I had that epiphany as I was crossing the parking lot this morning that that was what Al-Q and MD thoought.
Idea never crossed my mind for a couple of reasons: first, the maritimes are NB, NB and PEI; second, our part of the world is notorious for rain and fog.
I guess I take from this the message Unionist pointed out yesterday about how culturally and contextually based humor is. Maritimers would immediately get the joke. It is natural that people in other parts of Canada might immeditely make links to tragedies that took place off at Atlantic Canada. I apologize that my cultural point of reference cam off as being crass.