We do not know why there were so many fatalities so it is premature to suggest the government needs to do something like provide or even worse, mandate, shelters.

People make choices every day and with the freedom to choose comes the acceptance of the consequences. If you chose to live somewhere and not prepare for a well known destructive phenomena then you are responsible, not the government. That goes for tornados, hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes or any other natural disasters.

If NOAA or the local authorities failed in their duty to warn people, that would be something worth getting worked up about.

The role of the government should not be to smooth off all the rough edges in life.

- Eric