Richardson: So what if it isn't an average snowfall, Ottawa?

This morning I shovelled off my front porch in order to start shovelling off the steps so that I could shovel my way down the front path and start shovelling off my car. This, I thought to myself, is so much more snow than average.
A Google search confirmed my suspicion. Environment and Climate Change Canada reports that even before Snowmageddon, Ottawa was blessed with 215 cm of the wintery powder, pushing us beyond the average annual snowfall of 224 cm and leading to an 81-cm snowpack, far abo