Thread by @PeterCBC

There are road washouts on the Trans Canada highway and it will take more than a week to reconnect, so how do CBC journalists get home? You take a ferry to another province of course. To get to St. John’s I’m headed to Sydney NS

Because my self and two colleagues from Radio Canada have a rental car we can drive to Halifax and fly back to St. John’s. It’s a 22 hour journey but it’s doable! My colleague @GarrettBarry isn’t so lucky

First it’s a 7:30 long crossing from Port aux Basques to North Sydney. Then Garrett gets to wait 10 hours, for a 16 hour crossing to Argentia, then a 3 hour drive to Gander. That’s a more than 36 hour trip for him to get home, leave Thursday night and get home Saturday afternoon

We’re just lucky that we can get home. Some people who are behind washouts and can’t get to the ferry. There are going to be lots more stories to tell about the impact of this storm

Take the midnight ferry going anywhere

Hello Nova Scotia I wasn’t expecting to see you this week

I keep going further away from NL in order to get closer

It is kind of crazy to think for people in Port aux Basques it’s quicker and easier for them to get to Halifax than Corner Brook.

That tells you the impact of these washouts on the Trans Canada Highway #nlwx

And I made it back to St. John’s in time for my dress rehearsal for tomorrow nights concert!

Thanks for following along on around Atlantic Canada in 80 hours