12 inches is 1 foot and they received a .5 foot of snow on the first day so they received 12*.5 = <<12*.5=6>>6 inches of snow
The first day they had 6 inches and then received another 8 inches for a total of 6+8 = <<6+8=14>>14 inches
2 inches melted from their 14 inches so that leaves 14-2 = <<14-2=12>>12 inches of snow
They received 2 times the amount as the first day's 6 inches of snow so that's 2*6 = <<2*6=12>>12 inches of snow
So they had 12 inches of snow and received another 12 inches of snow for a total of 12+12 = <<12+12=24>>24 inches
12 inches is 1 foot and they have 24 inches of snow so they have 24/12 = 2 feet of snow
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