News this morning says somewhere in Florida three feet of rain fell yesterday. Three feet. Thirty-six inches. Depending on the moisture content, an inch of rain equals 10 - 12 inches of snow. That was a lot of rain and would be a big pile of snow.
I'm thinking about snow after seeing the snow gauge out on the Keneenaw Peninsula in the UP of Michigan. Click on the picture to read the gauge. It shows last years snowfall with the record snowfall recorded at the top of the snowmometer. In 1978-79 they had 32 feet of snow. No wonder snowmobiling and skiing are big here. Lake effect snow. Good thing hurricanes don't happen in winter and drift north. It could be worse.
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