I truly need to vent

[Aerows]

I am pissed when I see people talk about weather conditions like people should blow them off. I went through Katrina. People in Dallas just this year experienced devastating tornadoes that sent 18 wheelers in the air.

Who in the hell would say that you shouldn't be concerned by slow moving tropical storms forming in the Gulf, which is experiencing record high temperatures for the waters?

Mock us for being prepared? WTF? This was on DU, too! I guess we are over-fucking-reacting after we had Katrina come in.

[bluesbassman]

1. Sorry for that Aerows. Sometimes people just have a low empathy meter.

I've never been in hurricane weather or experienced a tornado, but I have been around for some serious earthquakes in California, and weather is no laughing matter. Be safe, and I'll keep you and your neighbors in my thoughts.

[Aerows]

4. Thank you

I didn't think I was over reacting, but wanted to make sure. Please don't belittle us and our experience at rebuilding our community, and the horror we had in enduring it.

That's all I have so say, and it bugs me when people think we overreact when we take notice of a similar situation occurring. It was devastating.

[lunatica]

2. Weather is probably one of the most important things on this planet

Yet people think it's just some boring subject. It's incredible.

Take care of yourself and hopefully this storm won't cause damage. It's hard not to think about flooding and landslides though. And you know that sooner or later it'll happen.

We better start getting serious about climate change. It's already causing a lot of problems. Our future climate is going to dictate what our future history will be.

[Aerows]

3. I'm sure I have a shade of Katrina PTSD

But my goodness. To be so callous and act like it is idiocy to watch the situation makes me intensely angry, after what we endured here during Katrina.

[lunatica]

6. I know what you mean

With all the horrible record breaking deadly weather we've had in this country in the last decade or so you'd think people would think before they ran their mouths.

[bigwillq]

5. Better to overprepare

than not be prepared at all.

Weather is no joke. One's whole life could be gone in an instant.

[seabeyond]

7. meh... i take tornado warnings pretty seriously

someone else wants to mock me, so be it. i am going downstairs in our basement closet up against the ground until that siren goes off.

mocking is the thing on du....