Eden, I disagree. There's a middle ground between being underprepared, which the city was, and being overprepared for our climate. It is not responsible to have practices that leave elderly, ill, and poor people trapped in their homes for two weeks. You know, a lot of the people who missed work just don't...get paid--they can't take sick days or leave days. They're just out the money. Not every elderly or ill person has neighbors who can help. It's just dangerous and unnecessary to have the city shut down that long. They can do a better job without prepping like Minneapolis, and they need to do a better job. And it happens more than once every 20 years.

Yes, it'll be gone by morning, this time.