Whaddya Think - SNOW in Virginia

We are paying the price for several relatively mild winters. This is winter with a capital "W". A major snowstorm here is 6 to 8 inches and 4 inches can be enough to close schools for two days. We got 14 inches! Good thing I have 2 tractors, the 46 is in pieces right now, but the 52 is in good shape. I started plowing Friday night with 8 inches on the ground hoping to keep our 900 feet of driveway open. We got a total of 20 inches out of this storm.

This is the ranch. Not buried yet. The family that built it was from Vermont. The steep roof really sheds snow well. The avalanche is hard on gutters though.
Then the 1-2 punch Jan 30 we get 14 inches and only a week later on Feb 5th another storm brought snow, sleet and ice. It only piled up about 10 inches but this was by far the worst storm yet to deal with. We lost power 3 times, trees were falling and snapping off. Saturday morning we had at least 14 trees down across the driveway. No idea how many fell on our property. By the Grace of God, none hit the house or other buildings.

Lots of work but the drive looks pretty good. Hopefully we will get enough sun to melt and evaporate what is left.

Trees loaded with ice and snow make great photos but they are DANGEROUS. These could fall or snap off any second, some were.

Had to slip in a photo of the 52. It has been working hard these past few weeks.
The current rumor is that the next major storm isn't even going to wait a week, it is supposed to blow in around the middle of the week.
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