Here in  the Northern Plains we just recovered from a historic,  may I even say a  "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" with a terrible blizzard that  dumped up to 24" inches of snow with 50 mph winds that created a whiteout  beyond hurricane proportions, that broke trees in half, stranded hundreds  of motorist in near-lethal snow banks, closed all roads, isolated scores of  communities, and cut power to tens of thousands of people.

No  one howled for the government.
No one even uttered an expletive on TV.
Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.
No one asked for a FEMA trailer  home.
No  national news anchors moved in.
We just melted snow for water,  closed Interstate 29, sent out  caravans to pluck people out of snow-engulfed cars, fired up  wood stoves, broke out oil lanterns or camp lamps, and put on an extra  layer of clothes. Even though a "Category 5" blizzard of this scale has  never before overtaken the region this early in the "blizzard season," we  know it can happen, we know how to deal with it ourselves, and we didn't  even give the blizzard a name.

P.S. Everyone in South Dakota is fine