I'll take snow over tornados any day. The tornado that completely demolished the strip mall by the WalMart SuperCenter in Harrisburg, Illinois last week...7 miles away from me. I'd much rather be woke up at 4:30 in the morning to a heavy snowfall than to the sound of severe weather sirens blasting away all around town. And the storms that did so much damage in Indiana on Friday went through this area first too. A few funnel clouds were spotted, but hail and damaging winds were thankfully the worst we experienced from that particular weather front.
Tis the season though. I'm thinking we'll be chalking up March 2012 as coming in like a lion...