Many Albertans, even when living in the city, has those neat rural toys like skidoos, and tractors. We’re a lot better prepared to handle that sort of weather, on an individual basis, than a state like Massecheutts.
Just call us Northern Kentucky. Yee-haw.
Outside of the mountains, Alberta never sees this sort of weather. The single day snowfall record for Calgary is a pathetic 10 inches; that's just sad, and anyone in New England or on the Mid-Atlantic would laugh at that as a single-day snowfall record.
And in looking up the Edmonton and Calgary snowfall records, its clear that on both occasions there was massive disruption, numerous traffic accidents, etc.
What you've got to brag about being prepared for is cold, not snow - you simply don't get the moisture the Northeast gets.
A plebian Tacoma 4wd truck can manage two feet of unplowed wet snow. Been there, done that myself. Bought one for fun in January 2000, which was the last big snow in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. We got 18 inches overnight, and the further east you went, the deeper it got, three feet in some coastal areas, one of those crazy nor’easters that spin up and stall off Hatteras every decade or so.
The typical approach during one of those here is to warn motorists not to attempt to drive without 4wd or chains because police and emergency vehicles likely won’t get to you for some time. Volunteers with 4wd are sought by hospitals and other medical treatment facilities, to get patients and personnel to and from their locations. And, get this, they’re not government employees or newsmedia, imagine that.
We’re off the edge of the known world though. So, it doesn’t count.