Strong winds created drifts as high as 15 feet as the storm dropped as much as four feet of snow in some areas

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091209/ts_al..._20091209221347

That 4' must be extremely isolated and it's pretty hard to believe. The most snow I read about or saw was 16-18". Unless you are talking about the Rockies, landlocked midwest areas have a hard time getting the type of massive snows you can get near the Atlantic. The storm didn't have enough moisture to drop 4' unless someone had a 40 or 50:1 ratio equivalent. The moisture advertised by all the models fits pefectly with a 12-18" widespread snow at a 10-20:1 average ratio and that's what the widespread heavy amounts reported were. Sounds like someone measured a snow drift. 10-15', even 20' drifts are common in the midwest in big snowstorms because the area is so wideopen. In parts of Nebraska you can see the ground clearly from 20 miles out as there's nothing blocking your view. Iowa is beautiful and is also wide open but is loaded with rolling small hills that are perfect for massive drifting.

I would give Lab's left nu! (I still need mine) for that kind of storm around here come about 1/15.

A storm that powerful here, tapping in to the Atlantic moisture supply would drop 2-3 feet widespread.

thats what I am hoping for...

I don't remember the dates or storm, but suppose it could be that 93 super storm you guys mention alot.

My house is on a hill about 15 feet above the road. The house is only back about 100 feet, so the pitch of the driveway is pretty steep though it cuts across the yard a bit. The driveway is 180 feet long and the uphill side ranges from about 7 feet to 10 feet above the driveway itself. Whatever the storm was dumped enough snow and drift to pile the snow to about 6 feet high. It took me 12 hours to clear it with a snow blower. Thats the kind of storm I am hoping for. (If I remember, there was some debate about whether isolated locations actually received 4 feet of snow, but given how much blowing snow there was it would probably have been impossible to truly measure).

I'm not a big follower of TWC, but this was also mentioned by them last night.