@vinny, there is a big difference in attitudes towards weather, depending on area.
I lived the first half of my life in Upstate NY -- pick the center of the state; I grew up a bit north of there, and lived in Rochester for 2 years (as an adult). I went to college in Potsdam (near the Canadian border), and several times drove to or from school during a blizzard (2.5 hour trip took 4). That was pretty much normal. OTOH, we had a tornado go through when I was a teenager, and the swath of destruction was tremendous -- 40+ years later it still comes up in conversation.
Then I moved to central NC -- tornadoes are relatively common here, and we track hurricanes as we do get hit. My wife & I learned a valuable lesson when Fran drove right over us in 1996 (we had a newborn). Both tornadoes and hurricanes are facts of life and we simply prepare -- analogous to what we did in NY in the winter, even if the details are different (blizzards don't rip the roof off the house, although snow can collapse it).
Conversely, snow in central NC is a disaster -- the entire area shuts down -- only nuts and northern transplants who wrongly believe they know how to drive on icy NC roads go out. I learned quickly that road conditions are completely different and it's wise to stay home until the roads clear.
@FlamingoEmporium? Oh, well, it's just another hurricane, right?
Just kidding, folks in FL are not that blasé about it, but they experience several hurricanes or near misses each season, and the general attitude reflects it. My sister and nephews are low key about most hurricanes.
The differences we all have in perspective indicates we adapt to our situation.
I lived the first half of my life in Upstate NY -- pick the center of the state; I grew up a bit north of there, and lived in Rochester for 2 years (as an adult). I went to college in Potsdam (near the Canadian border), and several times drove to or from school during a blizzard (2.5 hour trip took 4). That was pretty much normal. OTOH, we had a tornado go through when I was a teenager, and the swath of destruction was tremendous -- 40+ years later it still comes up in conversation.
Then I moved to central NC -- tornadoes are relatively common here, and we track hurricanes as we do get hit. My wife & I learned a valuable lesson when Fran drove right over us in 1996 (we had a newborn). Both tornadoes and hurricanes are facts of life and we simply prepare -- analogous to what we did in NY in the winter, even if the details are different (blizzards don't rip the roof off the house, although snow can collapse it).
Conversely, snow in central NC is a disaster -- the entire area shuts down -- only nuts and northern transplants who wrongly believe they know how to drive on icy NC roads go out. I learned quickly that road conditions are completely different and it's wise to stay home until the roads clear.
@FlamingoEmporium? Oh, well, it's just another hurricane, right?
Just kidding, folks in FL are not that blasé about it, but they experience several hurricanes or near misses each season, and the general attitude reflects it. My sister and nephews are low key about most hurricanes.
The differences we all have in perspective indicates we adapt to our situation.
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