If this wasn't normal-ish people wouldn't be going out in it. Like don't you think the lazy southerner the white collar internet loves to stereotype would call

If this wasn't normal-ish people wouldn't be going out in it. Like don't you think the lazy southerner the white collar internet loves to stereotype would call out of work at the drop of a hat? Floods (usually flash floods or hurricane related floods) in Florida happens many times a year, just not over such a wide area or at this time in the season. To them it's no different than people in Boston driving in 6-8" of snow (to those not aware, driving in 8" of snow in a state that gets snow and has plows implies a 2ft+ storm). The reason this is a 1:1000 event is because it doesn't usually happen in April. It would be like people in Boston commuting in snow in May. Is there a discussion to be had about the role and responsibility of humans in climate change makign these events more frequent? Of course. But that is completely tangential to the point I am trying to make which is that the hand wringing about "omg I can't believe they're going out in that" is just that, hand wringing.