William clears snow all night: "Learn to get messy"

The work for the snow cap already started yesterday. For 17 hours, William Andersson was out salting Skellefteå's streets.

- When we see that there will be a lot of snow, we do a little preparatory work, he says.

From 12 o'clock on Thursday, he has been out clearing snow. Early evening is the most wet and slushy, he says, but as the temperature drops, the job is expected to become more difficult.

- There is a lot of mud now, but when it gets colder it will change to snow again and then it will be bloody messy, says William Andersson.

SMHI has issued a red warning for snowfall that applies in the Skellefteå area during Thursday evening and Friday. At most, around 80 centimeters of snow is expected. Along the Västerbotten coast and the southernmost Norrbotten coast, a yellow warning is issued at the same time. Locally, there can be up to 20 centimeters of snow.

William Andersson assumes that he will have to work all night.

- I suspect it will be until 08 tomorrow morning, he says.

It is the seventh year in a row that William Andersson clears the streets of snow. Last year was considerably calmer, according to William. It was cold and hardly rained, and he was only out clearing a few times throughout the winter. In previous years, the snow has already arrived in October.

- Last year we were almost only out salting or sanding, he says.