I did too, but more out of a sense of morbid fascination.
I'm from the north, buddy of mine is, as well. We watched it together....some of the stuff was laugh-out-loud funny. Like the producers trying to manufacture drama over a little snow blowing over the road. "THIS IS HORRIBLE! WHITE OUT CONDITIONS!! DANGER DANGER DANGER!!!"
Buddy is from Wisconsin. His comment was "I drove to work most days, in white-out conditions just like that.". I (being from Maine) replied "Yup, wonder what they'd do if it was really bad?"
I'll grant that trying to fix a breakdown in 20 below zero is no fun (been there, done that)....but it's what a whole lot of people cope with for months at a time. I don't see them making a special on Mainers...."Next week on 'Mainiacs', Eben and Garth try to get the Skidder started with a frigged up choke. WBill gets the fire going to thaw out the pipes in the basement, while the rest of the family takes their lives into their hands to drive to work and school on ice-covered snowy roads."
Never happen.
I kept thinking, “I’ve driven in worse weather than that, and I didn’t have a radio, or escort vehicles, or any of that stuff”. Driving a semi on a frozen lake is something I wouldn’t do for a million bucks, though.