The Official, I live in the South, why are we having *snow* this again, thread

[Jamastiene]

102. Lol, like clockwork.

Our power companies barely trim the trees. They are used to tornadoes and hurricanes down here, so that is their thinking when they do our tree trimming. Our trees aren't acclimated to snow. So, they cannot handle the weight. We'd have to cut almost all of our trees down to avoid losing power when it snows and sleets and ices up on top of that. We aren't going to do that. Have you ever hard a pine tree snap under the weight of ice and snow? It sounds like a rifle shot and snaps the pine trees like a twig. Oak trees just fall completely over. They uproot entirely. That takes down houses, power lines, cars, and anything and anyone else in its path. It's a different world down here. Different areas are sculpted by what weather we usually have. The flora and fauna in our area is just not used to this stuff. Even the birds and squirrels look confused and sort of scared. They are doing their own version of "Buy all the bread and milk in the store." at my feeder today. It literally is a different world in different areas of the country. You'd probably freak if you accidentally stepped on a fire ant mound and the ground started looking like it was moving under your feet, then you felt the wrath that is fire ants.