Thank you for the reply's, when we referred to ice and snow in our area it is like this... when we get the first or second snow and it begins to slowly melt it turns into ice and then more snow covers it so we generally have three months of ice. When this happens traffic stops and we are iced in. We always prepare for being "stuck" for the duration. So a dusting of snow and a bit of jacket weather would be welcome. This last winter our heating bill was $800.00 a month.