January 26, 2015. Nuevo Vallarta, Mex. Storms.

7000 flights are cancelled. The streets are to be shut down as of 9:00. Subways and other transportation options will soon close. Cancellations are the norm. Even two professional basketball games have been cancelled. The northeast is in for a big storm, at least according to the forecast. But my friend Wendy keeps track of the number of times the forecast is wrong, and she gloats. Even Nova Scotia is supposed to get 2 or 3 feet of snow, beginning at 2:00am. The news is all about the big storm coming to the northeast. The advise is to stay home. When we first moved to the Washington DC area, we would laugh with the customs when a storm was coming. Everything was cancelled with the forecast of snow without waiting for the snow. Folks stayed home from work, Schools were cancelled as were the parties. For a Canadian, it seemed ridiculous. But soon we joined in the fun and we too cancelled our appointments and events with the forecast for snow and we stayed home just like everyone else, except for work. I never missed a day of work due to snow. I could always count on Regina and Suzanne to make it to the office and keep things running. We are feeling smug, sitting on the balcony watching the sunset with no snow in sight. How fortunate for us!!