Montana

I can't imagine having to cope with the devastation all over - and all just recently. It's as if nature's hitting us over the head trying to make a point.

We had our own hurricane here back in 2011. The Northeast remembers Sandy, but it was Irene that hit my area. There were power outages and trees down and a lot of damage - to the point some areas are still rebuilding. And in many areas there was unprecedented flooding. When I was a kid, I spent several summers at camp in Vermont on Lake Champlain. I visited there after Irene and the lake there had risen a couple of stories, there were buildings on the bank that were just washed away. So it's not just the coast that are feeling the effects...

And I always hate to see summer end. It goes by so fast and the winters are so long. Did I mention that we have rotten winters? There are some advantages to living in the South.