aye thats our problem! though when it is from the right direction my god we can get pasted! i remember being in the local pub over christmas a few years ago (maybe 08 or 09) and saying to my mate that we were going to get pasted with snow n it be like a foot deep. he refused to belive me until a couple of hours later and there was a few inch's on the ground! didnt stop snowing that night and was glad i lived walking distance from the pub. shame that set up doesnt happen a lot (no idea of the conditions prior to that, though it wasnt one of the really bad winters as i lived elsewhere when they hit!)
conditions here 3.6oC and sunny