The shoreline of Connecticut only averages about 30-35 inches per year so every snowstorm is a big deal and any storm of more than just a few inches often comes with a name. We haven't experienced "the big one" here in a very long time. I suspect we are due for a N'oreaster soon. for now we settle for the "pretty" storms of a few inches or more. This one is from December 19,2008.