Winter Doomwatch 2015 [Final Update]

It's morning!  We made it!  The local newscasters said no one would survive, but, through what I can only assume was Divine Providence, we made it!

Here is the devastation from the back window:

And here is an example showing how locals deal with "driving in a straight line in snow"(Flash required).

Last night they made the call to cancel work for today, so there is nothing for it than to have chat with an OCD neighbor who decided that 7AM sharp was a good time to spend 40 minutes convincing himself that a (I assume "rented") snow thrower is not some sort of magical vacuum cleaner before giving up and switching to a shovel.