I have friends in Canada who used to live in the far west, "Yukon" country, they moved to another area, they couldn't stand the weather extremes there any longer, & moved away, they now live in Anmore [V3H district] they had six foot deep snow, 30 to 40 below, in the summer's 30 above, & violent electrical storms in the mountains close by, the forest fires came within three miles of their home, one year, is it anything like that where you live?, you can PM me if you like.