I've been saying stuff like this for years. "News" is always bad news and they almost never follow up with similar levels of celebration for resolving a problem

I've been saying stuff like this for years. "News" is always bad news and they almost never follow up with similar levels of celebration for resolving a problem. The Kuwaiti oil fires were supposed to burns for years and be a global environmental catastrophe. They were put out in six months. We did not dance in the streets about this miracle. We were on to wringing our hands about something else. Disaster response is generally better than it used to be. We aren't grateful or amazed. We take it for granted and complain about it failing to live up to our expectations. That doesn't mean we don't have real problems. That's not me being in denial or uninformed.