Bruce, I went to college at Michigan Tech. One year we almost broke the all time snow record, I think it was around 320". Every night we would get another foot of snow, no big deal everyone had the equipment to deal with it. Four foot snow storms usually caused a school delay, but not much else. It was pretty dreary when you couldn't see out of the first floor windows anymore.
As far as the cap, I once worked with an ***** that wore one all the time, just can't seem to like the caps anymore.