Another thread is asking us to pray because THE EYE OF THE STORM WILL BE GOING OVER THEIR TOWN AND THEY WON'T LEAVE!!!
I have reached the end of patience with these people!!
Get out! Get out now and take your pets with you!!
Do NOT put rescue personnel in peril becase you can't see what's in front of your face!!!
I don't mean to sound so harsh...but it's like the old joke about God sending help...He says He sent the helicopter and rowboat, etc....
Don't get me wrong, I am praying for EVERYBODY...but I really don't have patience with idiots.
I think some people who refuse to leave are in a state of shock and/or denial. Here they are living their day-to-day lives, then all of a sudden destruction is racing toward them, but until it gets there it's just an image on a radar loop and it doesn't seem real. It's hard to accept their existence is about to change drastically.
A while back on this thread, I compared staying and waiting to see if Rita would weaken to standing in front of an oncoming car and waiting to see if it'll slow down. I'll take that analogy further and compare people who refuse to leave to a deer caught in the headlights. They see the car coming at them, but they can't believe it, and they freeze instead of jumping out of the way.