I personally think that the father should be facing child welfare officals right now explaing why he put his children in such danger because of his poor planning skills.
The problem is that the dad "planned" as much as any normal person and CPS would chalk ithis event up to an act of God, not poor planning. CPS (child protective services) probably would give the dad a medal since none of the kids died.
I've had to deal with child welfare officals a lot due to our adoptions. Saying anything more about them would enter political rant mode, so I'll stop now.
-Blast