Southern Snow

Bob Krum says it is snowing in South Carolina. Another quirk for the Republican primaries:

Snow-just the mention of snow- might make all turnout predictions worthless here.

He's got that right; snow and the South are like oil and water. In Richmond, it only takes a half inch of snow to shut down the schools and deplete staples from the grocers (the depleting is done before the snow arrives). The problem is the transportation system completely shuts down. I'm an experienced winter driver but that's not good enough to drive during a snowfall in the South. I did it once, and unless someone's life is on the line, I would avoid it again. Too many other inexperienced winter drivers are going to hit you or block the roads leaving you stranded.

So if you drive to the polls, your candidate has got to be worth the prospect of denting your car or abandoning it to be dented later.

h/t Instapundit

Originally posted in UNCoRRELATED Jan 19, 2008