Of course, I'd never say that we're getting it anywhere near as bad as you guys. We have the added 'unprepared' thing down here. People don't have the clothes, they don't know how to drive (or not drive) in this weather. They don't know how to prepare ahead for anything (as was apparent during hurricanes last year) .. So, it's mostly the 'idiot-factor' .. LOL. You guys put up with a certain amount of foul weather every year.
LOL! Yeah, I know whatcha mean there. Nobody around here knows how to act when it snows or ices here either. The wrecker guys have a field day though. Seems like every yayhoo in the county wants to get out and Whoop and Ride in their car and ends up stuck in a ditch, with nothing on but jeans and a t-shirt. Buncha Jack@$$ES!
I think it is much worse for you all - we're used to the bad winters and snow and ice, we just complain alot but our construction (roads, barns, houses, etc) are built with the winter and the wind taken into account. And most of the people here know how to manage and drive in it. It's much worse when it's one of the once in 100 year things you all get because you aren't accustomed to it and that makes it that much more dangerous.