We are now on the receiving end of your "nest storm" and now have approaching 2", 5cm, of snow. I just got back from the store, (with ingredients for a pot roast), and the snow has yet to start sticking to pavement of any kind. The temp. is right at freezing but is slowly dropping. The forecast called for an inch overnight. Check. It calls for 5-8" during the day but may not make it to 5" at the rate it is going now, and it calls for 3" to 5" tonight with lows in the mid teens, -8 to -10C. Currently we are getting big, wet flakes that are accumulating on the ground, trees, roofs, etc. but not yet on pavement. That could turn out to be a blessing for the road crews and the schools, which are already out of snow days in their schedule.

We are now in excess of 30 days this winter with noticeable snow cover on the ground and are expecting another snowstorm later in the week. At least December and January are gone. But I recall getting over a foot of snow on the 21 of March when I was a kid and was living at about the same latitude, but about 180 miles west, over in north central Oklahoma. At least no tornadoes, yet.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."