Here it's the opposite. In January of the year Bill Clinton was elected for President, there was a HUUUGE wind and snow storm that knocked the power out in our area for over 4 days. We froze our asses off in our own home. All we could do was gather wood and sit around the fireplace all day and night trying to stay warm. I remember waking up every morning, just hoping the power would be back on. After the second day it got really depressing.
The bright side of the story was missing a week of school