Southerners love it when it snows. We get excited like little kids on Christmas morning. For us, we value each snow experience like it’s the last.

Although, we do handle our winter weather differently compared to those up north. We tend to get made fun of for freaking out over the slightest chance of snow flurries. Northerners may think we are crazy for going to these extremes…

1. Make a Mad Dash to the Store

It is essential you rush to the grocery store in preparation for the snow apocalypse. This means getting a lifetime supply of bread and milk. A healthy diet of bread and milk is a necessity when it snows.

2. Schools Shut Down

The weatherman reports a chance of flurries, and you know what that means…no school for that day or possibly week. Busses can’t possibly run when there’s flurries or half an inch of snow on the ground.

3. Snow Gear Fashion Show

There’s a possibility of snow next week, so what do you do? Pull out your heaviest jackets, warmest hats, fluffiest scarves and don’t forget the mittens. The snow mania fashion show starts a week in advance.

4. Snow Means No Social Activities

Southern parents make their kids cancel all plans and stay inside. Social interaction must shut down during snow. Everyone must stay huddled inside the house because you could get lost in the snow…

5. Snow Makes Moms Go Crazy

The word "snow" makes moms get a little silly. They start cleaning their houses two days before the snow is supposed to arrive. I mean, who are you cleaning the house for? The snow? The snow isn’t coming inside…

6. House Parties

Snow means drinking for the adults. You must buy up all the alcohol in sight because spending one day inside is too much to handle. The only way to pass the time is sipping on something.

7. Stress Baking

Snow in the forecast means lots of baking (enough to feed an army). If all else fails, there will be plenty of food to eat. No one will starve during the snow apocalypse.

8. Snow Photoshoots

As soon as the ground turns white, everyone rushes outside to take pictures because honestly, we aren’t sure when we will see snow again.

9. Cheesy Snow Captions

Lovely snow pictures wouldn’t be complete without the cheesy captions. A picture of you outside calls for a "Frozen" quote…

10. All Roads Get Closed

To protect the people of the south from each other, roads are closed. We are not meant to drive in snowy conditions. We just weren’t designed for it.

11. Driving Insanity

Even though roads are closed, people still drive. The word snow sends people into a frenzy. We drive around as if the world is ending, and we don’t know where we are going.

12. Survival Kits

An emergency snow survival kit is in every southerner’s car. The kit includes blankets, food, flashlight, heavy boots, big jackets, pillows, batteries and more food. (We just really don’t want to starve to death.) This kit stays in the car year-round because we are too lazy to take everything out.

13. Call Everyone

In the south, we call everyone we know who lives out of town just to tell them we are getting snow. Then, we send them hundreds of pictures of our snow. If they live up north, they just say “that’s nice.”