HorsesOfTheNight
Hester Peche
I'm in California...I don't get out of bed for anything bigger than a 7.0...
I'm honestly amused by how freaked out the East Coast got over that little thing.
It was a relatively small earthquake. To be fair though, the buildings on the east coast are not built to withstand earthquakes like the buildings on the west coast because they are so rare here.
I find it silly when some states panic when they get half an inch of snow and close down entire cities. Where I live I am use to 4ft of snow sometimes. The city doesn't close down and I still have to go to my classes for the day.
But, if you think about it some states are not use to snow or have the resources to remove it.
Lol. In Houston, if there is the slightest bit of snow or ice on the ground, everything shuts down. (Except one of the area school districts, which will remain nameless.) Court houses, city hall, local businesses, everything. Nobody here has snow tires, or even knows how to drive in snow. There are always tons of traffic accidents. In the last 10 years though, it has only snowed in Houston like three times. When I went to college further north, I was shocked to find out finals were being held even though there was something like two inches of snow on the ground. ROFL! I was wondering how I was going to get to class, because I had always been taught never to drive when it is icy!
Edit: I had a good laugh about everything in NYC shutting down for a tiny rainstorm, though. I have tons of experience driving through floods, tropical storms, etc. "Turn around, don't drown" is a mantra here most years.
Edit2: I'm not trying to downplay the storm; I know many communities were hit badly by it. From what I've seen on the news, though, NYC got little more than rain. Even when tropical storms hit here Metro still runs. We don't have much underground infrastructure, though.
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