There is perhaps, if I am generous, two inches of snow on the ground right now…in comparison consider this picture taken January 15, 2011…

 

That is a drift, something over four feet tall, you are looking at.  The lawn is actually sloping down, and the picture is taken looking straight out from a porch which is about two feet above ground level.  Overall, non-drifted snow was about two feet.  It isn’t much snow in comparison to some areas of the country, but a fair bit for here.

Climate change science may have its complications; but, whatever it is doing, extreme weather patterns seem to be part of life.