don't take offense to this(you just happen to be the last one to respond in kind), but i hate the WNY/CNY snow bravado....growing up in syracuse until 27, moved to richmond for the next 20 years now in philly...i don't give a rats ass nor do i pretend to be better prepared for the snow because i was raised in it...it's not about how well prepared you are, it's how prepared the area you live in is. a foot of snow(hell, 6") is rightfully so, as crippling to Richmond as 36+" is to syracuse because they don't have the means to clear it and make the streets safe, WNY/CNY has the budget to clean snow, i don't want Richmond or Philly spending tax dollars on equipment that is going to sit around idle for 360 days a year. Invariably i see hot shot northerners off the road in the south because they think they can go the speed limit in questionable conditions.