I am yet another Marylander... (no snow, so we have time to cruise the internet and write posts) but I remember the Winter of '77 in Indiana- the northern part of the state is flat, and the county roads mostly run N-S and E-W, so when the wind blows the snow (and, it does!) you can get humongous drifts. We had a nice blizzard, followed by lots of wind. Some of the county's N-S roads had 8-10' of snow blocking them- winds from the west. Big front end loaders would clear lanes, but they often just stopped at the last farmer's drive in the county, so the road beyond was a 10' wall of snow. Frustrating, but fun. Of course, if you met someone travelling the other way, one of you had to back up until you found a drive to shelter in, sometimes a 1/2 mile, since those were big farms. Schools were closed for several weeks, until they could deal with the snow.