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I was mostly distressed that people who are supposedly ‘tough New Englanders’ can’t handle a week without power. I’ve lived in the wilderness for longer than that with just a 50lb pack.

Maybe I’d be better off moving to Maine or someplace down South where people can handle a bit of hardship without turning into a bowl of wimpering jell-o.

I also would rather be surrounded by armed rednecks than these wimps. A woman who grew up in NYC was on the Jim Vicevich show and couldn’t believe how selfish and whiny her community was during this power outage. She suggested this behavior didn’t happen where she lived in NYC when they lost power, that people looked out for each other.

The 'tough New Englanders' can really only be found in Downeast Maine, and the mountains of NH and VT; maybe in the hills of Central MA. In the cities, and small towns close to them, it's mostly suburbanites who are used to being able to drive to the store to buy what they need on a weekly basis, and don't even think about heat, lights, etc. They are completely dependent on the outside world for their livelihood, and their creature comforts.

The ironic thing is that one of the reasons the power outages were so bad was because some of these picturesque little towns have enviro-wackos and tree-huggers who complained when the power companies wanted to cut tree branches away from the power lines in the last couple of years. The loudest mouths of the towns didn't like that their trees would look 'ugly', and barred the power companies from cutting the branches. Well, guess what; those loud mouths are at it again, this time BLAMING the power companies for taking too long to restore power, after those branches fell on the lines.

Buncha goobers.

"Maybe I’d be better off moving to Maine or someplace down South where people can handle a bit of hardship without turning into a bowl of wimpering jell-o."

Come to Idaho. We need good, right-thinking people to dilute the influence of the Commiefornians and other Left Coasters that have infected our state over the last 10-15 years. Idahoans are tough, prepared, conservative, rational Christians who are the friendliest people in the country. But WTSHTF, we'll be a force to reckon with.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!