Yeah I remember that frontal passage storm and channel 11 news saying it was a 1, 2 punch the first storm gave 2 in and the second storm we're supposed to give 4 and then we ended up with 8.
Regarding your second point of only two 8 inch storms, this is the reason the last 6 years have not shaken me, as I lived through the 80s and 90s. To me this feels like a repeat/nostalgia with regards to snowfall LOL.