Seriously?

The general sentiment of the population of Atlantic Canada today:

I took this picture outside the entrance to the Emergency Department today.  I had to go outside into the freezing rain from the clinic to our office in the next building, because a fire alarm went off just as we were finishing for the day.  Quick thinking and a dash for the door saved being stuck there until the all-clear.  You are not allowed to move around in the hallways in the hospital during a fire alarm, so can get trapped for ages  in places you don't wish to be.

Another bleeping ice storm.  When I got in from work, there was no power in the house.  In the seven years I've lived here, it has never gone out during a storm, so I was in a complete state of disbelief when it happened - and then persisted into the small hours of the morning, as it turned out.  By the time we went to bed, it was getting rather chilly, and the novelty factor had long worn off.  Where, O where, is spring?   <sniff>