[randita]

DH read all the Master and Commander books. He LOVED them and was so sad to finish the last one. Enjoy!

[riri]

I am from the northeast. We learn to drive in snow and ice. By your first winter driving, you learn how to get out of a snow drift and what NOT to do when you are sliding on ice on, say, an on ramp.

That said, I have lived pretty much everywhere. Including a recent stint, where I lost my mind, and agreed to live in Raleigh, NC for two years.

Not in a million years would I get on the roads after, even, an inch of snow in Raleigh. People who are not used to snow and don't know how to drive in snow are DANGEROUS. It's utter mayhem on Raligh roads in bad weather. Car wrecks all over.

Shut it down and wait a day or two until it's 55 degrees again.