Well it hit us and we received 60cm+, with drifting big winds 40-55mph. I can honestly say that the Snowblower was the best $1300 I have ever put on a credit card .  Also we all had a snow day because the snowplough didn't come through until late afternoon.

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When we awoke there was no power and it had been off since midnight so after clearing the drive (I took me 2 hours with the snowblower!). I set up the Generator and powered up for the fridge/freezer plus some lighting. The Woodstove kept us warm and I pulled out the emergency camping stove for cooking on. The only struggle was water (no power = no well pump, which is 220v and Generator only produces 120v) so washing was minimal, and we adopted the toilet flushing rule of "if it's yellow, let it mellow. if it's brown flush it down". I do have a store of water in the camping water store (probably about 20 litres), but I haven't changed it since the summer ---very plasticy taste.. eeergh.

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Power was returned to us about 6:30pmish. On the whole we were well prepared for the power outage and could last 2-3 days without much problem, apart from washing. The power for the fridge/freezer was for convience and moral building rather than absolutely essential. Plus it gave us light in the early evening (sunset about 4:45pm) We could have put everything from the fridge / freezer into the garage, where the temperature was about -5c. 

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So we are back on line and happy to say we survived the first big snow storm of the winter. I will be tuning up the preparation kit ready for the next one.