The Blizzard of 96 Victoria B.C. (originally broadcasted on Victoria Shaw Cable)

In December of 1996 the city of Victoria B.C. was hit by a snowstorm that would be remembered for years to come. This is a time line of those three days starting on Dec. 26 and ending on Dec.29 when over 4 feet of snow fell on the city. I shot this video originally while working with Victoria Shaw cable and recently re-edited it

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[islandblind]

I also have some vivid memories of that snowstorm. I was living in Ladysmith, a small town about 60 miles north of Victoria, at the time. We ended up with about four feet of snow, though, thankfully, we didn't have any wind to speak of during the storm. If we had, the dry snow would have drifted to the rooftops! Even so, it was incredible. Mostly, I remember my dad's sardonic comment re. global warming, made at the height of the storm, while clearing the driveway.

[talldude123]

Thanks for posting. I was only 8 years old at the time, so I don't have a great memory of the Blizzard.

[racefan32]

5:27 you girls are Cute.

[racefan32]

I remember the old Warehouse food store and later Salvation Army store(Now Langford City Hall) collapsing across from where I lived, the landlords& Apartment managers had to clean off the flat roof of the Alana Apartments so it wouldn't do the same.

[doctorfuse007]

Beautiful job, thanks for posting.

[VCVTV]

Wow great footage, way too long, music makes it seem interminable.

[1wvanderstam]

A beautiful vidio, I sure do miss Victoria..

[MrSistermaryelephant]

According to wikipedia, Victoria has a mediterreanian climate. NOT

[CiaranJamesM]

Ah, memories! I was 14, and we were completely snowbound in Metchosin for 7 straght days. My parents had to hike the 5km to the tiny Metchosin Store, which was miraculously open, just to get milk and eggs - which my father promptly slipped and broke all 12 of about 5 steps from home. I will never forget that year! Fingers crossed for another!

[DaE0MooN]

I remember this storm!! We were snowed in for days. We had a huge driveway and it took a couple days just to shovel ourselves to the street. My sister and I would jump off our roof into the snow drifts they were so high!