Ah my friend... 4 inches is nothing for here either. 4-5 feet, now that is a storm which we get every once in a while. Problem here is that we get these little piddly storms without much snow, wind comes with them and blows that little bit of snow off the road leaving a sheet of ice.
That is the problem especially when Brucie wants to take his motorhome and box trailer out to go camping (today) and has to negotiate windy steep icy roads to get out of where we live to get to the main road. 20,000 lbs. pulling 5,000 pounds and ice driving don't go well together.