As I have attempted to wage a counter-offensive against South Dakotans' unhealthy need for validation that they are better than and more special than the rest of America, I will admit that we are "special" in one important way. We are idiots about bad weather like today.
Myself included.
Today, I braved six inches of snow, freezing rain, a slick Interstate, snowplows, and morons speeding down the road above at or above the posted speed limit just so I could have lunch with a friend. Who also braved the same conditions.
When I lived in Houston, freezing rain would depopulate the freeways and roads. No one drove. Period. Except me, of course, the South Dakotan.
We South Dakotans will idiotically venture forth into nearly any kind of weather. But winter is when our sheer idiocy shines. Winter storm warnings from KELOLAND's Jay Trobec? Who cares! I'm going bowling. Blizzard warning from Scot Mundt? Screw it. I'm going to my aunt's 80th birthday party in Cresbard.
Never mind that the roads are full of other idiots who have spun out, gone into the ditch, or kissed guardrails.
We're South Dakotans! And as we know, God protects infants, idiots, and South Dakotans who drive when sane people stay home.
(Cross-posted to the Home Edition of SD Watch and SDW @ KELOLAND.com.)
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