It's starting to get more attention, thank goodness. There have been a lot of logistical issues with communication.

This is what I've always said. I have an aunt whom my grandparents adopted from Germany, and she taught me that.

Exactly. I see idiots posting things like "why do they live in a hurricane zone why don't they move" and this is literally 300 miles inland and 3000 feet above sea level.

I'm sorry but he's not allowed to channel Quentin Crisp, he's the opposite of wit.

Thank you -- I can't see the original post (and I blocked that person based on what I infer they said). This smug kneejerk reaction of some people is infuriating. Exactly the same attitude of right-wing fascists telling refugees to find another place to live.

oh ok one picture, as a treat

It's not a phrase I'd ever use reflexively, and now that I think of it, it does feel a bit aggressively spiritual, somehow? I think the leap in the OP is a little much, but I get how it rubs up against some dangerous forces. I wouldn't have registered it, but I'm starting to see how one might.

I'm reading these replies with interest, I hope I didn't come across as mocking. I grew up immersed in the culture this stems from, and I suppose that has colored my reaction to it. But I can see how it might not come across as benign.

I hope your community is safe. I love West Virginia, I've spent a lot of time up at Green Bank over the years.

Thank you for mentioning that -- and they've had some terrible flooding not too many years ago, too.