[Steve_Seattle]

"*sniff* why does Minnesota get left out of everything."

We do love our disasters, don't we? If I were a cartoonist, I'd draw a cartoon of a flooded city full of cheerful rescuers, people chatting on cell phones, volunteers handing out sandwiches and coffee, smiling newsmen, etc., and show two angels up in the clouds saying, "These folks just don't get it - this is supposed to be a chastisement!"

[StolarStorm]

These sorts of things bring people together, something lacking in our normal lives.