Im actually well aware that it can get very slick in north carolina. The difference is your employer asks you to stay home in NC. Michigan, they expect you to work to work if you get stuck in a ditch. I work at a company that has plants from NC to texas, whenever they get some snow in those southern states they send everyone home and close the plants...
I was visiting this past march in my speed 6 and they got 3" of snow in a few hours. I saw six people in the ditch on my way back to my parents house (15-20 mile stretch) I was having a blast though hehe.