I suppose. I have been kind of fascinated when seeing how states back east are not like that. Even blue states have surprising positions filled by Republicans.
Just found out that some of the climate data sites are down due to power outages in Asheville NC. Pretty incredible a city like that is still have problems this long after the storm.
That winter did pull off a very chilly January in Landsburg though. Must have been the perfect gradient for a persistent inversion. Monthly average was just above freezing. At any rate that was a Nino.