>>Though it seems it was my area that was particularly lucky this time - in Belgrade it wasn't this much, and it's only 65 km away. But we got 10cm more yesterday :).
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>Think of it as mother nature's insulation for your roof. :-)

I do.

Reminds me of an old quip we had when I was in elementary school: "nisi ti kriv, nego majka priroda... i otac karikaturista" ("Well, it's not you who should be blamed, it's the mother nature... and the cartoonist father").