And I'm 100% sure no southerner makes light of the people in Chicago and New York who die during record heat waves because they didn't have the foresight to purchase central air.

actually the ave daily temp in Atlanta during the hart of summer is 88 with 90% humidity the average daily temp in Chicago is 84 with 98% humidity. Summer its a wash, hellish sauna either place...we are just tougher up in the great lakes area and can handle cold as well as heat.

There is no salt that "INSTANTLY" melts ice, it just lowers the freezing point. If the temp is below 15 F salt has no effect. Considering the temperature variances between north and south, that makes for a small window where salt is effective. I live in DC and while snow is inconsistent, it's so humid that ice is a…

Ehh, it's humid EVERYWHERE on the east coast.

The highest temp in Birmingham last year was 94deg. Cleveland's highest temp last year was 96 and 90+% humidity because of the lake and the low temp so far this year has been -11 w/o windchill being factored in.

95 degrees is tolerable. 95 degrees with 100% humidity while commuting using a crowded mass transit train then walking miles wearing a suit from the months of May - Sept is a bit tough. I really can't explain it to people from "driving" states. There's a major difference between commuting in that than someone…

Actually, that's what southern friends and relatives were doing when the upper Midwest got hit with -15 temps with windchills approaching -45 and a foot of snow. They really seemed to enjoy tell us northerners temps were in the 60s. While we also had 5 deaths and major transport hubs paralyzed. I do have sympathy for…

Actually, in NYC, in the summer, we usually get 90's to upper 90's with 90+% humidity quite often. It's the 100's with 90+% humidity where people here complain. But that's only cause people here walk everywhere where people down south drive.

Actually, try a few days without power in 2004. And try walking from Midtown, Manhattan to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in that Northeast, sticky heat.

And trust me, us in the Northeast totally get heat. While Southerners can try to talk "heat" to us. None of you take a packed, steaming hot train with more people then a train…

As with so many of these things, it wasn't the wind and rain, it was the storm surge/flooding. You can be as badass as you want about hurricanes, but when your entire neighborhood is under 12 feet of water it doesn't matter how hard the wind was blowing. I agree that it's fucking lame that Sandy was a cat 1 and did…

So Southerners can spend their whole lives making fun of Northern winters, but they can't take two days of ribbing when the tables turn? Wah.

Yes, 2" of snow is exactly the same thing as another weather even that caused billions of non-vehicle property damage. It's also equivalent to a 9.5 earthquake, a tsunami, and an extinction-level asteroid impact. At the same time.

I feel for the people in the South, I really do. But at the risk of sounding like an asshole I would like to point one thing out about those of us in the North and our snow tolerance. 5 times this month alone I have had to risk my life just to drive to work because we did get 6 inches of snow but at times where the…

You didn't offend me. The people comparing this to Hurrican Sandy (which unlike this, caused billions in property damage to things NOT on the road) however, should offend all with brains. Yes, even my dog.

Why is everyone acting like we don't get icy roads in the north, though? I am not laying blame, I'm just puzzled at the idea that icy roads is some rare phenomenon northerners aren't familiar with. Our roads are icy all the time, and the Great Lakes region had an epic ice storm in December.

"When you talk about six inches of snow in your city, you are almost definitely talking about six inches of snow on the median strip and shoulder, and highways that are slick, but clear."

All I heard was "Wahh! Everyone is mean to the South."

No. Just flat out no. Plows are not always out before the snow. Salt either comes too late, or can be washed away by rain that falls ahead of the snow. This makes for longer and more dangerous commutes. There will be deaths, easily topping the 5 in Alabama in larger cities. Yet life doesn't stop for those still alive.…

It's not sexism or racism or anything, it's just an opinion

Attraction isn't misogynistic. Objectifying is.