I did stock up on soup - though I did learn from my mother how to make chicken soup - for somebody else! 
And I know what an inch of snow is like in NC! I can remember folks on the roads locking their brakes and calling in to the retirement community where my grandmother lived. I'm not a very brave driver in bad weather, though folks there freaked out at a "dusting" that wouldn't have bothered me. My cousin went to school there - and stayed - so I asked her what she did when it snowed - and she said that they just wait for it to melt! And she had a pretty essential job, was an RN at a major hospital in Asheville! 
But I do know what you mean. My grandmother still felt at home there because there was still "a change of seasons." And it is beautiful country, mountain views right near the Blue Ridge Parkway. 
And thanks so much for your kindness - I need all the thoughts and prayers I can get to endure winter in the North Country. Last year we had nor'easters through the month of March! 
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