Are we prepared for winter storms?

Where's some of that global warming when you need it? The past few days have been brutal.

I talk a lot about being prepared for hurricanes. The same can be said about winter storms that most of us are not used to.

The difference between the hurricane and the winter storm is you're not going to freeze to death when a hurricane hits.

A friend of mine, who lives in Birmingham, got stuck about 10 to 15 years ago when a winter storm put its grip on the city and he lost electricity in a house that was heated with electricity. He couldn't go anywhere because the roads were frozen. He told me he di...