Ya, Vancouver (and Seattle for that matter) are a lot like that, snow once or twice a year, generally stays on the ground 1-3 days...and the drivers become very "entertaining" for an old prairie boy like me.

I seen one Front WD guy on a bridge deck ramp spin the rubber off his drive wheel, threw on the space saver spare, and proceed to spin the rubber off that! I think he went 10 feet backwards the whole time....

Plus the ones that think they can brake on some of the steep hills we have....junk lot at the bottom, great entertainment for free.

I will have to say tho, when it does snow here, it's wet and greasy compared to the cold powder styrofoam snow.