Patrick, I totally agree with you. I lived a number of years in southern Wisc. and northern Ill. and, while I enjoyed it, I wouldn't give you a nickle for the winter weather. The last year I lived in Ill., we got 98" of snow. Makes me cold just thinking about it.
Cliff, I used to have occasion to visit New Hampshire in the winter and it always tickled me to see in the obituaries a nice piece about the recently departed followed by 'to be interred in the spring'. The snow was several feet deep on top of frost that went to four feet plus.
Carey