduction to winter.

Residents of Dunnville woke up to about two centimetres of snow Wednesday and all of a sudden, plows and shovels rose from their autumn slumber. With the official first day of winter still a month away, private plow companies are welcoming the early business.

Russ Savage, plow operator: “A little early for the white stuff but we’ll take it.”

Earlier, Environment Canada said that Haldimand County is expected to get about 10-15 centimetres today and according to a guy who’s actual last name is savage, he’s ready

Savage: “We just brought on one more guy and bought another truck so we’ll see.”

The plow and salt lot for Haldimand County is gearing for winter’s worst. This dome is going to house about three thousand tonnes of salt.

They’re going to need it, especially by Lake Erie. Environment Canada says that residents near the water could get 25cm dumped on them, but Brian and his dog are more worried about the wind: “We’re accustomed to bad weather but the winds here, it’s just wide open, just really wide open.”

The app is saying that the wind velocity along the shores of Lake Erie are about 21km/h. Now it’s not that fast, but it’s strong enough to take down a couple branches on some nearby trees.

In Cayuga, no trees were down but snow was falling. It looked like Christmas arrived extra early. This paint shop was already decked out for the holidays, but was missing one key component.

Janet Vandehaar: “On days like this people want to be inside. We want people to get their paint first and then go inside, not get stuck from this weather.”

Well, with the help of these, hopefully people will soon venture out, because this snow isn’t going anywhere.