#ThrowbackThursday: A look at last year's record-breaking snowfall
Jesara Sinclair | CBC News | Posted: February 18, 2016 11:00 PM | Last Updated: February 18, 2016
A whopping 86.6 centimetres hit the Island this time last year
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Caption: 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)
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
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Caption: The snow was up to the roof in parts of the Island. (Submitted by Jill MacMillan Wilson)
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Caption: Ian Smith dug his way out in Charlottetown. (Submitted by Ian Smith)
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Caption: The snow was taller than most people. (Submitted by Karen Joyce Slater)
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Caption: 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
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Caption: What's a storm on the Island without storm chips? (Submitted by Koren Coffin)
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Caption: This back door doubled as a fridge. (Submitted by Kathy Dow-Winter)
Some cats were in total denial
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Caption: 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)
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Caption: Lyndsay Arsenault's cat had a tough time looking out the window. (Lyndsay Arsenault)
The dogs didn't seem to mind
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Caption: The snow was much taller than this person in Bedeque. (Crystal Little)
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Caption: Ziggy enjoyed the storm from the top of his snow mountain. (Submitted by Casey Brennan McGannon)
We made it out eventually
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Caption: 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
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Caption: Laura tweeted this photo of the same view this year and last year. (Submitted by laulau9/Twitter)
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Caption: This year, February is feeling pretty spring-like. (Maggie Brown/CBC)
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