Long time residents of Terrace, Kitimat, and Prince Rupert are saying this is one of the worst winters they can remember.

About 12 to 15 inches of snow fell in Kitimat in the past day.

City Manager Trafford Hall says "We have power lines down and some trees broken off. The best snow removal in the world is in Kitimat and we have been taxed overnight." Halls says "March came in like a Lion and went out like a bigger Lion."

Over in Terrace, Jack Hodgins says that in the 25 years he has lived in Terrace this is the worst winter he has ever seen. "  I have never seen it this bad this late in the time I have lived here" says Hodgins.  "The power was off at my house since 8.00 am. I can’t begin to tell you how many power outages there are" Power was cut  during  the interview,   when  Opinion250 reconnected with Hodgins,  he talked about  lots  and lots of snow  "We got about 8 to 12 inches here, but  it really depends on what side of town that you;'re in as to how much you got. I do know this,  it is raining and snowing now so that makes it doubly hard to move."

Things are  also pretty bad in Prince Rupert .  Ron Bolton, who has lived in that community fore the past 20 years said this is the worst he's ever seen. "There really is lots of snow here today.  It’s a snow day for the school kids here in Prince Rupert , and  the people from Stewart just laugh when we tell them we got a foot.  In some places up there they got as much as three feet of new snow."

The Nass highway is open in only a few spots as efforts are made to re connect power to the 1,000 homes without power in the North West and efforts are made to try and get the main roads re opened. Highway 16 was closed  west of Agate Creek  to 40 km west of Terrace because of a high risk of avalanche.   HIghway 16 from Terraces to east of highway 37 has  heavy snow,  and on highway 37  hydro lines are down. 

 If you are heading to the coast,   check the  Drive B.C. website for  current road conditions  www.drivebc.ca