Is there anything that happens on a regular basis where you live, but the same thing happening in another country is world-wide news?

I guess the UK got hit with below freezing temperatures and snow and it’s headline news on MSNBC! Um…I’m from Kansas. Yesterday morning it was -4, and there is snow everywhere. Drifts up to your thighs. Has been for two weeks. Par for a winter in Kansas. (Speaking of cold…one memorable winter morning I got up, stuck my head out the door to smoke…and instantly snapped my head back inside! I said, “No school today, nobodies going anywhere!” Turned on the TV…with the wind chill it was -50 degrees. MINUS FIFTY DEGREES! Talk about hurting someone!)
But…that’s par for the course way up North. They wouldn’t think twice about temps like that.