Why do southern states panic when they barely get any snow or it's barely cold?

[Wayne]

Well, how often does it snow in Ohio? I'd say it snows pretty much every year, right? And I'd imagine most cities in Ohio have snow removal equipment, right? And it would probably take an hour or so to completely remove a foot and a half of snow from every street in the state.

How often does it snow in the South? I'd imagine around once every 20 or 30 years. What benefit would a city in the South have paying for snow removal equipment? I'd say that would be an awful investment.

I was visiting my parents in Kentucky one year (early 80's) and Atlanta had one inch of snow and it brought the city to it's knees. No one had snow tires and no one had a clue HOW to drive in snow, and the news kept showing cars driving about 20 mph then sliding all over out of control. Atlanta at that time had NO SNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT and the city was in chaos.

At the same time I'd imagine that someone from Ohio would "panic" (actually pray for death) dealing with the heat and humidity in Atlanta. I always get a kick out of news talking about the "deadly heat wave" (uh, 90 degrees ::yawn: in New York. Those people don't have a clue what "heat" is like.