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.
But we do know that the snowiest single winter on record for any place in the United States was at a ski resort: Mt. Baker in Washington, which received 1,140 inches (120 feet or 36.5 meters) of snow during the 1998-99 season.