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Weather…BC and PEI….

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It seems that Mother Nature is continuing to hit us across Canada with true Canadian snowstorms.

Here are how things looked this morning in Charlottetown, PEI…thanks to Peter's little video

Here are how things look outside in Delta, BC this afternoon.  At least the storm has stopped for now – only to reveal beautiful snow covered trees.  Luckily we have not faced substantial winds so far.  Still, it is a lot of snow for this part of BC and compared to our winter in Summerside earlier this year it is really only a dusting!

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The power of Twitter comes to life on Vancouver’s cold streets

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A great holiday story

“It started snowing so we decided to stay in and then there was the suggestion we should do a tweetup with a cause,” said De La Pena. “Janice came up with the name Vancouver TweetupHeatup and within five minutes all sorts of people started getting involved.”

A few people promised to dig out a couple of warm sweaters and meet downtown at Cambie and East Pender but by mid-afternoon Sunday, people were hauling in garbage bags full of warm clothes.

“Everyone was going to bring a sweater or two and then they came with a lot of clothes,” said De La Pena. “It was awesome.

“We didn’t expect this turnout at all. The power of Twitter and social media is so impressive — you can reach out to people you don’t even know and do amazing things.”