Just how stupid are Americans?

 

Weather forecasts said there was a big storm coming this week. Over two weeks, it warned and warned.

Dumb Americans got in cars in blizzards and drove into the storms. Dumber Americans lined up at airports where, according to the weather forecast, flying would be impossible for days and days.

Christmas 2022 will go down in their memories as the worst ever. They could have stayed home. But, no, Americans are entitled to go where they want, when they want, by any means they want. And relatives feel entitled to spread guilt over everybody who shows any smarts.

Will their children remember parents' choices? Ask for different choices next time? Hell, no. Next stormy Christmas will see stupid and stupider people huddled on the floor in airport terminals bewailing the injustice.

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Last weekend, a FedEx delivery truck sank up to the front axle in mud near my home. It was great. 

Maybe the driver needed to check their phone or some such, failing to look at the empty field they drove into. Failed to remember the 2 inches of snow that fell a couple days earlier. Failed to think about where the snow went.

It was greater still when I returned from the grocery store after 1.5 hours to discover the truck gone.

My best friend got stuck in the same place 10 years ago. Took a lot longer to get her little truck free, but she rocked and rocked and rocked until Little Red rolled free.

Not-so-high desert hides many, many things beneath the dirt, rocks, and sand.

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