Decades ago many people like me in the southwest warned others in distant states what was coming their way. Few listened or paid any attention.
I'm in California. I remember warning Freepers in other states, only to be told, "Serves you fruits and nuts in California right. Won't happen here in my state. We have guns here." (What, they were planning to shoot illegals on the streets?) Or, "That's your problem; what do you want us to do about it?" Nobody cared when it was just California. But as California goes, so goes the nation, as millions are now finding out.