New Year's Eve 5

This photo was taken in Keene, NH on New Years Eve about 10 am. This particular snow had started about 10 pm the night before and continued on for a few more hours.
This was the storm that put the snow totals over the record by 1.5 inches.
Normally, the first light snows begin around mid-December but this year we have had snow every few days at times, starting before Thanksgiving. The temps have remained low, so the snow hasn't had much opportunity to melt before the next storm piles on more snow. I've now shovelled as much snow as I would normally have done in an entire winter, and have just as much accumulation as I would expect to see at the end of winter.
Shovelling 6 foot piles of snow isn't much fun.
In this photo, you can see that the snow has been wet enough to cling to the tree branches and has packed down from the weight of more snow accumulating on top. Surprisingly, I haven't heard of roofs collapsing, although my shed roof did cave in on one side.
I went to Home Depot to buy a roof rake, but their shipment was diverted to some other location and they received ride mowers instead.
You will see around town from time to time convoys of dump trucks loaded with snow, removing the snow from parking lots.
This whole month has been unbelievable.