I've been following this thread for a couple of days now and the more I read the more I find it disturbing. We've all received emails and such with things like "the gene pool needs a little chlorine", etc, that's what I'm hearing here, along with "those people that didn't leave deserve exactly what they are getting for being so stupid". These things all sound funny and make us laugh but this is real life, and DEATH, Well no one, I repeat, no one deserves to die because they are stupid and we all have a moral obligation to help if we can when we see some one in straits as dire as this. As a retired Police Officer I have probably seen more stupidity on peoples part that most of you put together, I've also developed a certain calusness towards others suffering out of self protection but this situation certainly trancends all that, these people are fighting for their lives and need all the help they can get, the government, on every level, has let them down and now I'm seeing individuals on this board do the same with their comment, I think it's appaling. Some of these people have certainly placed themselves in this situation voluntarily, stupidly, but again, people do not deserve to die because they are stupid, not in any country and especially in this one.