[EverOnward]

"The people in the dome are mad, and justifiably so. This whole evacuation has been a charlie fox from the beginning. I just pray that the authorities can learn from this, and that it doesn't injure and destroy the fragile fabric of our nation to much more that it already has."

It is we who must learn from this. We must learn to do our own thinking, to rely on ourselves, to prepare ourselves, to keep informed to make wise decisions about our well-being. If there's anything to be learned, it's that no one should depend on anyone else to do their thinking for them. These people had warning a devastating storm was coming -- not all of them were crippled and old and trapped unnecessarily. The government has never proven to me that I should rely on it before I rely on myself.

[redgolum]

I agree! You are responsibly for your own and your family's safety. But there will always be those who can't or won't evacuate.

The man in the ICU can't prepare to evac. Neither can those in intuitions. N. Orleans being claimed by the sea has been warned about for decades. Not only wasn't there an evac plan, but there wasn't anyone who was the go to guy when the decisions needed to be made.

That is what needs to be learned.

[Dumb_Ox]

It is we who must learn from this. We must learn to do our own thinking, to rely on ourselves, to prepare ourselves, to keep informed to make wise decisions about our well-being. If there's anything to be learned, it's that no one should depend on anyone else to do their thinking for them. These people had warning a devastating storm was coming -- not all of them were crippled and old and trapped unnecessarily. The government has never proven to me that I should rely on it before I rely on myself.

So wait... we're supposed to trust the government when it warns us to get out--warnings that could be provoked by fear of lawsuits or other aspects of the CYA mentality--but distrust it in everything else?

The folk who made the decision to stay behind to defend their property from any opportunistic looters also distrusted the government's competency.