Being an outsider, those in the southern states don't see snow or ice that often. That and the snow they got was similar to what we see in the Northwest wet and falls just at or slightly below freezing and turns almost instantly to ice. I will take snow at 15 to zero, rather than the crud the south got. Cold dry snow has about the same traction as a wet road, not wet ice!
Having lived in the northeast for 45 years before moving down here, that is exactly the problem.
And because there is not much snow and ice down here, the state and counties do not spend the money to handle these conditions.
I would rather drive in 8-12 inches of snow in the northeast than 2 inches down here.
And having watched CNN their weather forecasts were right on.
