While shoveling a few days ago, I thought, this sucks ass. Why is there snow much? The northeast was hit with a lot of snow. A lot, until you put it into perspective.
This is snow in Japan:
Apparently, this is how they made this happen. Would not help fears of collapse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8gLFJG6UpY&feature=player_embedded#!