Why would anyone fly from sunny south Florida to freezing cold Chicago?

Here in south Florida the temperature is 85 degrees F (29 degrees C).

"Chicago weather: Winter storm wreaks havoc on holiday travel, over 180 flights canceled."

When I fly from sunny south Florida to freezing cold Chicago on Thursday, November 29, 2018, the snowstorm will be over with. Then I take an Amtrak train to a northern Illinois farm town, population 9,000.

I will have no internet from November 27, 2018, to December 5, 2018. And this is if everything goes perfectly.

This might be my last post until things are back to normal.