Ignorance was literally bliss...lol And really, despite my youth and the technology boom I grew up in, the only tracking I did was the local news and the 7 day...lol Wasn't until the 2013-14 winter that I stumbled on this site. And boy am I glad I wasn't on here for some of the fails--if we failed it was better not to know how close it was!
But with everything at our fingertips (for better or worse, lol) I think that psychologically we get over exposed. Having all these maps can get ya all wrapped up in it...And then when something approaches--and even while it's happening--there's obsession over radar appearances instead of looking out our dang windows!
Yep...it was definitely less stressful before!