Not even for the '78 Blizzard, Vinny?

After Alberta was warning of blackouts at -50C a couple years ago(due to governmental incompetence and multiple large natural gas plants going off line simultaneously) I had a critical load panel installed and an ECO FLOW solix battery plugged in. 

It's 6000w and will power the important parts of the house for 4 hours, maybe longer. It charges to full in an hour an its expandable up to 24k W ( and also can charge by solar).

A gas generator in the garage would be an announcement to come steal my generator and the garage would need significant refits to keep the generator warm enough to run. -50C is also when NG pressure starts to drop so having a completely separate power source was also important. It will run long enough to either to shut off all the water and evacuate or until the power comes back, so it works for me

As it is, our office building is closed and we've had telework the past two days, maybe tomorrow as well. 
And, to be honest, the driving is not that good out. Plenty of lanes are partially obstructed and plowing is spotty. So I can't blame anyone for staying home around here!

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No! Because that was in January, and I started Kindergarten in September.

I do remember a big storm in '83, but I don't remember schools being closed for it - I think that it might have happened over the weekend, though.

I only lived a street block away from my public school, so I didn't have any excuses for not being able to make it there.

We renovated a few years back, water proofed the foundation, installed two sump pumps, and still have dealt with three pretty significant flooding incidents, the last of which precipitated the installation of sump pump #2. 

Whenever we get unseasonable warm weather in late winter/early spring, where the ground is still frozen as rain dumps down on us, I can literally see damp ribbons form on my basement floor, where groundwater swells up. In other words, we are going to have to spend another $30k completely relaying the concrete in our basement if we want to eliminate the risk of flooding. 

The two storms we had in January, which dumped maybe four feet of snow on us, leave me feeling that, if we get sudden warmth/rain, then the sump pumps are going to get overwhelmed and we're going to have another flood down there in a month or so, and so I need to basically pack everything up down there just in case. 

Basement floor is scheduled to be redone in July. Hurray for home ownership.