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[Lich180]

In Michigan we have this thing about tornadoes.

Blizzard? Just turn on the heater and get out the shovel.
Lethal heat wave? Turn on the AC and go to the pool, pussy.
Rainstorm of Noahic proportions? This doesn't even merit action.
1% chance of small tornado coming within 100 miles of your town? SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING DUCK AND COVER IN BASEMENT WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE

I second this. I grew up in Texas, where only snow/ice scares you, because no one has a clue how to deal with 1/128th of an inch of snow on the ground, and go sliding all over playing bumper cars with their dual exhaust, lifted 4x4 trucks.

Move to Michigan, and every single time there is the slightest gust of wind during a thunderstorm my in-laws run and hide in the basement, while I stand on the porch under the eaves and enjoy the storm and attempt to explain how there is NO WAY a tornado will hit us, being in a big valley where tornadoes are rarer than a blue moon.

[Helgoland]

The English are hilarious that way - my mum once was stuck in London for three days because the tunnel, the ferries and all airports had been rendered unusable by one or two inches of snow.

[Darvi]

How can the freaking tunnel be affected by snow?

[Iceblaster]

Science!

Anyway, I'm sure those wacky English people* had a good reason

*I mean all of this in a joking manner

[scriver]

That happens to trains in Sweden too but mainly because the trains are Italian and not made for winters. Sever years in a row they've had to bring out old locomotives from train museum to get any trains running at all during the cold season.

[miauw62]

Italian trains?

Fyras?

[10ebbor10]

Italian trains?

Fyras?

There are other shitty Italian trains. Though well, the Phyra kinda beat them in uselessness. Spontanously igniting is not considered a good thing in a high-speed train.

[FearfulJesuit]

Sounds like my latest minecart system.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Today, on Stupid Things, we have a special feature dramatic reading by Slowbeef.

[Flying Dice]

Today, on Stupid Things, we have a special feature dramatic reading by Slowbeef.

Oh man, the minute where it goes over the edge of the precipice... that was eerie yet glorious.

[Hanslanda]

In Michigan we have this thing about tornadoes.

Blizzard? Just turn on the heater and get out the shovel.
Lethal heat wave? Turn on the AC and go to the pool, pussy.
Rainstorm of Noahic proportions? This doesn't even merit action.
1% chance of small tornado coming within 100 miles of your town? SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING DUCK AND COVER IN BASEMENT WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE

I second this. I grew up in Texas, where only snow/ice scares you, because no one has a clue how to deal with 1/128th of an inch of snow on the ground, and go sliding all over playing bumper cars with their dual exhaust, lifted 4x4 trucks.

Move to Michigan, and every single time there is the slightest gust of wind during a thunderstorm my in-laws run and hide in the basement, while I stand on the porch under the eaves and enjoy the storm and attempt to explain how there is NO WAY a tornado will hit us, being in a big valley where tornadoes are rarer than a blue moon.

I live in Missouri. The people here are cowards about weather. ANY inclement weather and everyone FREAKS out and hides in a hole. Heavy rain? OH GOD, WE'RE GOING TO HYRDOPLANE AND DIE. Thunderstorm w/ wind? OH GOD, TORNADOS! (I like on the downslope of a hill that is one half of two hills forming a cove. If a tornado hit my home, it would be A DIRECT ACTION OF GOD.) Snow? SHUT. DOWN. EVERYTHING.

[misko27]

New York is remarkably stoic about the weather. Other then the apparently occasional hurricane, we rarely have anything that significantly impacts daily life. I mean even hail is OK. It has to be a total blow-out for people to have a problem.


Snow related side-track: Legally all New York Drivers have to learn how to drive through snow. It's because of upstate; Lake effect snow. Hell, according to Wikipedia the Area up there has the most snow of any non-mountainous region in the lower 48. There is the record of 77 inches (6ft 5, almost 2 meters) in a day, 100 inches over a week (2.5 meters) and a winter accumulation record of 39 feet. That is a lot of Snow.

[My Name is Immaterial]

In Michigan we have this thing about tornadoes.

Blizzard? Just turn on the heater and get out the shovel.
Lethal heat wave? Turn on the AC and go to the pool, pussy.
Rainstorm of Noahic proportions? This doesn't even merit action.
1% chance of small tornado coming within 100 miles of your town? SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING DUCK AND COVER IN BASEMENT WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE

I second this. I grew up in Texas, where only snow/ice scares you, because no one has a clue how to deal with 1/128th of an inch of snow on the ground, and go sliding all over playing bumper cars with their dual exhaust, lifted 4x4 trucks.

Move to Michigan, and every single time there is the slightest gust of wind during a thunderstorm my in-laws run and hide in the basement, while I stand on the porch under the eaves and enjoy the storm and attempt to explain how there is NO WAY a tornado will hit us, being in a big valley where tornadoes are rarer than a blue moon.

I live in Missouri. The people here are cowards about weather. ANY inclement weather and everyone FREAKS out and hides in a hole. Heavy rain? OH GOD, WE'RE GOING TO HYRDOPLANE AND DIE. Thunderstorm w/ wind? OH GOD, TORNADOS! (I like on the downslope of a hill that is one half of two hills forming a cove. If a tornado hit my home, it would be A DIRECT ACTION OF GOD.) Snow? SHUT. DOWN. EVERYTHING.

Heh. Here in San Diego, one drop of rain hits the ground, and everyone freaks out. Either people start dancing in it, or refuse to drive in it. If there it so much as showers, everyone batons down the hatches and bundles up with blankets and hot chocolate.

[Graknorke]

"Inequations are exactly the same as equations."
What is this I don't even.

[Oliolli]

"Inequations are exactly the same as equations."
What is this I don't even.

X = Y --> X =/=  Y

What part of that confuses you?