I was there in the winter of 2010 , great storm. Those old trees and houses in town are beautiful in the snow https://products.climate.ncsu.edu/weather/winter/event/?e=504
I had a Jeep and had a 30 year knowledge of the roads. Tried every shortcut I could think of. Her teacher was huddled with them trying to keep them calm. There were still 20 kids there. That ice and the gridlock was real.