You can observe both snow depth and snow accumulation. Plow guys need snow accum. and you can do whatever you want with the depth. Both are sources of data, both are meteorologically useful. No need to pick and choose other than to be consistent with record keeping.
eh, whatever happens will happen regardless of how many times i stay up for the euro
Plus, I feel like the rarity of a significant event is lost on me when you see those weenie model outputs for days prior.