It's finally getting cold here (I don't think it topped 50 degrees F today). However, my brother-in-law in Texas has been dealing with up to half a foot of snow off and on since before Christmas. Of course it never snows here (well, maybe a quarter inch once every winter or ten). That shuts things down. But people that should be able to deal with snow (like people who live in the Rocky Mountains) seem to be totally unable. My cousin, who grew up next door to me here on the Gulf Coast of Alabama, spent several years in Colorado Springs, Colorado when he first got in the Air Force. He said every time it snowed there were dozens of cars run off in ditches with Colorado tags on them. He was driving a 2 wheel drive Ford Ranger without snow tires and never had a problem. Either they were over confident, stupid, or both (aka Yankees
).
