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      Remembering
     
     
      White
      Juan
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Laura
      Yorke
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Just
      a
      little
      over
      five
      years
      ago,
      a
      devastating
     
     
      blizzard
      struck
      the
      Maritimes,
      leaving
      many
     
     
      stranded
      and
      without
      power
      for
      weeks.
     
    

    
     
      With
      the
      threat
      of
      more
      major
      winter
      storms
     
     
      hitting
      PE.I.,
      many
      were
      looking
      back
      on
     
     
      White
      Juan
      and
      remembering
      where
      they
     
     
      were.
     
    

    
     
      Wanda
      MacInnis
      of
      St.
      Peter’s
      was
      working
     
     
      in
      Montague.
     
     
      |
      “I
      remember
      how
      quickly
      it
      came
      up
      and
     
     
      "|
      we
      were
      stranded
      at
      work.”
     
    

    
     
      Others,
      lucky
      enough
      to
      be
      safe
      at
      home,
     
     
      made
      the
      most
      of
      it.
     
    

    
     
      Joanne
      MacQuarrie
      lives
      in
      Crapaud.
      Her
     
     
      '|children
      were
      delighted
      to
      play
      in
      the
      snow
     
    

    
     
      ‘jbanks
      the
      next
      day.
     
    

    
     
      “They
      actually
      had
      ladders
      down
      the
      holes
     
     
      and
      were
      passing
      buckets
      of
      snow
      down
      to
     
     
      each
      other.”
     
    

    
     
      But
      for
      some,
      White
      Juan
      simply
      meant
     
     
      work.
     
     
      Doug
      Cook
      is
      the
      equipment
      manager
      for
     
     
      WM&M,
      a
      snow
      removal
      company.
      He
      has
     
     
      worked
      for
      the
      company
      for
      30
      years
      and
      re-
     
     
      members
      how
      tough
      it
      was
      to
      clean
      up
      after
     
     
      White
      Juan,
      even
      with
      the
      larger
      equipment.
     
     
      _“We
      have
      a
      bunch
      of
      truck
      plows,
      three-
     
     
      quarter
      tons,
      and
      it
      was
      hard
      on
      them.
      It
      was
     
     
      just
      too
      much
      snow.”
     
     
      GET
      BEYOND
      THE
      CUCHE.
      Beyond
      what
      you'd
      expect
      to
      find
      at
      a
      graduate
      school
      on
      the
      edge
      of
      North
      The
      trucks
      head
      out
      around
      1
      a.m.
      and
      try
     
     
      ever
      ie
      peta
      usin
      |e
      e
      eee
      lela
      PERC
      disse
      et
      meee
      tele
      (oe
      eee
      ete
      et
      |e)
      Se
      a
      :
     
     
      NOES
      OS
      to
      have
      apartment
      complexes
      and
      other
      resi-
     
     
      dential
      areas
      cleared
      by
      7
      or
      8
      a.m.,
      he
      said,
     
     
      “then
      we
      go
      back
      and
      do
      it
      all
      over
      again.”
     
     
      OS
      grt
      i
      apa
      tog
      piped
      heath
      ei
      aaa
      This
      year,
      however,
      the
      snow
      has
      been
      pil
     
     
      ing
      up
      due
      to
      a
      colder
      winter
      and
      fewer
      thaw-
     
     
      ing
      days,
      he
      said.
     
    

    
     
      “There
      seems
      to
      be
      more
      snow
      this
      year
     
     
      than
      there
      was
      last
      year.”
     
     
      easel
      ahha
      But
      even
      with
      the
      threat
      of
      another
      major
     
     
      blizzard
      looming,
      Cook
      just
      shrugged
      it
      off.
     
    

    
     
      “There’s
      nothing
      you
      can
      do
      about
      it.
      Just
      do
     
     
      your
      best
      and
      hope
      people
      have
      patience.”
     
    

    
     
      Laura
      Yorke
      is
      a
      journalism
      student
     
    

    
     
      Holland
      College
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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