On Their Own

With the Tropical Storm going through here over the course of the past couple of days, there has been a lot of news coverage about the wind and rain and damage and danger and all of these things, but there is something that keeps catching my attention. The Reporters that are out and about bringing us those great picture of themselves getting blown around and pelted by rain and sand, keep showing us shots of people playing the Ocean and surfing and such. Then they talk about how this is a really bad idea because if something happens to you, you'll be putting rescuers at risk just trying to get to you, and then in the rescue if they are able to get to you.

It's good that the reporters are trying to remind people both of how stupid, and how selfish they are being, but I really think that there should be a policy in place that when conditions get to a certain point, and people are out being stupid, they are on their own. I think they should be saying, if you're going to be that stupid, then you are on your own, and that is that. It's not that I'm without compassion, and I'm glad that Emergency Personnel will do as much as they can for as long as they can, but but people who are putting themselves at extreme risk, on purpose, should not be able to expect others to put their own lives on the line to come to the rescue.

I don't expect to be able to change the way things are done, and I understand why Emergency agencies can't put such a policy in place, but still, that's how I feel about it.