When we moved to the flatlands of South Jersey in '73 I couldn't get over how the locals panicked whenever we got an inch or two of snow, closing schools, calling out from work, leaving work early, etc. I grew up in the mountains in North ersey (yes, there's mountains in NJ, the Kittatinnies in Sussex and Warren counties), and when we had a foot and a half of snow they were ready for it, roads were cleared, and everybody went their merry way to work and school...you needed two feet or more to start closing things down). Course, round 'bout '77 this area starting getting racked with some real winters, blizzards even, again, so folks aren't quite as jaded about light snow as they used to be, but.