Just to set the record straight - 2 feet of snow is a BIG deal

[SheilaT]

8. How awful a particular amount of snowfall is

depends on such variables as: how quickly did it come down; are you in the middle of a big city, a small city, suburbs, out in the country; how good a job of snow removal is done; how long it stays cold.

I've lived in a number of different places, and have seen half an inch bring the DC area to a standstill, but three feet just barely slow down Golden, CO.

As someone pointed out in a different thread, in a city you don't just plow, you've got to pick up all the snow and dump it somewhere. Out in the country, you can just plow.

Here in Santa Fe, among the reasons they do such a crappy job of clearing the streets when it snows is that not only do we not often get more than a couple of inches, but usually the sun will come out within hours, or at least the next day, and the bright sunshine at this altitude will melt the snow on the city streets, even when the air temperature stays below freezing.

When I lived in Overland Park, KS, I was down the street two blocks from an elementary school. By street got sanded and chemicalled early and often.