Washington area residents share their feelings about the 2012 Farmers’ Almanac’s rating of D.C. as the No. 1 city for weather wimps. “It’s the capital of the world. We should be concerned. We should be prepared for everything — walking zombies, alien attacks. … If we had a mass anthrax attack, what would we do?”
— Chile native and D.C. resident Olivia Jaras
“D.C.’s not really prepared to handle any kind of inclement weather. The drivers in Maryland are retarded, and they can’t drive in the rain.”
— Silver Spring resident Jesse Wu
“To those that call us wimpy, I would say obviously this isn’t an earthquake zone so a 5.8 is equivalent to a 7.0 for us.”
— D.C. resident Alise Raigns
“I think people here complain more about the heat [than in Florida], but it’s really hot. There have been several times when I’ve looked at the weather, and it’s been 18 degrees hotter here than in Florida.”
— D.C. resident and Florida native Erin Payne
“L.A. is worse than here. Chicago is worse than here. Miami’s weather is bad. … The weather’s fantastic now. I’m sitting out here enjoying it.”
— Antonio Stewart, homeless D.C. resident
– Liz Essley
