The weather does seem to be getting more strange as the years go by. Here, Upstate NY, is sunny, snow showers, wind and colder than the past week. We have had those crazy hurricanes though. Certainly NYC never expected to see the flooding Hurricane Sandy brought. I was lucky that time, but we had to rescure my 87 year old in-laws from an 8th floor apartment - no electric, no elevator~! I sure hope that you don't see any flooding like that. Water can destroy so much. Mother nature must be a bit angry with us