got lucky, the storm stalled in Lake County and barely touched Porter County as predicted by the National Weather Service...just 1 mile from where I work there were white out conditions with cars travelling at a mere 2 - 3 mph while the area I was in experienced clear blue skies for the better part of the day and only ended up with about an inch of powder. Many areas in Lake county got anywhere from 16 inches up to 20 inches of wet snow, which fell at a rate of 2-3 inches per hour.