By golly, there was a time when adverse weather had the sense of decorum to dress appropriately!

In a sense, Sandy from Westchester is the gift that keeps on giving, but she's also a sadness-inducing reminder that post-America now routinely venerates utterly unserious public figures.

Fresh off of her proclamation that planting cauliflower in community gardens has colonialist implications comes this. You see, there was a tornado warning in Washington, DC, which could not remain bereft of commentary imbuing it with ideological significance:

Ocasio-Cortez discussed how tornadoes were part of the threat of climate change. 

“The climate crisis is real y’all,” she said. “Guess we’re at casual tornadoes in growing regions of the country?” 

“Other regions deal with wildfires, tornadoes, droughts, etc. But ALL of these threats will be increasing in intensity as climate crisis grows and we fail to act appropriately,” she said.

I don't know how clever my retort actually is. It basically writes itself, doesn't it?

Within recent memory, tornadoes used to have enough sense of what was appropriate to give notice, confirmed by email, that it was coming to call, and would arrive attired in a tuxedo or evening gown!

Like a lot of opinion venues, I don't want LITD to become preoccupied with all the low-hanging fruit that Sandy provides, but this one was too good to pass up on.