User blog comment:CptSteveRogers/Snow Storm./@comment-5644737-20140212204558/@comment-5644737-20140213181549

@DK: Yes I am well aware of the differences in not only the snow, but also the roads. Here the roads are long and straight, in the South however, most of the roads are curvy and mountainous. Where I lived, if it snowed even an inch or two we weren't able to go anywhere because of the roads would be icy and extremely dangerous. I can also accurately say this because I have lived in both the North and the South, at different times throughout my life. The statement was really mean't as a jest; you guys aren't really wimps.

I understand where you're coming from, Drew. As I said to DK, what I said was mean't to be a jest; I don't really think people who close school down for a little snow are wimps. I was kind of over-exaggerating when I said it would literally take -40 to delay the schools. Most of the time it doesn't even go below -30 degrees here; however, with a good windchill it can get significantly lower. If our school closed for every time it was -10 I can guarantee that kids would be out of school for at least two thirds of the winter. Different areas have different standards for what they consider really cold, for instance: where my grandparents live, they closed the schools just because it was zero. For us, zero is beautiful winter weather.