Here’s some honest assessments you won’t find in the media

Here’s a real dose of reality at analyzing a Buffalo blizzard news story from Fox weather. The first sentence in this news story killed me: “About 30 people were forced to spend part of their Christmas weekend in a Target store while they waited out the blizzard that crippled the Buffalo area.” Those people weren’t “forced” to do anything. They chose to be out in a blizzard, but for some reason the media always absolves people of any responsibility for their own bad decisions and acts like they were helpless victims. I’m glad they found shelter and are safe, but they should not have been out in a blizzard – that’s common sense. I’ve learned a lot of practical emergency preparedness tips from the AlaskaGranny YouTube channel: