Let it Snow, Let it Snow!!

No, it is not time for Christmas songs yet(2 more days till Meg's birthday ...the traditional Hart Family day for such things), but in literal sense.
I was out of town for work last week when it started to snow...we almost didn't get out of Sitka. Anyway, since last Monday(13th) we have had about 24"(61 cm) of snow!!! And as I write it is still snowing!! This place doesn't know what to do with so much snow. This would be good snow in Utah and not at all uncommon. However, here it is crazy. Infact, we were told by many people that it doesn't snow much in Sitka(20" average) and when it does it is after Christmas.
The snow affected my work trip too. I was in Klawock the 13-16, except that on the 16th the plane that was supposed to come get us couldn't get out of Sitka. We ended up staying another night and had to take the ferry to Ketchikan in order to get a flight via Alaska Air to Sitka. Then they weren't even sure that we could land in Sitka or Juneau... We almost ended up going to Anchorage, but we got lucky and made it home a day late. In Klawock it only snowed about 6 inches to Sitka's 18(at the time).
D'Artagnan the dog is enjoying it, but his fur creates little balls of snow and the only way to get them out is to let him lick them off.