@bkcunningham It is kind of hard, when there is more than enough tragedy and disaster to go around. In defense of us East Coasters, and I am Mid-Atlantic, so I should be following WVA too, and Virginia, but I live in DE… downstate Delaware took a real beating, not as bad as the Jersey shore, but bad enough, the Jersey shore is kind of in my neighborhood, as is New York, sort of, but it’s the biggest city in the U.S. and they have one hell of a mess there, and I have dear friends in Manhattan, but they live on the Upper East Side, so they are o.k. but no phone and no internet, no way to get to work for a few days, and no power there if they could.
It is just human nature to focus on the places and people near you and that you know.
Though you did make me feel somewhat guilty for not finding out how things have been going in WVA. I don’t have any family there anymore, they are all gone at this point, but my Dad was from West Virginia, and also my favorite Aunt. I have a sweet spot in my heart for the place.
And I bet it is just beautiful there now. People make a great fuss over the fall colors in New England but in a good year, West Virginia can match or even exceed their fall display, leaf for leaf.