A little excitement in their lives isn't going to hurt them or anyone else. They have some gear, they're doing some thinking, maybe they've made some other preps and stored some food and water and have first aid kit.

First, we laugh at people for not being prepared, and then we laugh at them for not having the ideal stuff or not doing it the way we would do it.

Maybe the next time they'll run out again, and the 3.1 turns out to be a little foreshock of the Big One, which hits minutes later and buries everyone else in the rubble. Maybe they will help the others get out... if they didn't hear the sneering earlier. They can use their pie pan hats for shovels.

Sue