I live in a region that does not get snow. Occasionally we get the odd bit of snow, just a dusting really, and it seems that the entire world shuts down. The south simply is not equipped to deal with it. Of course there has been some ice storms due to the fact that the entire atmosphere is not consistently cold enough to produce snow but freezing just the same. The ice storms are awful in truth. In a short period of time a lot of damage can be dne in an area not meant to handle it. Trees fall, limbs go trough roofs and pwer and telephone lines get torn down rapidly. Restoring order is a process since the situation is rare enough that trucks which can manuver in such a situation is not where the money goes, so we have very few.

Then it is hot as the dickens in summer. Good lord is it hot!

But there is an upside. To me, a non-native from the north, there is no winter, only an extended fall. I love fall. Adore fall! It's January and the final leaves have fallen, the ones with colors that is, while many oaks still retain a leaf coverage, albeit in shades of brown, but they are just lovely. They take on that beautiful transparent look. New buds are already on some early spring plants. It just blows me away. There has been a soft rain for days. The world is a beautiful place.