But the stories allow him to vivify the arguments of the 19th century--of modernity versus reaction, secularism versus religion, monarchy versus republic, the countryside versus the city, Sacre-Coeur versus the Eiffel Tower.
The lake-effect largely contributes to the 55 inches (140 cm) to 80 inches (200 cm) annual snowfall amounts recorded south and east of the lake, with average snowfall amounts exceeding 600 inches (1,500 cm) in the Wasatch Mountains.
(So even if it feels like we've experienced the worst on record, that's not quite true.) The highest-ever snow depth ever recorded in the state was also associated with that storm. Forty-one inches of snow were measured in Astoria, Ill. on Feb. 28, 1900.