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.
Excluding those four winters with incomplete data, the annual average snowfall for the past three decades comes out to 645.5 inches (1,639.5 cm) at Paradise Ranger Station â making it by far the snowiest place in the United States, and one of the snowiest places in the world.