As big storms go, it could have been a lot worse. We didn't lose power or internet, and we stayed safely home -- even if the governor hadn't declared a travel ban at 4PM yesterday, we had no plans to go out.
However, we got a LOT of snow. How much?

It was up to the bumper of
eternaleponine 's Subaru wagon.

She had to use her full body weight to open the door.

The PLOWED half of the street was still covered to more than the depth of a corgi.

And Storm Team Delta tried to get a measurement, but their ruler wasn't big enough.
eternaleponine and I have put in two one-hour bouts of shoveling, and we're nowhere NEAR done. The front walk and sidewalk are clear, but her car couldn't clear the driveway. Even if it could, she couldn't go anywhere, because the STREET isn't plowed.
We're about to give it another go. Wish us luck.
However, we got a LOT of snow. How much?
It was up to the bumper of
She had to use her full body weight to open the door.
The PLOWED half of the street was still covered to more than the depth of a corgi.
And Storm Team Delta tried to get a measurement, but their ruler wasn't big enough.
We're about to give it another go. Wish us luck.
It's not dissimilar here. I've not even tried to clear the driveway yet. Shoveled a path out on the deck so I could put out the bird feeders, and shoveled out a pit for Minnie by the front steps--it's well over her head, which is probably good as she hates the wind and the snow gives her a bit of cover from that.
Things are much less dramatic here. Girl has gone sledding.
Granted, I had chains and studless snows on the Subaru. And I'd just finished watching a Warren Miller feature that talks about the Highlands at Aspen...one slope that needs to be bootpacked before it can be skied safely. A whole freakin' slope.
I figured boot packing was easier, since I wasn't worried about grip, just clearance.
Plus? I drive a Chevy Aveo. And I park at the BOTTOM of the driveway, all the way past the back of the house. As do the neighbors in the other half of the duplex (not the same people who have the snowblower, they're in the next house). They have a Jeep Cherokee. They are retirees and don't believe in shoveling, except their side entryway so their dog can get out (they may have a point, as they do all the mowing in the summer). They usually drive out over up to 6" of snow... making nasty packed-down ruts that I then have to scrape down with a shovel as best I can, so my little lightweight hatchback can make it safely out of the long driveway.
How deep was your snowpocalypse? About 6"? Trust me, there is NO COMPARISON between that and crotch-high snow.
:/
x_X I'm figuring that nothing will have been plowed by Monday but I'll still have to go to work.
Last Monday, I went into the ditch at the end of my driveway during a blizzard and managed to get my poor little honda out, and get all the way to work, only to have them announce closure a half hour later. X_X
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Well, good luck with the workout. I know I'm using the snow shovelling minutes to get points in my work's February Fitness Challenge...
amazing to see so much snow - we have so far in my part of Britain got away relatively lightly.
warm thoughts from here
It's going to be interesting getting out of the driveway with the snowbanks at the edges blocking my vision, though.
(And man, now I wish we had that name down here 3 years ago instead of Snowpocalypse.)