A Winter Storm Wake-up Call

Seeing the government response to the blizzard has, at least for now, quieted much of the talk of incompetent and corrupt government that we've been hearing from the campaign trail. It will no doubt be back. But in the meantime, there is nothing that breaks political deadlock quite like a couple of feet of snow.

Two feet of water may be different. As cities begin to dig out of the snow, and people are allowed to get back in their cars, the water running along some of New Jersey's coastal streets looks set to leave locals with headaches that will last long after the snow melts — in fact, as the high tides came in Saturday night, some areas along the New Jersey coast were already experiencing waist-high flooding. Wind and sinking temperatures could make things even tougher for areas that just a few years ago were hit by Superstorm Sandy.

With such a palpable impact on people's lives, it's not surprising that extreme weather and other disasters have a political impact....

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