So you think it sucks here, eh?

Hurricane Andrew was the third most intense storm at the time of landfall to strike the U.S. mainland this century. It struck Dade county, Florida on August 24, 1992 as a category 4 hurricane. Andrew made a second U.S. landfall on a sparsely populated section of the south-central Louisiana coast as a category 3 hurricane. In southeast Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, rainfall totals in excess of seven inches were recorded. Rainfall amounts near five inches occurred in several neighboring states. Estimated damages in the U.S. of $25 billion make hurricane Andrew the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history. It was reported Andrew destroyed 25,524 homes and damaged 101,241 others. Andrew was directly responsible for 26 deaths, but including indirect loss of life the death toll was 65.

An unprecedented 4 hurricanes (Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne) affected Florida in 2004, and indeed no other state has been affected by four hurricanes in one season since Texas in 1886. An estimated one in five homes in Florida were damaged by hurricanes during August and September 2004 and 117 people lost their lives in the state from the storms. Charley was the worst, being a category 4 upon landfall. Ivan was a strong 3 as it hit the panhandle.

In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit south Florida as a spitting rain storm, crossed into the Gulf of Mexico and gained strength, flattening parts of New Orleans and southern Louisiana. 1,836 people lost their lives as a result of the storm and the flooding.

In all, 2018 people died, mega billions of dollars in property damage occurred, and incredibly - somehow the federal government was blamed for Katrina, but that's a discussion I have no interest in getting into.

A few days ago, a Cyclone hit Myanmar (formerly Burma), a country not categorized as third world in any sense of the phrase. However, this Category 3 storm has a confirmed 23,000 dead and estimates that go as far as to say potentially 100,000 will be the final total.

Yo! This is from wind, rain, and storm surge...even less in scope than what hit New Orleans or Homestead Florida. So go ahead out there and feel free to bash our nation; feel free to slam all our policies; feel free to blame the presidency for our hurricanes; and while you're at it - feel free to purchase an airline ticket to anywhere else on the planet that you want to.

I'll even help you pack, you self-serving retard.

Somewhere out there...anywhere...there must be someone who "gets it". As mistake prone as we are, there isn't ANY other place you want to be. As "worldly insensitive" as we are accused of being by our own populace, I don't see anyone piling sandbags up in front of their homes as protection against the daily Al Quaeda car bombs that rip through our cities. As ridiculous as we can be, we're not ridiculous enough to create a situation where 100,000 Americans are going to die because of a storm. That's what happens in places like Bangladesh, which, by the way, you can get a one way ticket to for $1,965.00 on Expedia...2 stops...no hotel or rent-a-pack-mule.

Shall I book it for you?