i live in iowa we havew got use to the mild winters this one is a lot like i grew up with a lot closer to normal the news just said we have 58 inches so far this year the record is 72 we might just break it we have a few more weeks of winter it is suppose to get in the 20's this next week trouble is everone complains when it warms up because we get snow when it is cold we don't get snow i don't know which is better but the snow i really hitting my budget hard about 40 a week to have the guys scop snowe