One has to become a snow-bird and fly south like say.....Miami, Florida or The Florida Keys to escape all that Mama!!!
Truthfully that is the only place Santa arrives by convertible:D I know this is a fact 'cause: I saw him once in a parade right in downtown Miami by the Orange Bowl riding on a big old Cadillac convertible!!!

Sounds like the weather stinks all over.

In addition to burglary and fire alarms another thing we handle at my job is environmental/mechanical alarms and power-failures. As you might imagine, we've been working like one-armed paper-hangers here since Weds. AM. We've had 60++ office closings and hundreds of power failuers- YIKES! Not to mention the burgs caused by heavy ice busting doors and windows open, etc.

My sis's hubby has been working 16 hour days clearing trees from the high winds. It was a high here today of 24.