Cathy Lowe's family used the baby to measure the snowfall. 'Thankfully we didn't have to use her to measure [snow] this year,' she wrote. (Submitted by Cathy Lowe)
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There may be green patches showing through the ice today, but this time last year, P.E.I. was covered — really covered — in snow.
This time last year, a storm that dropped a whopping 86.6 centimetres of snow on the Island, bringing February's snowfall up to a total of 197.4 centimetres in Charlottetown.
You shared your photos of what it looked like where you are a year ago.
It was easy to feel buried in snow
The snow was up to the roof in parts of the Island. (Submitted by Jill MacMillan Wilson)
Ian Smith dug his way out in Charlottetown. (Submitted by Ian Smith )
The snow was taller than most people. (Submitted by Karen Joyce Slater)
The snow was much taller than Wendy Sentner's four-foot-tall niece. (Sbumitted by Wendy Sentner)
But people still managed to get essential supplies
What's a storm on the Island without storm chips? (Submitted by Koren Coffin)
This back door doubled as a fridge. (Submitted by Kathy Dow-Winter)
Some cats were in total denial
The windows at Don Hasey's ground floor apartment were completely covered in snow. 'May that winter never, ever happen again. Ever,' he wrote. (Submitted by Don Hasey)
Lyndsay Arsenault's cat had a tough time looking out the window. (Lyndsay Arsenault)
The dogs didn't seem to mind
The snow was much taller than this person in Bedeque. (Crystal Little)
Ziggy enjoyed the storm from the top of his snow mountain. (Submitted by Casey Brennan McGannon)
We made it out eventually
Misty Lynn Gallant shared this picture from her front door after they dug out. (Submitted by Misty Lynn Gallant)
And here is P.E.I., one year later
Laura tweeted this photo of the same view this year and last year. (Submitted by laulau9/Twitter)
This year, February is feeling pretty spring-like. (Maggie Brown/CBC)
