Yep, twice a year we get this "where I'm from" macho blustering bullshit from citizens each proclaiming to the other side how wimpy they are for not tolerating X. The North rags on the South's handling of Snow Storms, while the South rags on the North's inability to handle a couple of days above 100.
Where I grew up in the South, there was no such thing as a Snow Plow. Whatever snow fell stayed there until it was compacted into ice, at which point it would remain for days on days. It was a massive hazard. When I moved up North, it became easy to see that many homes here were not equipped to handle 100+ days because they don't have air conditioning of any type installed. They basically become brick ovens in the summer.
And as a point to that, whenever it's extreme people still die, especially amongst the homeless populations. Chicago is already under several feet of snow, and while points counters will beat their chest that the core of Chicago will remain open, they won't bother to mention the poor suburbs, the homeless, the fringes, will become nearly inaccessible with nearly 4 feet of accumulated snow on the ground. The same way that after a week long heatwave in Georgia and Florida, people still die. There's still heatstrokes. There's still homeless untended to.
Extreme weather of any type is a danger and needs the fastest response possible and the acceptance of outside help to prevent as many deaths as possible. I'd rather people focused on that vs. the "unga dunga my dirt stronger than your dirt" bullshit.
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