Are these people who got a shelter before the rain started to fall, or after?

I've had clothes taken off of me by rushing water. I've had my wallet fall out of my back pocket when sitting down or sliding down osomething on my but. If these were people who'd been in the water, with thier wallets in the back left pocket of thier pants, the river might have wanted it. Or thier ID was in a crude, clumsy BOB-type package, and they lost it in evac. Stuff happens.

I don't have much sympathy for people who didn't plan, but I'm not going to kick them when they are down becuase they screwed up. Or had bad luck. They've learned thier lesson, and hopefully next time they will be a little more ready.

For us to judge the average citizen on survival topics is like Lance Armstrong snickering at other people on a bike. We are to survival as the Olympics are to sports, guys, at the very least. Maybe even the minor league- professional, but we can't make a living on it. For us, we lean on the fence that seperates the proud and the arrogant- grass on one side, huge amounts of poo on the other, splinters in the middle. I'm guilty of straddling that line, we all are here.

Let's not get poo on ourselfs.