01-12-2018, 01:14 AM
(01-11-2018, 05:48 PM)Love Child Wrote: I feel like these deaths over the mudslides could have been avoided. Actually I read that people did not evacuate when they were told to. When we had the fires in 2015 mudslides were a huge concern the following spring-and they were monitered and precautions were taken for our safety.
I take it some public don't listen to these precautions.
Yeah, I don't doubt that many of the deaths are due to residents ignoring calls to evacuate. Unfortunately, the children, elderly, disabled and pets in the care of those who ignored the warnings didn't have a say in the matter.
It happens with every forcasted natural disaster. Some people get the hell outta dodge when ordered to do so - be it hurricane, fire, blizzard, slides, quakes.... And others choose to stay and try to beat the odds by standing their ground against Mother Nature.