Just to be clear with everyone, these are the myths you have listed. So the opposite of them is the truth.

You CLEARLY don'tunderstand Michigan.

Does it not boggle the mind how people will cut off a big ass truck placarded with "Explosives: 1.3B" and then hit the brakes? I got real tired of that real fast.

As a former hazmat driver (display fireworks, in fact) I can tell you that I gave many shits about the safety of others, and the company I was driving for gave EVEN MORE shits about safety because a) they're decent human beings and b) accidents = insurance getting cancelled = no more business

Probably because there's a large importer of professional display fireworks in Michigan and this is about the time when the shipments of fireworks that are going to get shot in July are starting to get shipped to the fireworks display companies.

The tl;dr version - you're welcome. And btw, in five years, they'll probably come back and tell us the exact opposite of all this.

Enough with the knee-jerk, anti-corporate nonsense. In the real world, the things you use have to get from point A to point B, and there are entire careers based around making that happen. If you have a better way besides just shutting down the economy when the weather isn't perfect, I'm sure they'd be all ears…

When hauling hazmat, the safety of others includes your personal safety. If they're in a bad situation because your hazmat load has wrecked, your situation is bad too. (I have a CDL with Hazmat and have hauled fireworks, trust me, I don't want to wreck more than anyone else.)

That seems like a fairly knee-jerk response. Fatalities on highways involving rigs hauling hazardous materials are fairly infrequent (especially compared to fatalities on highways not involving Hazmat carriers). I mean, by extension, couldn't your argument be made to say that as soon as there's a couple inches of snow…

I happen to be Canadian and was down that way on business - otherwise I wouldn't know where Battle Creek or Kalamazoo were without a map, other than in Michigan.

So you don't want fuel to be delivered almost ever in Alaska? or much of the northern US during winter? You need a HAZMAD endorsement on your CDL to haul that as well as a Tanker endorsement, and you give the government your fingerprints. Those guys "typically" are some of the most cautious drivers out there. Yes not…

There isn't really a big time for fireworks sale imminently approaching.

Canadians love fireworks.

No. Typically Firefighters don't act like cartoon characters in life and death situations.

Why is a truck full of fireworks traveling through Michigan in Janaury?

Flowers. As a poor kid, I hoped that when I became an adult, I'd have enough disposable income to have fresh cut flowers in the house all the time. It seemed like the height of luxury to buy something so frivolous and short-lived.

I think a college degree is more important now than it used to be because high school ain't what it used to be. Most jobs require a college degree even if the work itself doesn't. I agree with majoring in something you enjoy and are good at. I'd also recommend to consider going to a school that will either offer some…

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I live in MI and yes the weather can change in minutes. This could have turned out much worse. Glad the family is ok. Trust me when I say driving in Michigan weather can be more than a little challenging ..............

The rest of Sethi's post is good, though some may find it off-putting as he goes into the details of his luxuries—personal trainer, personal chef, etc.—but I think it's important to remember that luxury is relative, too.