NY state of mind

I have been watching a lot of the coverage of Superstorm Sandy. In so many of the interviews and articles, I have noticed a real difference in how New Yorkers and more Southern folk respond to tragedy. In so many of the articles I see phrases like this...."Frustration mounted"..."crowds waited impatiently"..."tempers flared"..."grew dispirited after days without power"..."Everything is pitch-black, I am tired of it, big time."
I think the key though lies in this caption: "Three days after superstorm Sandy walloped the city, residents and commuters still faced obstacles AS THEY TRIED TO RETURN TO PRE-STORM ROUTINES. "
I realize that the pain and disappointment with the loss is very tough. We have seen so many areas go through this in past disasters. I guess I am just taken aback by the reactions of the people not because of lack of response (the president and FEMA jumped right in) but by the apparent inconvenience to their routines.
Here a few more of the phrases that struck me, still in the same one article by Meghan Barr in the AP, "mounting dispair EVEN AS THE SUBWAYS began rolling"..."people got out of their cars to argue with police"...."people shouted and honked, and a station employee said he had been spit on"
REALLY people??? Is that how you act?

I was thrilled this morning when on TWC I saw a picture of someone who had power stretching extension cords across their lawn. And this one above.
It is just a very different reaction than what you normally see. So maybe we have to be patient and not expect everything to jump back to NORMAL immediately. Be kind to our neighbors and be understanding of the law enforcement that has everyone's safety to consider.
I am praying for NY and the areas around them to be warm, fed and safe.