Me too. I guess it’s satire?

You know it’s a good point when an upvote can’t get it out of the red. :)

No, it does not imply consent. I’m sure the frogs hate it. But the rangers practically begged us to do it.

I mean, they practically told us to do it.

More time than I like to admit.

Oh wow. I laughed at that a lot more that I’m comfortable with.

I grew up in MA and I remember waiting at the bus stop in snow up to the top of my boots in negative temps. It was just normal. The buses ran, things didn’t close down until it was physically impossible to pass.
Then I moved to FL. And we didn’t get snow, but hurricanes and tropical storms. I remember driving in a tropical storm and thinking it was a lot like driving in a snow storm. When there is a couple inches of standing water on on the sun baked roads, it feels a lot like driving on ice.

It’s good to be prepared. :)