Because it’s never been cold here. The worst winter I have endured was 1981-82, my first in Chicago. There was snow coverage all winter. We had three weekends in a row with temps of -25. It was a cycle in which it “warmed up” to 10 degrees on Wednesdays, then it would snow, then the temps would drop sub-zero.
I like to read pioneer and Old West history. There were some pretty rough winters back in those days too.
Imagine going through a winter like that 100 years ago.
Those people were some hardy folks.
The Schoolhouse Blizzard, also known as the Schoolchildren’s Blizzard, School Children’s Blizzard,[2] or Children’s Blizzard,[3] hit the U.S. Great Plains on January 12, 1888. With an estimated 235 deaths, it is the world’s 10th deadliest winter storm on record. —Wikpedia