him: hey, didn’t SD have a major fire 4 years ago?
me: yes, it was actually worse in term of homes burnt.
him: wow… that’s 2 major catastrophies in 4 years, so you guys have one of these every couple of years?
I’m not saying I agree with him, but you can see how the rest of the country would look at things here thru those comments. again, we already have a skewed out migration pattern, this will not help reverse that trend.