Funny, I have heard this twice already this year- widespread flooding killed the pumpkin crop. I seriously almost had a full blown panic attack at the news.
MIL is in town and brought a pie pumpkin with her. So I am at Publix, see a pie there, buy it (just in case there is a pumpkin shortage and can't get my hands on anything pumpkin until 2012), get home, and MIL has the pumpkin in the oven. She gives my storebought pie the stink eye- like I bought it just to spite her or something. I didn't know she was going to start that dam* pie while I was at Publix!!!