Take on the crazies

Once or twice per year the entire country gets their panties in a
bunch when the news media decides that the king of all storms is
bearing down upon us. Sometimes it's a hurricane, other times a
blizzard but it's almost always more hype than true impact. Te only
people who seem to benefit from these pending storms are the
supermarkets and the scores of people with nothing going on in their
lives.
I swear there are a ton of people who look forward to these storms so
they can get themselves (and everybody else) into a total frenzy. I
get when Bloomberg or Cuomo or Christie does it but I have no idea why
the average soccer mom thinks it's their responsibility to make sure
the message is out. It's as if they see themselves as some wannabe
batman in crocs as they save a desperate city from impeding doom.
What the hell do they believe that they are the only ones in the world
who have access to a newspaper? We get it, there might be some rain
and we may even lose power for a day or two but it's as if they all
believe the Mayan prediction is correct