Originally Posted by
biminiblue 
Frick, I lived in South Lake Tahoe for many years, you're right about the snow removal being pretty good there, but the amount of snow they get there is pretty crazy. I moved to the PNW and when we get any snow at all everything shuts down. Fine by me. Too many slippery hills 'round here.
I hope you can get a gradual warmup. We had one year when the quick-warm after three feet of snow caused all kinds of damage.
I'm in Idaho so we're neighbors. Spent hours yesterday shoveling snow away from the house in the back yard. So proud of myself. Unclogging drains, clearing areas for melt off.
And....its snowing this morning! Grrrrr. But its warming up so it'll melt soon. And I can do it all over again. Yay!
I have lots of cosmetic damage already to the house. Pretty simple stuff. Its that underneath gig I'm worried about. Oh well, not much I can do. Keep shoveling.