I was a kid in '71 so all I remember was the "fun factor"! We used to climb on the roof of my friend's house and jump down, having to swim to come back up! Got stopped very fast when the mom noticed there was "noise" on the roof! The snow was reaching to about 3 feets from the roofline.
Today at my place, near Ottawa, there's about 6 feets of snow in my backyard, due to the wind pushing it all over the place. My front neighbor have about 10 feets in front of his house.
Cross fingers that was the last one!