I think you're missing the point.

It's important to not only empathize with things you could believe personally might happen to you, but also to the millions of others who you might know.

Maybe someone has updated their YC several times. But they also haven't heard from a family member in 24 hours in Manhattan.

I don't need proof that we knew the storm was coming, I'm just asking you to put yourself in other people's shoes and anticipate that maybe things are bigger and more out of control than we think.