after all, you don’t want to injure yourself raking so that you can’t shovel snow in a few months. "i just felt a massive crash in my face, and i went down. great analogy and so glad you made it home safe! the far western reaches and the north central areas suffered less as basically winter storms came out of the south bringing a lot of snow that arrived early and stayed late. i will be pleased to read how you compare the two when you get yours. read the full article in the sun! 