Happy New Year Biles! BTW - I'd prefer this type of "heavy snow" over what we've got here. C'mon it's January already, and we haven't seen snow yet. I remember the mid 80's, when I was 7,8,9 or 10... and the hip-deep snow the landlords used to dig trenches through. That's no longer the case. I'm a homeowner now, and the duty of every homeowner here is to keep the sidewalk passable (i.e. free of snow) at all times (even though the sidewalk only borders my property and is not a part thereof). Got a great snow scoop... but it's rusting now... I haven't used it for 4+ years.