Judging by the long list of provisions my wife just sent me, this is looking to be one very nasty winter storm.

Like millions of other U.S. residents, we're in the path of what could be huge amounts of snow and freezing rain that forecasters say will sweep across a region stretching from New Mexico to New England starting Jan. 23.

In Asheville, North Carolina, our snow is typically infrequent and melts away fast. But every now and........

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