17 inches of snow buries Northern Utah town


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RANDOLPH — In northern Utah, Randolph residents were buried under 17 inches of snow in a single day Tuesday.

Randolph is used to extreme weather conditions. It's routinely the coldest place in the state. They get wind all the time. Just two years ago, they had a 4.9 magnitude earthquake. But even given the history of extreme weather, this much snow is something a lot of people here say just doesn't happen.

Driving into Randolph today, there is no doubt Fall is gone.

"It might be fall somewhere, but it's not here," said resident Max Wilson.

Max Wilson and his son spent hours shoveling, sweeping and pushing snow off their sidewalks and driveways. Then helped their neighbors.

"My dad started plowing snow, and it usually only takes him an hour or so," said Spence Wilson. "I think it took him three to four hours today."

It takes some time to shovel out from 17 inches of snow fall in a single day. Randolph was covered in white. The bushes, the military statue, even lots of snowmen like the giant in the Winder's front yard.

"We started shoveling and built a big pile of snow and this is what came out of it," said Anthony Winder.

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Lennis Hellstrom owns the Randolph Country Store and says the snow is the first thing his customers brought up today. The second thing? How they hope it's a sign of lots of snow this winter.

"These ranchers and farmers, it's going to be a struggle for them. The hay crops were down this year, so it's going to be bad for them next year," Hellstrom said.

But it'll be even worse if they have another dry winter like last year. Residents are wondering if this snow is the snow that's going to last all winter, or if it's going to get warm again and melt off.

For these folks a little shoveling now really isn't a big deal. They want more snow.

"We need it to fill these reservoirs, so the ranchers will have water for their hay and stuff in the summer," said Max Wilson.


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