Here's some snowy adventure for you. I am from Cali myself and trust me, it's better to just look at pictures. I've hated snow since I moved here and haven't been able to escape it's icy hell.

That lump of snow is actually a car covered in snow.

Road signs are nearly buried thanks to the plows

That snow drift is chest high. I'm nearly 6' tall.

A leaf petrified completely in ice.

Icicles plague the yard and any roof.

Closeup of a snowflake. No two are alike. And even if they were, would you honestly care to brave 20 below weather just to find out?
That should tide you over for the rest of your life. And snow flakes are like 5-6 sided, not balls.