I was trying too hard to be diplomatic about the family.
They were warned that the power could go off at night, they presumably knew the man couldn’t go long without supplemental oxygen, and would be deprived of that oxygen if the power went off.
They should have, but did not, prepare.
While we can rightly, ultimately, blame the environmentalists, the more direct cause of this mans death belongs to those who were there that night.
OK. I think having a battery backup oxygen source on hand was being prepared. If the Utility had notified people about the date & time then I would agree with you. He should have gone to sleep with the battery powered O2 working.
Thank you for your courtesy. Freegards