Good morning DMC!
Our weather is predicted to change tonight with the temps dropping, the wind picking up and 3-8" of snow. We'll see how close the reality comes to the prediction.
As for declawing, I never have had it done to the cats I've had. If there is any chance at all that Spuds may be spending time outside, those claws are her protection and without them, she'd be pretty defenseless (other than being able to run). It's a pain training cats to not scratch on furniture but they can be taught to use only a cat scratching post. Personal choice of course, but those are my reasons for not declawing.