I live in New York, so I know all about outrageous evil on the local government level.
And I too have been subject to the asinine "Stronger than the Storm" campaign. You're quite right, it is tantamount to a declaration of open defiance to God and His divine chastisements.
And sadly, this attitude is constantly, ubiquitously manifested our Godless West. Look at the usual mantras and slogans used by cancer victims and their "advocacy groups." They're all couched in militaristic language like "battle" and "survivor" and "I'm going to beat this," etc. Not a word about humility in the face of the most humbling of adversities, barely any mention of God's Divine Will, and certainly nothing about the Four Last Things.
This may be a uniquely American phenomenon. It certainly suits our moronic, capitalistic prod culture of "rugged individualism." If so, however, I have no doubt that its one of the many vices we've exported to the rest of the world, including what was once Christendom.