We have that happen in the South, too. We had such a bad sleet and snow storm one year in March! That my car doors were frozen shut. I didn't have a carport at the time. Snow you can brush off, sleet sticks tight.
Last February's monster storm was all snow, so it was relatively easy to remove it from where you wanted it gone. Ice storms really are the pits. Impossible to drive on or even walk on.
