If you take that tack, then you have to start wondering if anyone who chooses to live in a huricane prone area isn't thinking too clearly about the eventuality no matter how well they're prepared for a disaster with stored water and Emergency/Survival kits...

If someone is prepared, and they loose their supplies as a wall of water crashes through their homes...

Not only that, but how many people expect the gub'ment to give them money to rebuild no matter how many times their home has been destroyed? Not to mention what we've seen from the insurance industry after the latest hurricane season for those who were prepared for that eventuality...

I personally don't know where to draw the line in my mind and can only do my best to have compassion for everyone because we're all ill prepared for one thing or another. It's the shell we don't hear that's going to blow our little worlds to pieces.

For me it's not so easy an issue, but still I can understand your cynicism.