Saturday, September 13, 2008

Idiots

So Hurricane Ike is ashore right now, having hit Galveston, TX sometime early this morning (2am I think???).

Anyway, now is the time that the Coast Guard and National Guard, US Navy and other such agencies have to begin Search and Rescue.

Let's see - if you live in such an area that is prone to hurricanes and the like, surely you would take the time to shutter up your home and head inland for a couple of days? Or do you want to be cool and "ride out the storm"? Because if you do, then I have absolutely no pity for you. You're now taking up valuable resources, burning up time and money and endangering the lives of those that have to go out into such shitty conditions to save your ass.

Thanks. Where do we send the bill?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

OMG I couldn't agree more. They should all be charged for the time it takes rescue personnel to go fish their sorry asses out of the drink.

In the future I hope that instead of local agencies limiting warnings to mandatory evacuations, they add "If you choose to stay and then require evacuation assistance during or after the hurricane, you can expect to pay a fee of $X,XXX.XX for every member of your household."

In the end even those who spent the time and money to leave will get the pleasure of paying for those who decided mandatory warnings did not apply to them. (Well, the taxpayers will anyway.)