I could say a fair amount about that, based on previous experience with forums and chatrooms where the only people who could do stuff would be gone and nobody had their userlevel, so nothing could get handled when needed. @Eugene , that sounds like a standard year for me... this year was a lot cooler than normal.
LOL @Charlet ... too bad you didn't see the Halloween blizzard of '91 (about a foot-and-a-half in like ten hours... had candy left from that one for like two years)