I'd be more afraid of tornadoes than this any day of the week.
We had about 11-12" by the time I got home from work at 6:45. The snow was teeny flakes and not much wind, so I had an easy drive home.
It's picked up in the last hour or two, looks like it's back to an inch/hour, and more horizontal now. We should be getting another 11" or so over night, and then another 8 on top, so about 30" total.
I'm just now starting to hear the wind a little in the treetops. Not really loud yet, but a quiet white noise and now and then a little howl in the distance. Very subdued, I have to sit very quietly to hear it. I am glad they closed work early: normally I'd just be headed out the door and it's just starting to get bad.
It's cold here and getting colder -- mid-teens at best -- so the snow is very light and fluffy and not the kind to bring down wires. With the wind, it's not piling up on the roof either. I do have backup heat if we lose power, so am hunkered down with heat cranked a bit more than usual. I'll be able to move my freezer food into the unheated sun room and have enough to last for weeks for everybody. I've also got 4 very tall buckets of water set aside for my horse, a smaller bucket for the dogs, plus 5 gallons for me. And of course plenty of snow to melt to keep us going, plus cocoa and maple syrup for the obligatory french toast. 
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