

I think Craig got hacked.
Nope. That's legit. :-)
Still going with my original theory. 
Context please
I, and most of the rest of the GtG folks, are playing Pokemon Go and have joined Team Mystic.
Team Mystic's "spirit Pokemon" is Articuno, or "The Bird in the North," as has become popular to say.
So you HAVE all been hacked…by Nintendo.
It’s a life hack.
Ah. Nothing important then...
There is no shelter from the storm! (Except St Louis apparently)

Confirmed. GtG taken over by Niantic after they got ahold of all of their personal information.
Coincidentally, the follow up to Spirit Island is now about settlers and Dahan trying to harness the spirits of the island to use in competition to settle ownership of the Island.
Iss it sad once I read the title I knew exactly what this was about?
Nope.
Good. This plunged me deeper in my indescision of Mystic or Valor (Nintendo just loves hating on the split personality people, and I say this as a diehard fan), until I decided "Oh what the heck, go with >games, and made my account Mystic. Now I'm surrounded by Valor Gyms... Whoopee.And if I didnt choose Mystic, Guise would cosplay as Ambuscade and hunt me down (Ambuscade would still be in the hospital from my last themed battle.)