Nobody should laugh at people who are experiencing hardship from abnormal weather in their region

[CreekDog]

Just because that weather is not unusual in one's own area, doesn't mean areas which don't experience such weather should be fully prepared for it.

Should all areas be prepared for all weather, even that which has rarely or never occurred in their areas but for your area is normal?

Should the rest of us laugh if you aren't prepared for an earthquake (while we in California are to a large degree)?

Of course not.

So your area is prepared with snow removal equipment, procedures, etc. Is it really funny that Atlanta isn't? Wouldn't it be funnier if they had a $500 million dollar a year program for snow removal for one storm?

California spends millions and millions on earthquake construction, would it be funny if the state was hit by a hurricane and it turned out we didn't have the programs or standards typical of hurricane-prone regions? Wouldn't it be funnier, or rather foolish, if we'd spend precious resources on massive preparedness for natural disasters almost unheard of in the region?

There is a sort of hubris about the strength or preparedness of people in one region for something that they experience regularly.

When one looks down at others for not having those experiences in their background, it doesn't impress, it sounds provincial.