It appears to me that the people in Maine have several months to prepare for a possible oncoming “catastrophe” rather than the mere minutes a Midwesterner has to duck before a tornado forms and blows his house into the next county. But what do I know.
It appears to me that the people in Maine have several months to prepare for a possible oncoming “catastrophe” rather than the mere minutes a Midwesterner has to duck before a tornado forms and blows his house into the next county. But what do I know. Seems to me that each pretty much has the freedom to choose their "catastrophe zones" and the attendant problems/solutions.
But neither one negates the other. That's like saying - "Well, so you have a broken leg. Why are you complaining. I know someone with TWO broken legs".
Is that supposed to make the one broken leg hurt less?