Here we go again. The United States of America, the country that claims to lead the free world, is once again trembling in fear because the temperature is going down. The National Weather Service has issued its warnings. They use words like "extremely dangerous" and "life-threatening." You would think a giant monster was rising from the ocean to eat cities. But no. It is just winter. It happens every year. The Earth tilts, the air gets cold, and water turns into ice. It is basic science. Yet, to watch the American news right now, you would think the end of the world has arrived on a cold breeze.

It is truly a marvel to watch from a distance. This is the richest nation in history. They have sent people to the moon. They have robots on Mars. But the moment the weatherman suggests that snow might fall, the entire society begins to crumble. The National Weather Service warns of "hypothermia," which is a fancy way of saying "you will get cold if you do not wear a coat." In most parts of Northern Europe, we just call this "Tuesday." But in the Land of the Brave, it is treated like a national emergency that requires round-the-clock television coverage.

The ritual is always the same, and it is always absurd. First comes the media hysteria. The news channels love a good storm. They come up with scary names for the wind. They call it a "bomb cyclone" or an "arctic blast." They use red and purple colors on their maps to make the weather look like a bruise. They want you to be scared. If you are scared, you will keep watching the TV to find out if you are going to freeze solid in your living room. It is a business, not a public service. They sell fear, and the public buys it in bulk.

Speaking of buying things, let us talk about the grocery stores. This is the most confusing part of the American reaction to weather. As soon as the warning goes out, the masses rush to the supermarket. They fight each other in the aisles. And what do they buy? Bread and milk. Always bread and milk. I have spent years trying to understand this. Why these two things? Do they plan to sit in the dark, dipping soggy bread into warm milk while the wind howls outside? These are perishable items. If the power goes out—and in America, the power always goes out—the milk will spoil. Yet, they hoard it like gold. It is a strange, panic-driven instinct, like squirrels gathering nuts, if the squirrels had no idea what nuts were actually for.

Then there is the infrastructure. For a "superpower," the United States is held together by very cheap glue. We all know what happens next. The storm will hit, and the lights will go out. The power grid in America is a joke. It cannot handle heat, and it cannot handle cold. It is a fair-weather technology. Millions of people will likely lose power, not because the storm is truly un-survivable, but because the companies that run the power lines simply do not care to upgrade them. They would rather keep the profits than make sure you have heat. And the politicians? They will stand in front of cameras wearing matching emergency jackets, looking very serious, telling you to "stay safe." They will not fix the grid. They will just tell you to put on a sweater.

The roads will become a scene from a demolition derby. American drivers seem to believe that their four-wheel-drive trucks make them invincible. They do not understand that ice does not care how big your truck is. They will drive too fast, spin out, and then blame the city for not salting the road fast enough. It is a cycle of arrogance followed by immediate failure. The authorities are begging people to stay off the roads, calling the travel conditions "hazardous." But rugged individualism means ignoring expert advice until you are stuck in a snowbank waiting for a tow truck that isn't coming.

What makes this so exhausting to watch is the lack of perspective. The National Weather Service has to scream about "life-threatening" risks because nobody listens to normal advice anymore. If they just said, "It is going to be very cold, please stay inside," people would go to the beach. So, they have to ramp up the language. They have to make it sound like a horror movie. And the sad part is, for the homeless and the vulnerable, it is a horror movie. While the suburban families fight over the last loaf of bread, the country's total lack of a social safety net means people actually will freeze. That is the real tragedy. It isn't the snow; it's the neglect.

So, brace yourselves, America. The "winter blast" is coming. The sky will turn grey, the wind will blow, and your TV will scream at you. You will buy your milk, crash your cars, and shiver in your houses when the power fails. And in a week, the snow will melt into a dirty grey slush, and you will forget all about it until the next time the wind blows. It is the theater of the absurd, performed on ice.