What would the sheriff's department and National Guard be costing us if they were not in this rescue? They'd still be on salary, they'd still be burning gas and salaries doing something else.
Doesn't bother me a bit that they are doing this.
Let's see, investigating industrial accidents, crimes, responding to fires, catching illegal immigrants (not that there's anything wrong with being an illegal immigrant), upholding law and order. Maybe that's what they'd be doing ordinarily, but perhaps some calls are not receiving responses because of this rescue op. I don't know.