As we suspected, we did indeed have a respectable resource. We actually had positive indications from several sources around us, but failed to see their value. The first was our intuition. While gut feelings are hardly scientific, it's pretty hard to discount the breeze that blows your laundry all over the township every time you use the clothesline. Our second indication was the problem of continuously drifting snow.
Crews work full time in our area to keep the roads open.
Our third, indication was the collective experience of various old timers and the locals. Living in the area, they have spent considerable time with environmental factors that newcomers like us may have discounted or never experienced. Our fourth indication was the vegetation in the area. We'll get back to this one in a bit. Our problem occurred when we unquestionably accepted the value given to airport and weather data, considering their location versus ours.