I live in Clovis, NM and we get the occasional "hard" storm. Since I'm originally from Ohio, a few inches of snow is no big deal to me, but Clovis doesn't have plows. That means a few inches snarls everything for at least a day, if not two. We got a good chunk of that rain they got in Colorado so the snow equivalent would be a little over 3'. This place would grind to a halt for a month!!