Exactly. I was standing outside at midnight just listening to nonstop branches snapping…it was a truly historic event. Out of school for a week.
Crazy part…the official forecast was for rain starting about 11am, with rain throughout the day, maybe changing to some snow after sunset here…depending on when, and if the transition occurred, would determine any accumulation. Well, needless to say it never rained lol, started right out as snow. And surprisingly the wet cement snow-it stuck immediately. A foot of concrete as you said, on fully leaved trees was bad news. At 3” the trees were already screaming…and then it just got real ugly from there. But an afternoon of rain never materialized at all. Straight snow from the get go.