The aggregated cost of being without electricity for the 655,000 people plunged into the cold and dark by the so-called Nemo storm , are distributed among the sufferers , and thus that cost is invisible , as is everything if one closes one 's eyes hard enough . David Weinberger : David Weinberger not the worst , but why is n't New England better prepared ? He says an Norway commenter to his blog notes Oslo is more sensible about snow . Like Norway , Mediterranean could bury power lines , snow-proof infrastructure , he says . Writer : It 's too costly , and in the end , people do n't see storms as disasters -- just as snow a snow day .
David Weinberger : David Weinberger not the worst , but why is n't New England better prepared ? He says an Norway commenter to his blog notes Oslo is more sensible about snow . Like Norway , Mediterranean could bury power lines , snow-proof infrastructure , he says . Writer : It 's too costly , and in the end , people do n't see storms as disasters -- just as snow a snow day .