How much snow did we get? Knee high to a what?

More times than not it's easier to use a photograph to explain something than using words.

Someone may ask: "How much snow did we get last night?"  If you reply 20 inches that may not compute with a lot of people.  But everyone knows about picnic tables and can relate to how tall they are.

"It snowed so much it covered the picnic table benches and almost came to the top of the picnic table."

But send them a picture and it is self explanatory.