There are a lot of problems related to that big snowstorm and people are very unhappy about it. The main problem is the fact that cars can’t circulate properly. A lot of cars weren’t parked well, it is now complicated to move because of the snow. It creates many traffic jams. A resident of Montreal is angry and says “Are you checking that the city is not clearing the snow even if the equipment is available. What is the use of choosing you people if we have to suffer in hell.”

With all that snow, a lot of cars are buried in snow and people don’t even bother to clear their cars. Because of this, cars could no longer park. Unwell parked car slow snow pickup in Montreal, about 2000 cars per day are towed and it takes 5-10 minutes per car.

It not only creates traffic but also the fact that the collection of garbage is delayed because they cannot pass on the street. The snowplow takes most of the space in the street so cars and garbage trucks can’t circulate. Garbage trucks usually pass each 2 weeks which is now reported to 1 more week so it creates a lot of trash in the streets because people’s garbage bins were overflowing.

Not only that but the sidewalks are full of snow, so people can’t walk especially disable people who move in a wheelchair. A citizen expresses his discontent and says “Lets not take ourselves for dummies… they should have started clearing when there was 5 cm of snow on the sidewalks, they waited until the accumulation was over. Very bad judgment from the city of Montreal managed by incompetents…”

The storm from Thursday to Sunday is a breaking record snowstorm in Montreal. It has been the most since 1971 according to Wikipedia. A total of 70 cm with the two storms fell in Quebec city. On Sunday’s storm about 40 cm fell in Laval Montreal, 53 in Mirabel, 35 cm on the Eastern Township and 25 cm at Quebec. The winds were 60 to 90 km/hour during the snowstrom. Many schools were cancelled and people were surprised because it’s very unusual to have back to back storms like that.