Whatever. The state said "don't worry, we're prepared" and now you're attacking people for believing them. As far as I'm concerned you're just rationalizing your bitch session. You want to kick people when they're down, go ahead and do it, don't get sanctimonious about it.
No, I'm not being sanctimonious, I'm just fed up with the number of victims who blame anyone but themselves for their plight. The state never said "Don't worry". If they did, I'd like to know who said it, when they said it, and in what forum.
I am in victim-fatigue mode.
Correct me if I'm wrong -- but I don't think I am -- the "state" didn't say they were going to come out with the ice, etc., within hours of the storm leaving the coast.
You want to kick people when they're down, go ahead and do it, don't get sanctimonious about it.
Nobody's kicking anybody; we're just saying that there is NO reason in the world for these people to NOT be prepared, except that they do not LISTEN and PAY ATTENTION to what was going on around them.
Did the people in Miami think that they weren't going to get hit with something when Key West was CLEARLY in the strike path?
How many times do people have to see the state go thru the "we're prepared ... oops, sorry, guess we weren't" cycle before they stop relying on the state for things as incredibly simple as a few gallons of water and ice? Why is it socially acceptable (as indicated by the basis for your reasoning) for people to assume the state will provide ANYTHING and EVERYTHING?
Days before it hit, there was plenty of news informing the public that a category 5 hurricane was headed straight for Florida - and these people didn't even bother to get a few gallons of water???