ice storm in OK!

I used to live in Texas which would be humid and awful in the summer and icy cold in the winter.
I’m sad for the people in the midwest who are without power and heat during an ice storm…but c’mon guys. Just because you aren’t used to weather like this shouldn’t mean your infrastructure collapses like a tree branch covered in ice.
Oh poetic.
I do care. It’s just that I’m 36 years old so when I read comments from the man on the street on CNN.com about how they’ve lived in the area for 50 years and can’t remember it ever being this bad–how is that I can ? I lived there in the 80’s and we had ice storms and they were bad.
Ok, it sounds like they never really did have it that bad, so bad that over 300,000 are without power.I sure don’t remember that ever happening while I was living there.
But I still think there should be some kind of system for disaterous weather handling.
Now I have to call G. my old roommie because she’s from OK. and she’s got loads of pals back home.