But the stories allow him to vivify the arguments of the 19th century--of modernity versus reaction, secularism versus religion, monarchy versus republic, the countryside versus the city, Sacre-Coeur versus the Eiffel Tower.
The lake-effect largely contributes to the 55 inches (140 cm) to 80 inches (200 cm) annual snowfall amounts recorded south and east of the lake, with average snowfall amounts exceeding 600 inches (1,500 cm) in the Wasatch Mountains.
Among 6,377 official NOAA weather stations that record snowfall in the United States, ten report annual totals that averaged over 300 inches or 25 feet (7.62 metres) from 1981 to 2010.