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If it's just cold weather, we do pretty much just carry on as normal. If there is ice and snow, we take precautions. Part of living in the north is knowing that there will be snow and ice at some point during the winter. So you prepare. You put good all-weather tires, if not snow tires, on your car. You make sure you're always well stocked with food and water. You buy a generator in case you lose power.
A few years ago, I was down in Virginia in February. It snowed half an inch, and everyone freaked. Traffic on the interstate was moving at TEN MILES AN HOUR because no one down there knows how to drive in snow. (Which is the right thing to do - if you're not confident in your winter driving skills, slow down and be careful.) Meanwhile, up here the local driving schools offer winter driving lessons on closed, iced-over courses.
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