At least we don't have gangs of armed looters shooting at the police. And when we had some fairly major flooding a few years ago, it wasn't necessary to send in the SAS with orders to shoot to kill.
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please note that hurricane covered 155,000 square miles at its peak ferocity. It would have covered your island completely.
You should try and grasp the ferocity of the storm and severity of the aftermath before making silly comparrisons.
