I feel I might need to qualify our attitude toward cold weather in my neck of the woods. I'm hearing folks say that we need to be grateful that it's not as freezy here as it is further North. You've got to understand, though. In the South, we don't get pounded like the Midwest or those up East. We do Summer really well, but cold and snow? We're not prepared and frankly, there's a reason for that. :)
Some scratch their heads at us shivering in our boots at temperatures in the single digits. It's just a rarity. And as to snow...well, we might get one healthy snowfall once a year, but without snowplows or any other snow-moving equipment, the schools close with even just a few scant inches of the white stuff. Truly we're not weak and unable to manage, but without the proper machinery to move the snow off of the streets, we get trapped. I remember my dad using chains on his tires when I was a kid, but I don't even see those used anymore.
Maybe we need to chat when other parts of the country are dealing with temperatures in the hundreds....we're really good at putting up with that!
