Oh. It. Is.

 Snowing. This stuff is not coming at us from the west, over the mountains; it's sideswiping us from the sea.

Last time it snowed on Halloween, trees crashed all over town and we lost power in this house for a week. That's because if it snows enough this early, when the trees are still mostly full of leaves, the weight of it all wreaks havoc. 

Not likely to happen this time, at least that bad. Plenty of leaves, but not that much snow in the forecast. Anyway, the tree that fell on us last time can't fall again, and the wires are strung in a better place to boot. 

In this part of the country the slightest glitch of weather, any kind of weather, can knock the power down. That's because we're still using the electric grid the Pilgrims built. But if it happens today, around here, it'll happen somewhere upstream from us, where it will get fixed way faster. 

Still, I'm charging everything chargeable, up. And keeping a few cups of coffee in a Thermos.