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

[Saved By Grace]

Because we never get snow. I live in Tennessee, and we currently have about 10 inches of snow and pretty much everything around is closed and everyone is being warned to stay off the roads. And that is because we NEVER get this much snow. I'm in my late 20's, and this is the first time I have ever seen more than 2-3 inches of snow (and even that much is uncommon). As others have sad, it's the same as when you guys get extreme heat. To us, it is nothing for the temperature to get well into the 90's during the summer months. We are used to it and we just go on about our daily lives, many people here even doing strenuous physical labor outside in the heat. But it's probably a little different up north when the temperature gets in the 90's, isn't it?