Blizzards vs. Hurricanes

[SuperScout]

Here in the Northern Plains we just recovered from a historic,
may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" with a
terrible blizzard that dumped up to 24" inches of snow with 50 mph winds that created a white-out beyond huricane proportions that broke trees in half, stranded hundreds of motorist in near-lethal snowbanks, closed all roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to tens of thousands of people.

George Bush did not come . . . FEMA staged nothing . . . no one
howled for the government...no one even uttered an expletive on TV. Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards . . . no one asked for a FEMA trailer home.

No national news anchors moved in.

We just melted snow for water, closed Interstate 94, sent out
caravans to pluck people out of snow-engulfed cars, fired up wood stoves, broke out oil lanterns or camp lamps, and put on an extra layer of clothes.

Even though a "Category 5" blizzard of this scale has never before overtaken the region this early in the "blizzard season" we know it can happen, we know how to deal with it ourselves,
and we didn't even give the blizzard a name.

Everyone in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana are fine.