As one who lives in the "it seldom snows here" part of the country, I'll have to say something to defend the "irrational" reaction to the white stuff.

Before I begin, I enjoy snow. That said:

The snow we get are very wet snows. I (and my father) have experienced only 1 (ONE!!) dry snow, in a freak storm about 3 years ago (if I remember correctly). What we get is largely ice, though it makes GREAT snowballs. After the initial fall, it partially melts and refreezes, leaving a nice ice layer. There is NO snow pack to get rubber traction, and few, if any, have chains (or spiked/studded tires) to drive on the ice. Thus, cars slide ALL over the road.

In Atlanta, I would always challenge my "it don't look THAT bad" friends from "up north:rolleyes: " to look at the tags of cars in ditches and trees along the sides of the roads once the weather improved enough to actually travel on it. In variably, there would be "New York" "Pennsylvania" "Maine" Wisconsin" "Minnisota" "Michigan" and the like all over the place . The roads are actually MUCH worse than they look, mostly black ice with a thin veneer of snow to hide it .

That said, we have NO IDEA of the sheer COLDNESS that y'all experience and the problems with snow drifts, shoveling and sanding the driveway, or the need for "winter beater" cars.:confused:

Now, if a PV can be warm in THAT weather, I am VERY impressed.

I figured a belted plaid would be even MORE practical than a regular kilt, as the upper wool part would provide much extra warm layering to the torso. My belted plaids are just "HOTTT!" here, even in the dead of winter.
A belted plaid and trenchcoat (to help keep the wool dry) should be great.



But what do I know I live in SOUTH CAROLINA!!!!!!!:rolleyes: