[Pollster1]

Here's the big lesson from mega-storm Sandy: Mother Nature sneers at high tech, mocks modern convenience and couldn't care less about what kind of person you are. She will smack you if she wants to.

"With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down

Helpless people on subway trains
Scream, bug-eyed, as he looks in on them

He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town

Oh, no, they say he's got to go
Go go Godzilla
Oh, no, there goes Tokyo
Go go Godzilla

Oh, no, they say he's got to go
Go go Godzilla
Oh, no, there goes Tokyo
Go go Godzilla

Oh, no, they say he's got to go
Go go Godzilla
Oh, no, there goes Tokyo
Go go Godzilla

History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man Godzilla!
History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man Godzilla!"
- Blue Oyster Cult

A popular musical group agrees with you - and so do I. Government is like Mommy to a little kid; eventually you'll get some of what they think that you should want, but not on your schedule and not necessarily what you would choose for yourself. I enjoyed having Mommy take care of me when I was little and could not do it myself, but I absolutely love being an adult and making the adult decisions for my own life, as I have done for several decades. Why would any sane person choose dependency?

[DuncanWaring]

The Gods of the Copybook Headings

[Right Wing Assault]

In order to ride out any storm effectively, you should be self-reliant and resilient.

That sounds like something Romney should teach this country. The Mormons know how to do prepare long term.

[EdReform]

Ping

[Daveinyork]

Another lesson: If you bask in the envy of your friends because you live near a body of water, don’t go to them begging for help when that body of water bites you in the ass, as bodies of water, even small streams, have a tendency to do from time to time, so that you can rebuild and once again bask in their envy.

[First_Salute]

The lesson is, that Obamacare will do to our American medical systems (plural) what hurricane Sandy did to the east coast.

[Paladin2]

"So what is the lesson here? "

Computer models of the atmosphere are pretty good for 5 days out.

[NTHockey]

One thing I’ve been accumulating are human-powered tools - drills, saws, hammers, sandpaper, etc. If the power ever goes out here, I’ve got tools that are not dependant on the power company or batteries to function.

I MIGHT draw the line at a chain saw; I just can’t find the two-handed kind.

[ridesthemiles]

I think we have had a preview of what will happen if Obama tries to change the election date or tries to declare Martial Law.