Nobody should laugh at people who are experiencing hardship from abnormal weather in their region

[liberalhistorian]

89. Yes, you are correct, in theory.

And I am certainly not laughing at anyone's misfortune. However, since I live in a plains state and grew up in, and spent decades of adulthood in, a lake effect snow area of Ohio, I am irritated beyond measure at the whining and weeping and wailing and caterwauling and beating of breasts and thinking that this is the worst thing that any American has gone through or should go through ever, and...and...........well, you get the picture. Many, many states go through far worse than that nearly every fucking day for MONTHS (like, say, those of us here in plains states?) We just had the worst blizzard in the state's history last October where farm, ranch and homeowner losses were horrendous. Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina, among many others, devastated other states. Yet reps from southern states, and many of the citizens they represented, couldn't have cared less and yammered on and on and on about how it would never happen to THEM, THEY'D be prepared, yaddayaddayadda.

So, I'm sorry that I'm not wearing sackcloth and ashes over it. I'm not laughing and I'm sorry for those who have found themselves in the middle of it; I hope they get the help and assistance they need and come out okay. But they need to get some perspective. We deal with this ALL the fucking time, as do many other states.