We are getting our first real batch of winter weather - but it's ice, not snow.  I am not as fond of ice due to very possible power outages.  Massachusetts gets more snow and Virginia seems to always be ice.  I know it has something to do with the temperature and probablly the elevation, as well.  I'll keep you posted on how things end up.  They were claiming 3 inches of snow at one point too, so who knows.  Looking out the window though, it's beginning to look alot like Winter!