The TV was full of babbling weathermen being interrupted by the EAS. Their excitement, brought on by the unfolding weather threat, was communicated to the public as fear. Two people died that evening.
Afraid?
A few hundred people may die yearly in the U.S. due to tornadoes, but 35 thousand die due to cars, 74K to diabetes, 157K to stroke, and a whopping 685K due to heart attacks. Every year! Fear a tornado? Hell, it's best to hike during a tornado... which I did.
I do not accept their drama. I don't fear a tornado, I fear inactivity... and drive a big new truck.
Fear inactivity.
-text copyright 2014 by Willy. Statistics by the CDC.
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