The past several dozen hours and the next several dozen hours see the planet go wobbly for a bit. An earthquake hit on the Left Coast of Canada, near Haida Gwaii, tripping off the tsunami warnings out as far as Hawaii. No serious damage, but still one heck of a shake.
Near Wawa, Ontario, rains and storms have washed the Trans Canada away in several places. The problem is that the only road across this part of Northern Ontario is the Trans Canada and the washouts aren’t little four-foot fixes. One part of a whole car dealership and a half a motel washed away. This is not a front-end loader full of gravel fix to the only road that runs left-to right across this part of the country.
Now Hurricane Sandy is set to roll into New York City tomorrow: Mayor Mike is closing the joint down as of 7 pm. Weather-meat assure us that after Sandy hits it will roll up into Ontario, flood Toronto, make Niagara Falls run backwards and drown everyone from Ottawa to Montreal. Or not.
What we’re seeing is October. Damp, rainy, cold, grey October. This is why rum was invented.
RoadDave 
As someone living under a cold front stalled by Sandy, and about to be blown away BY Sandy, I salute you. (By the time you get this, it may be posthumous…. 😀 )