A couple of weeks ago while listening to the island's evening news broadcast the weatherman, "Boomer" Gallant (that's his real name folks), informed us that there's an old island saying that goes something like this: "Rain in the Fall means no Winter at all."
It's been pouring for weeks here and I'm guessing old Boomer's got it wrong if we're expecting snow in October and thus an early start to winter.
Time to dust off the shovel.