People Who Refuse to Evacuate

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People Who Refuse to Evacuate

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09-14-2018, 02:21 PM

Arizona has a "Stupid Motorist Act" that charges people for their own rescue if they drive into a flash flood. While I'm not opposed to it in principle, the people bring rescued from hurricane zones have typically lost everything to water and wind. I don't think it's right to fine or bill them in that situation (or even humane, really), and I would NOT want to be the politician answering questions about why people who just barely survived a hurricane are now being sent to collections by the government.

That's not even going into how there are, unfortunately, legitimate reasons not to evacuate. Figuring out where to draw the line would be a partisan nightmare. It's just not practical or ethical. An idiot that drives their car into a flash flood is one thing. A major hurricane survivor is another entirely.

Messages In This Thread

People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by The Real Marty - 09-14-2018, 01:27 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by Jagwired - 09-14-2018, 01:34 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by TJBender - 09-14-2018, 02:21 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by JagNGeorgia - 09-14-2018, 02:33 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by TJBender - 09-14-2018, 07:54 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by EricC85 - 09-14-2018, 09:53 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by JagNGeorgia - 09-14-2018, 11:08 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by flsprtsgod - 09-15-2018, 08:30 AM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by JagNGeorgia - 09-15-2018, 12:06 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by flsprtsgod - 09-15-2018, 02:47 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by JagNGeorgia - 09-14-2018, 11:04 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by TJBender - 09-15-2018, 11:54 AM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by jj82284 - 09-14-2018, 05:19 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by TheO-LineMatters - 09-14-2018, 11:07 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by StroudCrowd1 - 09-15-2018, 12:34 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by TJBender - 09-15-2018, 12:58 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by StroudCrowd1 - 09-15-2018, 01:01 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by Kane - 09-20-2018, 03:09 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by EricC85 - 09-26-2018, 09:07 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by The Real Marty - 09-30-2018, 06:30 AM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by americus 2.0 - 09-30-2018, 04:52 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by jagibelieve - 09-20-2018, 08:25 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by americus 2.0 - 09-21-2018, 02:30 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by Jags - 09-21-2018, 06:42 PM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by PF* - 10-06-2018, 11:13 AM

RE: People Who Refuse to Evacuate - by homebiscuit - 10-06-2018, 12:26 PM

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