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Winter has come
Nov 9, 2017 6:35 PM
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mikster180
Weak southerners the winter will take you all
Blake9008
After seeing this and the comments, there is alot of imgur users near me.
KrisPhoenix
and in the really really north....
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footInMouthAndHeadUpAssSoWhatYouTalkinBout
When to roads are icy everyone loses
rosietheriviter24
Confirmed. This was in Raleigh. A lot of my friends stayed at my place that night after abandoning their cars.
FStopMarsupial
well at least our old people don't die in a heat wave of 87 degrees F
WannabeHobo
Snow in Ygritte
Air36723
maxzero
Rain in San Diego
SwiggityDiggitySwoo
This is my favorite version : https://imgur.com/VeElUq3
tylerdurden777
Accurate af
XanderWrites
That's not snow in the north. That's Tuesday.
Bizarkly
Or the month of Novemberthroughapril...
Jwulf148
The key here is to notice the roads are iced and plowed in the north.
CottonTheClown
The problem we have down here with preparing for winter storms is that it's like putting a condom on before you leave the house for a date.
CottonTheClown
You look awful silly if nothing happens. (and waste money)
RanOverMyOwnFoot
You mean fucking ice in the south. We rarely have snow
nysouthpaw
Where there's snow, there's ice
DrunkSnowWhite
nysouthpaw
Have you not driven or walked in the north? Water freezes below 32F wherever you are. Snow means ice, somewhere.
DrunkSnowWhite
Ice sheets dont automatically form when it snows unless the snow melts and refreezes or there's already liquid water present when temp drops
nysouthpaw
It depends on many factors, usually water run-off. I had a nasty incident last February on unplowed roads that totaled my car from black ice
JerekoKosta
This. Not to mention we don't have nearly as many workers or equipment to clear it away. Plus 1-2 times/year gives little experience.
Potaterzpotateyo
I'd like to see anyone drive up a hill of black ice without snow tires. Good luck.
ctennessen
Two winters ago, two days straight of freezing rain. We couldn't leave our neighborhood for a week because the hill is in the shade
DrunkSnowWhite
Live in TN. This is accurate. Snow hardly causes any issues here. You give us ice, on the other hand, and every road will have a wreck on it
surprisegrizzleybearattack
Obligatory Jon snow in ygrette and Jon snow in danarys image
AbyssusPuella
I moved from MS to IN over a year ago, my SO laughs when I want to "stock pile" food INCASE of a blizzard or bad ice storm
Gingerbreadman18
People act like it's hard to drive in the snow, just drive slowly jeez.
skye12977
All you need to do is reduce the amount of snow in the South picture and then show how the temperature seems to flucuate 25-65*F daily.
zma123456
I was in NC one time. 2 inch of snow, school cancelled. It snows a feet here and everything still stays open.
drowninginthesouth
It only has to threaten to snow and everything closes in the south.
CrocAMileInMyShoes
In the south, it usually melts and turns into ice after one night. Driving on packed snow is fine, but ice is bad.
TheBIFFALLO87
Its almost as though places that get large amounts of snow consistently are prepared for it.
FlyingButtPliers
This weekend is first snow, we're going to have so many people in the ditch. Every generation must learn.
VenderTrashImgur
You would fucking think right? But no some places in upstate N.Y. are surprised every year.
Brogeta
It's almost as if that was the joke
ThePowerOfNein
Oh Canada... show them the way....
OliverClothesoff70
I live in Texas. We get snow/ice about every 2-3 years. Would it make a lot of sense for us to buy & store several million $$ of trucks?
12rt2345g342563
Nah. When I lived in CT people would still go apeshit and make runs on Milk and bread whenever a storm was coming.
Burke616
I work in a grocery store in CT, can confirm. Every time a snowstorm *might* be coming, everyone stocks up for French toast parties.
Burke616
Also, they drive bad enough on a clear day with a dry road, they go apeshit if some kind of water's falling from the sky.
keyonne
Ohio drivers magically forget snow exists every year and there’s a mass panic. Happens again in spring with rain.
hiphopbookshop
If we spent money on snow plows where I live I would be pissed. Snows sticks about every ten years or so... shut down things and enjoy
BlueBoat
Found the southerner
AFSamizdat
Canadian City; first snow fall, ~100 car accidents (population ~700k).
ANonJewishPolack
Fargo, ND resident here. First snowfall was Monday . Had 40 accidents with population of 300,000.
quid81
You'd think so, but every year there's "Snowchaos" in stockholm, in the north we call the same weather "light snow".
applesforjuice
Lol, in ma every time it snows i see about 100 ambulances a day. And tons of car wrecks, we don't clear our roads. It's ficked
Dongskanker
"Ficked." I like that. I usually go with Fecked, but Ficked is nice.
Haidere1988
Not prepared, just that we northerners know how to drive when plows aren't out
whatupmyknitters
it's like LA with any weather other than sunny. the streets are just not built to be able to handle even an inch of rain.
MotherFukaJonez
You'd think so but being from MI, nope. Slot of idiots forget snow and ice = slippery. Usually take a week or two for them to adjust.
Megamotoilet
From Alaska. Can confirm.
Guidocat
My sister in MI used to say it looked like people who had never seen a car were teleported into all the cars on the road when it snowed.
Dudeitsausername
For some they never prepare. There usually the idiots doing 80 down a iced over road and then they end up flipped over down the road.
MotherFukaJonez
Exactly. I'm like this happens every year folks. Get your shit together.
Popstarkiller33
Depends on what part of the North. Here in Washington State, people lose their minds and abandon their cars in the middle of the road.
Benhorn7
Unless there's a minimum of a meter of snow outside, I don't give a shit. Closing schools cuz 1 inch fell? Get the fuck out of here.
drowninginthesouth
And bus drivers with no experience driving in those conditions.
TugAndChug
Except the part where in the south roads don't get cleared and it melts and refreezes... so you end up with just ice.
halocon720
Why we won the Civil War.
ByDownvotingMeYoureAgreeingThatYoureWrong
Very true but I’ve also seen northerners freak out about 90 degree summers
jdfotopoop
90 degrees? Thats a cool northern cali summer. Try asking someone from Minnesota or Michigan how horrific their summers are
thunderking1890
gotta love those 150* temp changes during the year!
RupertR
Literally every summer gets over 90 in MN
MrTay
With more humidity than Florida
RupertR
And worse mosquitos
Zordicron
As a Wisconsinite, LOL. When people talk about 90 being hot and below zero being cold, we just chuckle and walk away shaking our heads.
AuryxBecauseWhyNot
Yes because heat sucks fat dicks.
youtah
It's November and we're still trying to figure out how to apply sunscreen for Summer of 2017.
TheMomaw
I'll take the snow. When it's too cold you put on a coat+hat. When it's too hot, you strip down as much as legal and still feel like crap.
ByDownvotingMeYoureAgreeingThatYoureWrong
See I have the opposite problem, I just can’t get comfortable in the freezing cold. I’m built for sun
Gamerjunkie27
And that's why I like winter more.
TheBitcherThreeMilfCunt
And minor hurricans.
clutchthepearls
I'm a northerner that was in New Orleans recently for hurricane Nate. Shit was weeeeaaak.
FatCatTax
And Mega Turrican
InternetNamesMatter
Doesn't make em drive like retards though
TheDivineUsersub
Alaska here. Most of the accidents happen in the summer, acktchually. People are not as vigilant or cautious when there's no road hazard.
gamerdude1112
I WOULD BEG TO DIFFER, WE ALL DRIVE LIKE RETARDS COLLECTIVELY, THATS WHY IT WORKS OUT IN THE END
Curiousone545
The death toll from automobiles begs to differ.
DoesItThough
MI here. Went to Vegas, ventured out to the wasteland. 120 degrees isn't that bad. 90 with humidity is way worse.
subluxate
Grew up in California, spent time in Arizona in the summer, lived in Georgia, now in Iowa. Iowa summers are the worst of the bunch.
SciencemasterofGinaz
Plus, you're in Iowa. So, it's pretty bad anyways.
subluxate
And yet, not as bad as Georgia was. Only good thing about that place was getting with my wife, who's from IL.
ByDownvotingMeYoureAgreeingThatYoureWrong
Oh the humidity is what kills me too. Especially in the summer when it rains and it feels like you’re breathing soup
imladyluck
MI also. That week in sept that was in the 90s was horrible. I went to FL the week after and it really didn't feel that bad
DoesItThough
Right? First time I hated being outside, unless it was to and ONLY the beach. How was Florida, never been there, kinda want to go.
imladyluck
Oh my god I know your from MI bc you said "Right?" Haha. Florida was amazing! And I live 4 minutes from lake MI. Our beach is beautiful
Carmitin
I went from NE to the south and thought 0.25" of snow was nothing. They don't salt; it is actually horrendous.
kozmo403
To be fair that particular storm hit faster and harder than expected. Within the 10 minutes it took me to realize it was snowing to 1/?
MoparGoVroomVroom
The point is that up north what you’re describing aint no thang.
kozmo403
2/? getting back to the office, the roads were completely covered in about an inch of snow. Took me 4 hours to go 12 miles home though
kozmo403
3/3 because people couldn't be bothered to follow traffic rules and the needing to go slow as to not slide all over hell and creation.
Prudencethecat
In this area it was freezing rain that turned in to snow, so that stretch of glenwood was black ice with snow on top making it worse
PetricusGaming
Glennwood Avenue representing
SwiggityDiggitySwoo
whoop whoop!
AllHoffNoHassle
hello neighbor.ish! (Cary)
RichHansen
You light cars on fire in the South to keep warm?!
genemale1313
Only when we run out of annoying children.....
fistermatic5000
If it gets below 30 degrees we'll light anything that burns.
AbbySomeoneAbbyWhoAbbyNormal
Can confirm the south photo. It was taken in NC about an hour away from me.
Begotten
I've lived in FL and GA all my life and the worst drivers in my experience are always from the Carolinas
DenesK
I prefer the unphotoshopped version with the AT-ATs.
HolyStalactite
I was on that hill, walked from my house just to see, was the perfect amount of sad and hilarious.
anotherusernamed
You have to live like this!? (Typed while watching the SoCal hillside as it burns down)
AbbySomeoneAbbyWhoAbbyNormal
Hey, you haven't lived until you've roasted marshmallows over a burning car.
anotherusernamed
arbsbuhpuh
My workplace was on that road. I left work early right when it started snowing, barely made it home.
bigeasy44
It was taken 30 seconds down the road from my path from work to home at the time. What normally took 20 min, took 4 hours that day.
WhatTheDormouseSaid
Shit's on fire yo
thorgod
In France nobody uses the car for even less than one inch of snow ... also panic installs as end of the world is near ... for one inch only.
Uzernaime
At least they knew better and built a fire to keep warm (Michigander here)
jfred325350
Is that anywhere near Abbeville
TheChook
That's where I live. We are a mess.
Monochron
I love that we all know where this picture was taken. It's like, HEY, it's Glenwood!
areola51
Ah, raleighwood. Never change.
Keifer6644
Ruff Raleigh!!
areola51
Soopwoop!
SalsaRice
The bad part is they cropped out the "fred's beds" truck
AndrewBalderrama
North Carolina part of the south? Sorry we in Cali we don’t do bad weather
littlewitch
I am Canadian and I just came back from visiting NC. It was like summer temperature there and when I got back it was 1/2
littlewitch
Almost -20c. I almost cried. Wanna go back. NC is awesome. Also, sorry I don't know Freedom Units :'(
SledTed
You'd be surprised how many northerners forget what snow is every fucking year...
boruckii
Man I'm from NC and this is just...all too expected.
Prudencethecat
Ah Raleigh— when they salt the roads nothing happens and when they don’t its an ice-pocalpse.
boruckii
--when they close schools at the idea of snow ????
Zalszibar
The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and AT-AT walkers terrorized the citizens of Raleigh that day
robofist194
Lol Fort Bragg?? ...Fort Bragg...
toadgirl
Bragg is a portal directly to Hell...
MikeTheRipper12
Like 15 minutes from me. I'm from NY, this day was moronic.
phantomgallery
somehow we escape that in virginia
hobbitbandit
NC is yankee land. Get below I10 the once every 20 years the snow falls it's terrifying. Never want to see it again.
JGoat
So...not in the south?
hiro300
Salt and sand do wonders. There was a freak snow, about 2 inches, and Port Jefferson looked like that. People had to wait for snow plows.
TheAmazingPencil
Do you guys have driving schools?
Prudencethecat
We don’t have the number of salt trucks and snow plows that cities that experience winter weather. These are unprepared roads.
Prudencethecat
*cities that experience winter weather have
wlfman
whoa whoa, this was about an hour away from me too.........are you me?!?!?!?!
AbbySomeoneAbbyWhoAbbyNormal
Maybe. Where were you on April 10, 2009?
wlfman
uhhhh....probably at class? I was in college at the time
AbbySomeoneAbbyWhoAbbyNormal
Whoa! So was I. You are me!!
wlfman
D: whoa
bilalss4
What, do you live in a farm in the middle of nowhere all by yourself?
wlfman
lol no, and I'm actually only about 15 minutes from this pictures location - just trying to be funny :(
areola51
Hi north Carolina imgurians!
MostOfTheTime
Hi
TheUserResearcher
Raleigh!
Keifer6644
Raleigh in the house!
areola51
Small town life for me :)
kozmo403
Was taken about 15 minutes from me. Storm was nuts but this shit was more nuts.
bbirbb
"Storm was nuts." No, you're just a bunch of incompetent drivers and can't handle mild weather.
Prudencethecat
What no one ever mentions is the solid ice beneath the snow. This storm started as freezing rain during the day. Get off the high horse.
bbirbb
Yet again, that's not bad weather. Incompetent drivers with shit tires on their cars are the reason it's an issue.
Prudencethecat
You're right. A freak ice/snow storm that left 2 inches of solid ice on unprepared roads-- definitely not bad driving conditions.
MostOfTheTime
Glad someone said it
Randallb23
Me to wife and I are in raleigh during this time
ssyoda2
I never understood the car on fire. Made for great material for AT-AT Photoshop
AbbySomeoneAbbyWhoAbbyNormal
I believe it was hit by multiple cars just right to make it catch on fire. Or it was a direct hit from the AT-AT.
WeAreLegionWeAreBob
New Falls of Neuse, my morning commute!
MisterTrashPanda
Hey dude, they got like 2 inches of snow in 4 hrs that day...it was a serious issue
coffeepot583
That storm confirmed 90% of the terrible disaster movie tropes for me. Instant chaos.
tytrim89
Good ole Glenwood Ave. I was staying with a buddy in Brier Creek when that happened
AbbySomeoneAbbyWhoAbbyNormal
Yeah, we just don't get enough snow to know how to drive in it. And they never plow the roads right, either.
kozmo403
Agreed. I don't think NC wants to pay for the infrastructure to handle it either.
AbbySomeoneAbbyWhoAbbyNormal
They can't. The state is broke.
displayimage
That and ummm snow tires
anarkhiya
As soon as a snow flake hits the ground, it might as well be an apocalypse in North Carolina. Especially Fayetteville, but it might be bias.
IWentToImgurAndAllIGotWasThisShittyUsername
Grew up in CO. LOVED being stationed at Ft Bragg. 2 flakes and the grocery store is sold out, base closes down. Easy snow days!!!
BerryTreat
Shit’s crazy in Fayettenam.
realscrumpysteve
I remember a collision in the Tung Sing parking lot. One dude was backing out, some shit head piled into him over ice
tytrim89
No bias, you have people from all over the country and only 10% know how to drive in the snow in Fayetteville
TugAndChug
Just remove that "in the snow" part and you're right on the money
tytrim89
Agreed I almost got hit 4 times on Ramsey yesterday
anarkhiya
Ramsey is just a hellhole anyways.
korvazor
At least NC waits till it hits the ground, SC goes apeshit at the threat of it falling at all.
tytrim89
Not true, Cumberland county cancelled school because there was a 15% of half an inch
anarkhiya
Fucking CumbCo. I got so many days off of school for things that never happened.
BerryTreat
Shit’s crazy in Fayettenam.
realscrumpysteve
I lived in that area for ten years, there it not but truth in your post.
bullsh1tcorner
Glenwood Avenue…to be fair it was very slippery
TheUserResearcher
I drive it everyday. Pray for me lol
geneparmesan07
I was in raleigh that day. I picked the best day of the year to work from home.
Keifer6644
WHERE MY RALEIGH IMGURIANS AT?!?!
TheUserResearcher
I drive this every day!
TheUserResearcher
P.s. Keifer if this is you from work small world
Immamuffinn
What I love about this is the fact that y'all shut down for a few inches and here in western New York we drive through blizzards 1/2
Immamuffinn
2/2 with 3 feet of snow on our cars/trucks just to get coffee
robofist194
They closed the post like 2 days prior for no snow (there ease a threat of freezing rain) but refused to close this particular day
geneparmesan07
You have better infrastructure to support blizzards. We have like one snow plow for the whole state.
fartbot
You guys also get wrecked by hurricanes we don’t even get off work for
Inusitus
We don't have enough utilities for snow sadly. Or something along those lines
Immamuffinn
True but still funny that your entire world shuts down with so little
bigeasy44
That truly is crazy, but the best part is the local bars and bottle shops still open and since we're not expected to be at work, booze day!!