With a major blizzard bearing down on the North East this evening, the family made suitable preparations. Jeanine made sure we had an adequate supply of food, Maya invited over an adequate supply of friends (school has already been canceled for tomorrow) and I built and installed a windscreen for our automatic electric generator. Winds are forecasted to be very high and snow to reach 3 feet in some areas. The natural gas-powered generator has a history of failing to start in high winds and I did not fancy a repeat of that scenario.