I feel sorry for you guys. I am sure there are those that have never even seen snow and that part of the country. Those of us that live in a part of the country that gets snow regularly will have the tendency to not understand the problem. It's just snow. But, I was a part of New Mexico, on a trip back to South Dakota, that had not seen ice for many years. They got ice that night. I spent an extra few hours in the hotel room just waiting for the roads to clear. Not so much because of the ice, but because of the people that had never driven on ice before.
The nice thing in your part of the country is that it will be gone before too long. I have at least a couple more months of it.