Too Much Snowstrom Hype? Yeah, I Think So

From the Denver Post: You can call it a snowstorm of historic proportions. You can call it the return of New England's blizzard of 1978. You can call it simply dangerous. And you can even call it Nemo.
But don't call it hype.
The new director of the National Weather Service says some might be getting carried away in describing the winter storm bearing down on the Northeast. But he says the science is simple and chilling.
Louis Uccellini is an expert on snowstorms. He says meteorologists are telling people that this is a dangerous storm because it is.
Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the private Weather Underground, said the storm deserves the attention it's getting.
"This is a serious, life-threatening storm if you're trying to travel in it and getting stuck," he said
Read more: Is Northeast snowstorm getting too much hype? No, experts say - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22552724/northeast-big-blizzard-get-too-much-hype-no#ixzz2KOA1d3vm
Well, it can be life threatening if you are stuck in the middle of a traffic jam while dealing with a medical emergency.
Yes, they are getting snow but they are not experiencing blizzard conditions all the time. 
Then you have this picture of New York City from the New York Daily News:

Yeah, that's a lot of snow, what, about 2 inches?
And this picture from the Boston Globe:

Maybe another inch or so more?
Sure, some areas may get a foot or two of snow and they may even have drifts up to a couple feet, but a storm of historic proportion?  Please, spare me.
Now, the biggest storm I ever was in was when I lived in Dunseith, ND.  We got about 27 inches of snow with 60 mph winds.  We had drifts 10 or more feet tall and up to the telephone wires in several places.  I got stuck at work for 2 days and when I got to my car, it had over of foot of snow inside the car, snow that was blown into the car through the door cracks.
Now, that's a storm.