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#VancouverSnowStorm2020 captures the highs and lows of a coastal snow day

The Twitter hashtagis a portal into the shenanigans that our fair coastal city has endured throughout this chaotic week.

Let's recap some of the finest moments on the Twitter hashtag

Alex Migdal CBC News Posted: Jan 15, 2020 5:15 PM EST | Last Updated: January 15, 2020

A child, free from school, toboggans on a closed street in East Vancouver after a heavy snowfall on Jan. 15, 2020. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

When it snows in Vancouver, what's the first thing we do?

It's not getting snow tires, clearing our sidewalks or plowing our streets.

No, it's tweeting.

The Twitter hashtag #VancouverSnowStorm2020is a portal into the shenanigans that our fair coastal city has endured throughout this chaotic week.

The name alone points to our flair for theatrics. Fifteencentimetres of snow and -5 C weather, you say? Snow. Storm. 2020.

Let's look back at some of the finest moments.

Struggling buses, frozen train doors cause chaos for commuters

Housebound by snow, disability advocate pleads 'shovel your sidewalks'

Who needs a shovel in Vancouver when you can use, er, a folding chair?

He's shoveling snow with a folding chair. If this ain't west coast I don't know what is. #vancouversnowstorm2020 pic.twitter.com/CDs0yxWqda
—@kahlilashanti

Twitter: the best place to grumble about transit

Great job @TransLink for picking a @Bombardier design that doesn't take snowfall into account! #vancouversnowstorm2020 pic.twitter.com/JrwwGMGGAQ
—@sxycaligirl69

In case you were wondering why your bus was late

Good day to walk to work. Epic bus jam on Granville St. #BCStorm #vancouversnowstorm2020 #bctransit pic.twitter.com/obgBrWZ8K6
—@conradolson

The next best commuting option: cross-country skiing

Bike lane turned cross-country ski course #yvr #Vancouver #Snowmageddon2020 #vancouversnowstorm2020 @GlobalBC pic.twitter.com/eMcCbYvuC6
—@jadabasi

There are angels walking among us

This Saint of a woman was shoveling the staircase on the Cambie Bridge.... just because she wanted to help out!
Give her some love! We can all help make our snow day a little easier. :) #vancouversnowstorm2020 #snowday #Snowpocalypse2020 #bcstorm pic.twitter.com/5AKvv4x5zz
—@lkretzel1130

We worked out all summer for this moment

OMG!!!! When transit passengers have to push their mode of conveyance, you know you should have stayed home. #Translink #vancouversnowstorm2020 pic.twitter.com/zWt0HaePYP
—@fauxrugged

Take us back to Christmas, when Vancouver was but merely a moderate oceanic climate.

s-santa? #vancouversnowstorm2020 pic.twitter.com/YtuD7ELa8S
—@amblingpanda

Extremely necessary animal snow content

At least 7 locals are enjoying the #VancouverSnow! We're open today so stop by for some cocoa and an otter-ly adorable winter wonderland. pic.twitter.com/y9SJeLTSMm
—@vanaqua

Vancouver police officers are settlingbets by throwing snow on each other's faces. Alright.

How our Media Relations Officers settle a bet on a snow day #BetterlucknexttimeSgtRoed #brrrr #goodsport #vancouversnowstorm2020 #VPD pic.twitter.com/357dqPxAXP
—@VancouverPD

Of course, we forgot how to drive.

Hey maybe dont. pic.twitter.com/Uc3uP9gGlY
—@wahlsy

This hashtag is a space for surprisingly nuanced insights.

Cue the onslaught of Vancouver mockery from people who *don't* live in places where it snows once a year and there is exactly zero infrastructure in place to prepare for it or deal with it when it happens. #vancouversnowstorm2020
—@JohnRLucas