Wait you're only 18?? Whoa...your wisdom beyond your years puts many of us to shame, honestly. You're already have a great head start uh..."kid" (man I feel old saying that).
This is one of the rare times I'm rooting with you guys! If you all get 6-8" then I know I'll be good too (But again, will try to focus on enjoying what falls regardless)
Exactly why we in the area are a little uh...on tilt at even the possibility of another northern fringe. It's just been a bit of bad luck with banding (like that time a WAA thump in 2021 snowed west and east of me), and for once ya just want it to work out.
Honestly? I think it's more so therapy for perspective. We spend so much time focusing on snow particularly when a storm is imminent. All that mental energy spent on it can create a false appearance in the mind of a storm total being a bigger deal than it actually is.
At least...that's what I observe in my own psychology.