Canada Post delivers the mail in all weather, all seasons - unless it's so windy the roof of blows off its building.
Residents in St. John's and Mount Pearl didn't receive mail Friday after part of the roof blew off the Canada Post facility on Kenmount Road.
Early in the morning, debris was blowing through the parking lot, and part of the roof could be seen hanging off the side of the building.
Following an investigation into the seriousness or the situation, Canada Post evacuated the building.
"We were able to secure the parking lot and then we were able to evacuate our employees safely," said Denise Corra, speaking for Canada Post.
The RNC was on hand to help.
Union officials are already raising concerns about the incident. Craig Dyer, shop steward for the Canada Post workers in St. John's, said workers were initially told to keep working after the initial damage was reported.
"What I saw was large pieces hanging off the roof, reports had it that there was plywood blowing through the back parking lot," Dyer said.
"We're not engineers. We're just rank-and-file members. But when you see huge pieces of your roof flying around, it's probably not a safe situation."
Corra said there was no point when workers were in danger.
"The danger would have been if we had sent them outside and they might have gotten hit by debris that was swirling around," she said.
"We wanted to make sure that wasn't going to happen, that they could exit the building safely.
"There was never any risk to them inside the building."
Late Friday afternoon, Canada Post employees were being called back to work. Regular mail delivery will resume Tuesday.
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