New York snow, stranded Canadians

The recent New York snow extravaganza has managed to keep stranded Canadians from getting home. Mr. and Mrs. Aldo Bartolini were trying to get home to Canada when a snowstorm in western New York caused the stranded Canadians to spend 24 hours in their vehicle on the side of the road, and they were not alone in their plight. When the New York snow started on Tuesday the couple were already headed for the Canadian border and were on their way home, but the snow made it impossible to complete the journey. The onset of the massive snowstorm stranded more than 100 vehicles on the New York State Thruway, and the storm covered roads, buried cars, and even blocked doorways in the area. The Bartolinis had no choice but to stop their vehicle on Route 5, and that was where the couple spent the next 24 hours until a good Samaritan with a snow blower helped out and removed some of the snow blocking several vehicles in. Mr. Bartolini explained “We were struck there with four-foot drifts all around the car and couldn’t get out.”

Even after the stranded Canadians managed to get back on the road their luck did not turn for the better. The New York snow is still preventing the Bartolini family from getting home. After finally getting the vehicle in motion again the couple attempted to head north to the Canadian border but all of the roads were closed down because of the New York snow, and they ended up circling back to where they started. Bartolini told CP24 “We were able to get on some plowed roads and made our way back to the hotel.”