2 feeet everywhere, drifts over 4 feet.
Paper says the airport has drifts over 9 feet.
IT'S A LOT OF SNOW. I have my 4wd's and I got my a$$ home and stayed there.
I woke up early Wednesday and was just sitting surfing, thinking I should check the weather since it didn't snow Tuesday like they said. And it says "2 feet of snow expected, impossible travel conditions, blizzard warning" Eeeeeekkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get into the shower, get dressed, wake up MrsBozemanMT (at 6:05am, it's pitch black) and say "honey, we've got work to do" Got out the generator, got out the 4wd's and put the 2wd away (we may have put it too far away, we may not get it back out til spring) and get the tractor running and hook up the box blade. Had to fix the deadman's switch. All of this in the pitch black with flashlights and car lights and it's snowing and about 30 degrees.
I go off to work, basically only long enough to send people home. Called some of them at home (the late arrivers) and said "don't even come in, stay home" and sent everyone else home. Left work about 10am, took about 25 minutes (vs 15 normally) to get home, about 3" on the ground, blowing hard, and SLICK. Put the truck away and shoveled walks. Just keep coming down and blowing hard. There's almost none on the roof (wind out of the north), but 4' drifts in the driveway.
By late evening it was as tall as the dog in the backyard. The rails of the fences are buried, (the bottom of which are 18" off the ground) and went to bed. Woke up and the snow was ending, and started shoveling out. The tree in the back by the patio is completely buried; I'm out of room to put snow. That pile is probably 5' deep. Unburied the tractor and got it running, had a quick breakfast and dug out the driveway, then went to work on the street. Neighbors up the street also had their tractors out and it still took us 3 hours to clear the street. The street is clean and clear with 5 to 6' piles on both sides of the street all the way up and down it.
Then, it was my week to do the sidewalks at church, so MrsBozemanMT followed me in the truck and I took the tractor up to the church to clear the sidewalks. There was another crew there from the other ward that shares our building, they had 2 snowblowers and I had the tractor and there were about 4 guys on that crew. 2 to 3 FEET over the whole thing. The lot wasn't plowed, so I had to clear a path just to get in. It was amazing. Took us another 2 hours to get all that done.
The 2 rail fence in front of my yard. That bottom rail is about 6" in diameter and its 18" off the ground from the bottom. Those piles are about 6' tall
My back door. That's my great dane, to give you some idea. That pile to his left is about 5' tall. That planter to the dog's left is 16" tall.
Out my front door, yes that's a real 14 hand horse behind that pile, gives you some idea of size. These aren't even the big piles.
Still more. You can see the street we cleared.
So, being prepared and being smart has a whole lot to do with it. This is a lot of snow, you just can't be dumb and be out in it. If you are trapped fine, but the smartest thing to do was head home and sit around and clearn your guns. Cuz it's going to be quite a while before this all melts. Survival isn't just about guns and knives. (not that I'm not a total gunsnob, but still)