[Petronski]

A blizzard doesn't seep inside all structures in a given area. A blizzard does not leave behind acres of mold-infested drywall. And unlike the NOLA flood, you admittedly get blizzards every year.


Silly comparison.

[grammarman]

Silly indeed.

Those North Dakota people knew that they could expect a blizzard. NOLA people, living below sea level and between two rivers did not expect a flood.

You are right. No comparison at all.

[conservatrice]

Before you go comparing a common event like a big blizzard to Hurricane Katrina, you should go down to the Gulf Coast yourself and see the difference. It's not the same thing. Very few people, if any, will be left homeless by this blizzard.

Not excusing the excessive amounts of whining that came from NOLA, just saying that this is not a valid comparison.

[Leatherneck_MT]

obviously you've never experienced a North Dakota/Montana blizzard if you think it doesn't seep into every nook and cranny in your house.

But, discounting that, if the people who were in Louisiana whining and bitching about the lack of response by the Feds were here, they would have all frozen to death and we probably wouldn't have had to listen to their filth on National TV.

The point behind the post is, We don't depend on others to get us out of difficulty.

We handle it ourselves.

[BlueStateDepression]

A blizzard doesn't seep inside all structures in a given area.

No but the cold that accompanies it does. The inability to travel does, the power outages do too. It brinbg acres and acres of stranded folks just the same. Difference here is that people prone to snowfall ( not unlike prone to hurricanes) PLAN and PROTECT for the onset of such natural occurances.

Blizzard: a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds ,A violent snowstorm with winds blowing at a minimum speed of 35 miles (56 kilometers) per hour and visibility of less than one-quarter mile (400 meters) for three hours.

Hurricane: A wind with a speed greater than 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour,A severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean, traveling north, northwest, or northeast from its point of origin, and usually involving heavy rains

Are they really all that different after all?

What is the deepest snow you have experienced in your life and how many days were you snowed in at that time?

Would you rather be wet or frozen and buried?

[lugsoul]

Nor did it kill 1000+ and render the homes of thousands more uninhabitable.

Not only a silly comparison, but downright mean.