# This winter you're getting 60" of snow **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 4, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910 "2020-01-04T01:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/21 "2020-01-04T08:40:18Z")
Can’t vote. Last winter we got 360" of snow. 30 feet. We measure. It’s usually about 22-25 feet. hmmm… I would prefer no more than 6" a day I suppose. That’s not really a big deal. We had 44" in 3 days over Thanksgiving. Now normally I could cope with that. But I had my hip replaced on November 21st. Since I knew that was gonna be the case, I hired a guy to plow for us. He is a bit in over his head and told me that. He has been stuck in my driveway 3 times and I have pulled him out once. He has to chain up his truck on all 4 wheels. It’s the only way to do it. I’ve told him that. He tries to take short cuts, and always has problems. He had to get a backhoe come and dig him out of how stuck he got at my neighbors driveway. I can’t even watch anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/22 "2020-01-04T13:50:58Z")
Sheesh I come in here to be all high-and-mighty about how 60" of snow is nothing, but I’m just an also-ran since **enipla** got here before me. 😃 We’ve had 80" so far this year, coming down mostly a consistent few inches a day, with a few storms thrown in. If I had my druthers, I guess I’d vote for something along the lines of “just enough that we only have to do snow removal a couple times a week.” And by “we” I mean “Mr. Athena and the guy we pay to plow the driveway.” I just supervise. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/23 "2020-01-04T14:09:43Z")
I couple of inches isn’t a snow storm, it’s just “snowing”. I’ll take one of the frequent but low intensity ones. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/24 "2020-01-04T14:13:50Z")
Can I pick WHERE my 60 inches falls? See, I have this neighbor I don’t like much… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/25 "2020-01-04T14:17:38Z")
I hate winter, so I’d want to get the snow over with. A single 60" dump would paralyze things, but two 30" snows would be doable. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/26 "2020-01-04T14:24:12Z")
Just give me the 60 inches, and the San Antonio sun will take care of that w/in a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/27 "2020-01-04T14:46:03Z")
I said six 10" snowstorms, because that’s the maximum my rechargeable snowblower can handle. ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/28 "2020-01-04T14:48:30Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > No Hey, you are fighting the hypothetical! I’m in Louisiana, I would like to participate as well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/29 "2020-01-04T15:52:27Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > All at once. Get it over with, we’ll get out of it in about 2-3 days and then can have a normal life the rest of the season. My problem is that much snow at one time would cause, I think, some serious structural havoc. I remember back in the blizzard of '79 my neighbor’s garage roof collapsing, and that was only like 20" of snow. I can’t imagine what 60" might do at once to a place not accustomed to that much snow. Now I could be wrong – it’s possible my neighbor just had a shitty roof, and most structures can take a 60" snowfall. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/30 "2020-01-04T15:59:49Z")
Well, I can’t compete with the big boy up the hill from me but we’re at 40" so far this year. If it’s less than 4" I don’t even pay attention. I chose 10 x 6". Its enough to notice without effecting life much. I’ll be bummed about it not melting off though, the beauty of a Denver snowfall even in the foothills is the snow melts off before it gets brown and gross and typically before the next storm hits. We got an inch or two after christmas and its mostly gone already. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/31 "2020-01-04T16:34:21Z")
I’ll take it all at once. I get paid for snow days, and 60" would shut down DC for at least a whole week. It did back in 2010 (“Snowmageddon”), and that was only half that amount. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/32 "2020-01-04T17:38:03Z")
In Charleston, South Carolina? I’ll take one inch a day for two months. Anything else would, literally, be measured in body counts. We’re simply not designed to deal with such things. The only saving grace would be that everything is flat, here. So we wouldn’t have to deal with snowy inclines except at a few bridges. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/33 "2020-01-04T18:31:48Z")
Well, since where I am averages 120 or so (a few years we had 180+), I’ll gladly take 60. I’d like 15 days of 4 inches or so. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/34 "2020-01-04T19:39:32Z")
Just 60"? :sad: ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/35 "2020-01-04T19:40:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > If they all must be equal in size, I think I’ll take 6 ten-inch storms. I love snow storms, I don’t mind shoveling, but I think I’d start getting sick of shoveling up big piles of snow after around the fifth time. So it was between 10x6 or 12x5 for me, and I went with 10x6. Driving sucks but, oh well, don’t care. I like snow. This was close to my thinking. 10" at a time isn’t too much and my snowblower can handle it. It’s not going to destroy Chicago-area traffic for days or anything. Seems the the optimal amount to “get it over with” without being a huge snarl in daily life. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/36 "2020-01-04T19:52:27Z")
I figure I can handle shoveling 6" at a time, so that was my choice. I’d be pretty buff after 10 iterations of that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/37 "2020-01-05T00:05:15Z")
I went with the last choice but actually I want more info ------ how many melts, how much hard-pack and things like that. Give me 60 inches over say a week and then 33+ temps and nice roads with a slow meltdown and I want that. Constant under 32 and I would rather have say 15 days or 4. How much falls does not equal what the roads are like and that is my main concern. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/38 "2020-01-05T00:22:18Z")
I’d rather it come in a few big storms so schools would close and I wouldn’t have to negotiate snowy, slippery roads and idiot drivers. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/39 "2020-01-05T00:55:29Z")
Does this come with my municipal area knowing how and having the equipment to handle 60" of snow? Or we dealing with our current snow handling capabilities, just 10x more than usual? Is it dry or wet snow? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910/40 "2020-01-05T02:04:09Z")
3x20" - I’ll be able to get some serious skiing in and my wife’s school would have snow days so we could get up north together. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-winter-youre-getting-60-of-snow/845910.md?page=3)