This kind of snow can raise your indoor temp 10 degrees mid day with sun coming in. 6ft is a lot at once, but 6ft in one snowy month can accumulate. Nothing worse than to live far north and have no snow when the temps plummet. Its a mess for town and city dwellars, and a bitch to dig out in the rural areas, (especially if your'e all dug out and then the snowplow goes blasting by just to push more of it against your bumpers). But if your going to live where the winter is harsh cold, you want the snow, several inches on your roof and around your foundation to bank the house with, it makes it so warm, the woodstove is going and its 19 out with a good stiff wind from the west, and I'm in a tshirt and lightweight pants , about 75 in here. Taking the dogs out is not as easy though. I live on the same latitude, just east of there and higher, we like snow.