Winter in New England

So, winter has only been official for about 8 days now, but it seemed to come early to Massachusetts. We had a terrible ice storm causing most to lose power for at least a day, and some lost power for about 11 days. Last weekend it started snowing on Friday around 2pm and didn't stop until sometime during the night on Sunday. And, yet, yesterday it was 60 degrees here. No wonder New Englanders have a reputation for unfriendliness. When you have to deal with this kind of dramatic change in weather within two weeks, frustration ensues and no one wants to talk to someone else when they're frustrated.