wild weather

As we continue to deal with flooding here in upstate NY, it seems a little churlish to complain when the weather channel keeps showing scenes of utter devastation in the South.  I don't know what the crazy weather will do to agriculture in Alabama and Georgia, but I doubt the effects will be as lasting as the damage to the psyches of the people who were living the American dream one second and now are experiencing a nightmare of Dickensien proportions as they look for loved ones who died in the storms.