Calling for the white stuff here in central Illinois too, janie! Dang- I don't dislike snow or I wouldn't have lived in Alaska for 13 years, but it's way too early for my tastes!

I dislike winter with a passion! Snow thankfully is a rare occassion around here, I think it is dangerous!

I grew up in New England and I love the first snow of the year, it's always so beautiful. After that it gets old quick.

Here in Georgia even a dusting of snow will close school and turn roads into a demolition derby. I get a kick out of how many 4wd cars and trucks end up in ditches LOL

The biggest secret to life in Alaska? The locals up there would KILL me... but the truth is- in most regions where large populations live- the weather is worse here in various regions of the lower-48 than up there. Of course, the furthermost far-flung regions aside- where most of the residents are concentrated, the clime is pretty average. In fact, more times than not, from Dutch Harbor, Juneau, and even Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley- when I called home to Illinois it was generally nastier and colder here than up there! Of course Alaskans like that everyone has the perception that it's COLD and BLIZZARD-LIKE all the time! Keeps the tourists away- HA!

Here in north central Louisiana it's just rain for the last week or so.