Yes, Eliza, I knew a classmate from southern California who had never seen snow until she entered university in the northeastern US, and she too found it thrilling. I grew up near Lake Erie -- not so cold as Lake Superior, but more than enough lake-effect snow.

Today, far from Lake Erie, the wind has died down while the snow just keeps on falling; the blizzard-speed wind is due to return within the next twenty-four hours, and heavier snowfall with it. Can't we catch a breather here?!