Well, I guess we have a 7 year cycle. I just took this picture about 3 minutes ago. Here's a link to a storm we had 7 years ago.
http://home.pcisys.net/~skieki...
We've got probably 10-12" out there. The back yard doesn't show as much as the front yard due to the swirling winds. Reason the pic looks blurry on the edges is because of the steam pouring out the back door.