The Halloween storm of 1991 was much worse for plowing and getting around afterward, not to mention shoveling. Then because it was so early in the season, the melting and refreezing left us with many patches of black ice on the freeways all winter.
A Minneapolis classic from Slim Jim.
Well on the positive side your dog final gets the weather it was made for.
She loves cold weather, plunging her face into the fresh snow etc. But she's old and lame, she can't power her way through drifts like a young dog.
Here's the best dog-in-snow video I've seen.