Tell Me If It's Chilly Outside

Their will always come a time in life where hopelessness is all that we can see. No one ever asks for it but still it persists. What can we do? Outside of finding hope you can just wait for it to pass. This is easier said than done.
 
“The storm will last a day, possibly three, maybe seven.  Black clouds will hover ominously, the brisk ocean wind out of the northeast will permeate everything with its damp chill.  Most folks will be driven indoors, to hibernate until the next patch of good weather.” from Chris Bickford - Storm
 
There has to be a set of ground rules out there on how to properly weather a storm.