Originally Posted by
Bah Humbug
My family, when I moved to Colorado: I saw there were tornados in CO, are you ok?
Me: That's like three hours from me.
Family:
Repeat for Texas. Also with the Houston flooding and a number of other issues
My dad used to do that kind of thing to me when I lived in NYC - he didn't understand that a) it's a really big city and that b) ...how do I say this? It's not only really big, but it's kind of broken up further in to walking-sized chunks - 3 miles away can be a different world that you never come in to contact with.