What were these people thinking??

[Kaw1000]

 
 
 


Authorities: Many stayed behind on Texas coast
 
 
 

Sep 12, 6:10 PM (ET)


HOUSTON (AP) - Authorities say tens of thousands have ignored evacuation orders and are staying behind as Hurricane Ike takes aim at the Texas coast.

An Associated Press survey shows that in three counties alone, some 90,000 people have chosen not to leave despite dire warnings from forecasters.

The emergency management coordinator for Galveston County estimates that 80 percent of the residents evacuated. That leaves more than 11,000 residents in the county that is expected to take a direct hit from Ike's massive storm surge.

Farther up the coast, officials say half the residents of Beaumont stayed put less than two weeks after many evacuated for Hurricane Gustav, only to see the storm miss the city entirely.

Man, why would these people stay...what is wrong with these people??


 
 

[1pLUs44]

Of the ones that evacutated for Gustav only to see no results, they ran out of money to go to hotels and stuff. My cousins are in Beaumont and my Aunt and Uncle are in Lake Charles.

[eagl]

I hope that if the people who stayed and had to be rescued didn't have a really good excuse, they get billed for the cost of the rescue.  I don't like my tax dollars getting spent saving retards who are too stupid to get out of the way of danger after being warned for a full week in advance.