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Images: Cold here, but at least we dodged this storm

Bitter cold, or more snow and dangerous ice? We bet you'd choose bitter cold after looking through these photos.

It's the South's turn to suffer from the snow, freezing rain and sleet in a storm that brought back memories of one from the same time a year ago.

After weeks of snow in the Northeast, winter weather had moved through Arkansas and Kentucky and was headed east. While even small amounts of frozen precipitation can bring the region to halt, the worst was yet to come: temperatures in the single digits in areas where electricity was threatened by coatings of ice on power lines.

This February storm arrived on Presidents Day, when many schools and businesses were already closed.

In central Kentucky, home to much of the state's signature thoroughbred industry, horses kept warm by galloping through the deep snow, pausing occasionally to shake it off from their thick winter coats. Ned Toffey, general manager of Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, said the horses enjoy running in the snow because it gives them a nice cushion as opposed to the harder, packed earth.

Still, the South wasn't quite ready for the winter blast. From dirt shovels used to clear the snow, to roads barely salted or plowed, these pictures definitely make us thankful that Chicago knows how to handle winter weather.

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Jerry Gantz blows snow off a parking lot in Bowling Green, Kentucky on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, after several inches of snow fell. The National Weather Service say anywhere from 6 to 15 inches of snow are possible by evening. Bitterly cold temperatures are expected to follow, with lows below zero. (AP Photo/Daily News, Miranda Pederson)
Horses are coated with snow as heavy snow falls across central Kentucky on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/Lexington Herald-Leader, Mark Cornelison)
Law enforcement help stuck motorists Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, after several inches of snow fell in Bowling Green, Ky. The National Weather Service say anywhere from 6 to 15 inches of snow are possible by evening. Bitterly cold temperatures are expected to follow, with lows below zero. (AP Photo/Daily News, Miranda Pederson)
Sean Strahn, from left, Kelton Taylor and Tommy Reed help a motorist whose car was stuck in the slushy road conditions Monday morning Feb. 16, 2015 in Memphis, Tenn. Weather forecasters are urging motorists across most of Tennessee to stay off roads unless it's an absolute emergency. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Mike Brown)
Ice climber Scott Perkins, of Alpharetta, reaches the summit of an ice covered cliff on Richard Russell Scenic Highway, one of Georgia's highest elevations, on Monday, Feb 16, 2015, near Helen, Ga. Perkins said "ice climbers we hope for storms, we want storms." Perkins said the storm system would make for more ice and better climbing conditions in a couple of days. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT
Ice climber Scott Perkins, of Alpharetta, takes advantage of the winter weather to climb an ice covered cliff near the summit of Richard Russell Scenic Highway, one of Georgia's highest elevations, on Monday, Feb 16, 2015, near Helen, Ga. Perkins said "ice climbers we hope for storms, we want storms." Perkins said the storm system would make for more ice and better climbing conditions in a couple of days. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton) MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT
Jerry Lucietta used a snowblower to clear the walks and driveways of his neighbors on Firethorn Place as a strong winter storm crossed the Commonwealth in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. He brought the snowblower with him when he moved to Lexington from Cleveland. He and other neighbors help clear the walks and driveways of many of their neighbors. (AP Photo/Lexington Herald-Leader, Charles Bertram )
Very light traffic travels along downtown Little Rock, Ark., after sleet and snow fell early Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning through Monday afternoon. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
Photo by John Rawlston/Chattanooga Times Free Press - Feb 16, 2015The Firemen's Memorial Fountain on Georgia Avenue begins the day covered in icicles as icy rain falls Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
A motorist passes a fence atop Signal Mountain where icicles are forming as rain and freezing temperatures make their way into the Tennessee Valley near Chattanooga, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dan Henry) THE DAILY CITIZEN OUT; NOOGA.COM OUT; CLEVELAND DAILY BANNER OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT
A man rides a bike past ice-coated trees and plants on University Avenue, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Oxford, Miss. A snow and ice storm blasted parts of the Mid-Atlantic and the South on Tuesday, creating treacherous road conditions and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. (AP Photo/The Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman) NO SALES
Duane Read clears snow at the Eastern Shore Family YMCA, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Onley, Va. A snow and ice storm blasted parts of the Mid-Atlantic and the South on Tuesday, creating treacherous road conditions and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. (AP Photo/Jay Diem, Eastern Shore News) NO SALES
Bob Wessel takes a break from shoveling his sidewalk, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Onancock, Va. A snow and ice storm blasted parts of the Mid-Atlantic and the South on Tuesday, creating treacherous road conditions and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. (AP Photo/Jay Diem, Eastern Shore News) NO SALES
Tevin Doughty shovels snow at the Community Fire Company, Inc., Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Exmore, Va. A snow and ice storm blasted parts of the Mid-Atlantic and the South on Tuesday, creating treacherous road conditions and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. (AP Photo/Jay Diem, Eastern Shore News) NO SALES
Traffic moves slowly along an icy Interstate 485 at Rea Road, early Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Charlotte N.C. About a half-inch of ice accumulated overnight topped by a dusting of snow. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Davie Hinshaw) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NEWSPAPER INTERNET ONLY
Sam Jones, left, and Calvin Shields shovel ice and snow from the walkway at Central Station Lofts on Main Street Monday morning February 16, 2015 in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Yalonda M. James)
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