I recognize that it is not fun suffer the effects of a hurricane (NOT AT ALL!). Nevertheless, I have the impression that USA are always maximizing everything in favour of them (news, included!).
This makes me doubt about (the dimension of) what is REALLY happening there. After all, anything which occurs in yankee's territory (mainly in NY!) seems be more important and relevant than whatever, wherever... (!)
Egocentricity, imperialism... call it as you will! Not minimizing its consequences, but the fact is that I suspect that Sandy was worse to Haiti, for example. Poorer, miserable, where situation is supodesed to be even more tragic.
This makes me doubt about (the dimension of) what is REALLY happening there. After all, anything which occurs in yankee's territory (mainly in NY!) seems be more important and relevant than whatever, wherever... (!)
Egocentricity, imperialism... call it as you will! Not minimizing its consequences, but the fact is that I suspect that Sandy was worse to Haiti, for example. Poorer, miserable, where situation is supodesed to be even more tragic.
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On the other hand, differently from Irene (which passed last year accros the Est Coast), Sandy was not such intense here, in Quebec.
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