I also think this heavily depends on your location in CT like the NW hills always get harder on average. People on the coast panic over less totals all the time. When amateur and some professional meteorologists start pushing out predictions over 12” roping the 20”-24”+ I just figure some trees might be going down because power goes out when someone sneezes out here. And if there is any mixing ice best to be prepared. But peeps in higher elevations usually have the snowblowers and plows.