it makes sense. i felt like something was up with it because when i was shoveling it was in huge pieces. same with the snow on my car, it broke into huge boulders and then just kind of slid off. even after it slid off my car onto the driveway, it stayed in the "boulder form" and my husband had to pick it up with his hands to move it. ive lived in the NE long enough to know what snow is