“Working for the Biden Administration I will never understand taking prudent preventative measures in advance of the entirely predictable apex of an unfolding catastrophe.”
https://twitter.com/jrpsaki/status/1482800988033622019
Since I've gotten a little pushback on this tweet, a bit of context. The reason businesses and govt agencies close early when snow is coming is so everyone can finish work and get home safe. Shutting down early on in an ugly snowstorm is good, progressive public policy.
So Psaki's tweet isn't just a hacky "why don't they make the whole plane out of the black box" joke, though it is that. It's a joke that's grounded in a lack of understanding of, and respect for, working people's lives.
And no, this isn't a hardy northeasterner thing. I did a five-hour roundtrip drive through New York State yesterday. I scheduled it early, so I'd beat the snow home. Because getting off the roads before the snow gets bad is how to do it, if you can.
And all along the route, on state and federal and county roads, I saw big electric signs that said that snow was coming that night, and that drivers should schedule travel accordingly. That's what I look to my government to do when a snowstorm is coming.
(And if you think Psaki's tweet wasn't something I should have gotten annoyed by, I'd enquire gently by what metric my tweet is something it makes sense for YOU to get annoyed by.)
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