Snowstorms are generally synonomous with the midwest and east coast, but now apparently New Mexico has thrown it's hat into the ring. Some areas in New Mexico were dumped upon with up to 12 inches of snow, which led to the closure of many schools, roads, and businesses. The image below shows some residents of the village of Corrales making the harsh trek to work through the blizzard conditions.
New Mexico isn't an area of the United States where one would expect to see excessive amounts of snow like this, and for that reason they as a state lack the capacity to handle a situation such as this one. The article states they used over 700 workers and 500 seperate pieces of equipment in order to plow, salt, and sand roads.
I would imagine that the cost for mitigating this kind of weather is quite high in a place like New Mexico. The equipment and manpower probably had to be brought in from other areas in the state, and those related time and transportation costs couldn't have been too low. Thats what happens when a low frequency hazard hits an area such as this, they are ill prepared and it takes much longer to mitigate and get things up and running again.
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