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I'm from Florida and what is this?
Ex-Floridian here. It's a wild ride every time. You can probably handle it, since you can definitely handle extreme weather. But you need a lot of equipment for it. You need a whole winter gear and skill loadout you swap to every autumn. I enjoy the adventure element of winter the same way I enjoyed the storms of Florida. Both make you face off against nature to be outside. But people are afraid of the weather here. Florida is filled with brave and foolish weather warriors. People don't die to idiocy every big snow like they do every hurricane. I'm not saying it never happens, but there is no equivalent to the guy on the news before every hurricane declaring his faith in God and his boat.
I don't know... have you ever seen those massive pile ups on highways during winter? Doesn't even have to be a lot of snow. In my experience, people generally don't know how to properly drive when conditions are perfect, let alone when conditions are harsh. Unfortunately, it leads to a lot of unnecessary deaths.
It isn't even idiocy, just a lack of understanding how to properly handle a vehicle, making sure you have the proper equipment (snow tires vs summer), the equipment is maintained, etc.
I always hate feeling like "that guy" whenever I have to explain that AWD is not a safety feature, but a performance feature. AWD isn't going to do dick if you're riding on summer tires, driving 10mph over the speed limit while visibility is trash, you're up the ass of the person in front of you, and snow's coming down. It also isn't going to help if you don't know how to make corrections or if you hit a patch of ice.
I'm from the north east, so I can't speak to what people are like with hurricanes in Florida, but it's frustrating how many people up here don't take driving in inclement weather seriously.