I honestly don't think that many people in the rest of the country realize the amount of damage and hardship this hurricane has caused. I've learned more from this thread than I have from the media. The PM should have been there. This is a very big deal. If one must try to compare bad things to decide what's worth talking about, I think this fits into the category of the forest fires out west, or the power outage in August, both of which got much more attention over a longer period of time. Maybe (just maybe) part of the reason is that we know Why this happened. Some events have Reasons that need to be discussed.

~b.w.