Exactly. He should have told the feds to go pi** up a rope. Lives are at stake. Brutal cold with no juice = death.
We are following rule that make no sense because that is what we have been trained to do.
Don't argue, don't make a scene, do as you are told, follow the law even to your own detriment.
As one of my favorite t-shirts says, I aim to misbehave.
This is no longer about liberal or conservative, democrat or republican, even us or them. It is about survival.
Do what you have to do. And for the love of humanity learn to say no.