Believe it or not, the parts of Washington West of the Cascade range don't tend to get much snow, just because of the proximity of the Pacific Ocean and Puget Sound. Every once in a while, though, we get hit with a foot or two, but that's pretty rare (every 5 years or more). It really isn't cost effective for the state and local government to keep an entire fleet of snow plows and such like that they will only use every few years.

Also, the snow didn't cause nearly as much trouble as the ice did. The ice encrusted trees cracking and falling across power lines managed to cut off power to around 250,000 homes & business for several days, as well as causing traffic issues.