were in Chicago land area were all is perfect and the sun never cloudy ,i have family that laughs at my preparedness. so far me and my wife are the focus of the jokes talked at the dinner table that i don't go there anymore. solution move , old friends that were leaches now Gone. holidays forget them my family no longer into the circle of jokes. now its quiet no jokes no leaches not bad. still thinking of moving out of IL altogether but that another tale.