Snow Storm

Windsor and Essex County was blasted by a winter storm on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015.

Approximately 37 centimetres of snow fell in Windsor during snowstorm Linus which arrived Sunday night.
Cleaning up the snow will likely cost the city $500,000.

Schools were closed on Monday and many people struggled to get to their jobs or even leave their homes.
Scott Scantlebury, public relations officer at the Greater Essex County district school board, said it was the first board wide closure in 0 years.

School boards decided to close the schools because the amount of snow created hazards, it was unsafe to get to school and parking lots were not cleared out.

Kaitlyn Smith, a student at St. Clair College in the social service workers program, was surprised at how much it snowed and how dangerous the storm made road conditions.

“I think it was really scary, there was a lot of snow,” Smith said.

Smith said it was a smart decision to close schools because she knows many students who live an hour away and were scared to drive. She said she was also happy because she got an extra day to catch up on work, which relieved a lot of stress.

Yousif Breesam, a student at Westview Freedom Academy, was also amazed that it snowed for such a long time. He said wanted to go to school because it was the first day back for the second semester. But unfortunately, the day was off.

“I think this is worst storm I’ve ever seen,” said Breesam.

At first, Breesam was completely against the decision to cancel school, but after realizing how hard it was to drive out on the roads, he agreed with it and said it was very important for people to stay safe in their homes.

“I wanted to stay home to be safe because it was very dangerous out there, I just hope this snow melts as soon as possible,” said Breesam.

People are now happy that the roads got cleared out so they could get back to their jobs and students are back to school.