Traditionally, we get a lot of snow in the winter. In some parts, it
can be knee high. The past few winters were mild, but the newspaper
today said that this will be a messy winter like the ones we're used to.

I don't mind the snow, and I love the cold. It's the ice that I don't
like. (Unless I'm skating). I remember when I was a kid, delivering newspapers in the nearby trailer court, most of the roads in the park were very icy. The people's driveways were not paved and were completely plastered in ice. I considered wearing skates while tending to my paper route.