Gulf Coast and Florida DUers - just keep one eye on the weather

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42. It's a common theme here

It hit us so damn hard, that a lot of us have a knee jerk reaction, and to pretend that it isn't something to fear is insulting to those of us who went through it.

I think of the residents of Dallas that went through the tornadoes. Making light of what they endured is just as callous as making light of the Japan earthquake, the Christchurch residents in New Zealand and any of us who have endured these types of events.

It's certainly as callous as making light of the people affected by Katrina, and I can state that from a personal point of view because I was one.