[sharkhawk]

The insane thing is they were driving toward the disaster. It would be the same thing as those insane tornado chasers suing the weather service for not warning them exactly where the tornado would break. You feel sorry for people whose homes were ripped apart, but if you are looking for a thrill you takes your chances.

[crazyhorse691]

On a side note, 4 timber camps were destroyed that day, but, because it was a Sunday no loggers were present. Just 24 hours later there would have been a couple hundred men in the forest. And, lets not forget about another hundred or so property owners around Spirit Lake that had received permission to remove their property that following week. Heck, the TV Guide for that week even featured an advertisement for Touttle River home sites(the Touttle river was the one that washed out all those bridges and closed the Columbia River because of debris)

[VeniVidiVici]

It would be the same thing as those insane tornado chasers suing the weather service for not warning them exactly where the tornado would break.

Agreed. Most of these folks who died in the shadow of Mount St Helens are Darwin Award nominees.

I like violent weather. Whether sticking out hurricanes or looking for tornados, the windier the better.

Maybe I'll try suing the government for not correctly predicting where Hurricane Charlie made landfall last year.