Is it a conspiracy of bio warfare proportions or just Nature reminding us Who's the Boss?
(attention, BigPapasan this is your cure to link an old Tony Danza clip, tyvm!)

...opportunity to post one of the funniest clips outside of "The Honeymooners."  It's from "Taxi" - the cabbies want to get Rev. Jim a job driving a cab, but first he has to get a driver's license: