red - All I know is what I was told, you would be in a better position to judge with your professional experience. It sounded to me like the real problem is the roads. Bottom line, it doesn't matter what you or I think, the company is making the decisions on this. I don't think they will be sitting on their hands over the winter, my guess is that they have plenty of work to do. Hope this works out or we will both have to leave town with no forwarding address, one step ahead of the torch-and-pitchfork-wielding mob. <g>