I don’t think we got 8. 5 was what I heard. I haven’t stepped out to stick a ruler in the snow.
Our biggest problem as pedestrians is the crosswalks. Someone shovels or snowblows them out and then the snowplows come by and block them up again.
Last blizzard the local Franciscans were shoveling the crosswalks. They told me they had been out there since 6:30 in the morning.
over to the east, we got 5 inches, then lost 1 then got 2, then 1 more for a total of 8
the gage now shows 7
to make the gage, buy a 12 “piece of pvc pipe and lay off lines at 1” intervals with a magic marker numbering each line up to 11.
I made a base from a flat piece of aluminum and screwed a piece of broom stick to it. The gauge part slips over the broom stick.
Alternatively, you can drive a section of the broom stick into the ground but the table top gives a more accurate reading.