So several people on Fire Island decided

[malaise]

to stay - this lady on CNN said she stayed because they said it was a Cat1.
That's not what they said.
Anyway every single marina was destroyed so they can't be rescued.
Looks like most of the people who refused to move were not poor or vulnerable.

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Arrogance exacts a cost

I hope they didn't pay with their lives.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. not poor or vulnerable. just stupid

[grasswire]

14. the Fire Island homeowners I know are Wall Streeters.

But they don't winter on the island.

[grasswire]

3. last I heard, 40 people are still stranded

they took out 14 last night with the National Guard, couldn't get the rest. Some houses there collapsed, some washed away. Unfortunate that other people have to suffer because of this. (Families of first responders who have to bail them out)

[malaise]

6. You're so right

A policeman died up in Queens at Breezy Point near that horrific fire.
They were all told to leave but they know best.
Seriously when the President comes on TV to tell residents in states that a mammoth life threatening storm is coming, you think they'd protect their children and move. One woman is looking for her two children - three years old and four years old - as waves hit her SUV and she ran to get help and left them in the vehicle - shakes head.

People don't really understand the wrath of nature.

[grasswire]

8. children still missing?

Oh my lord.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

10. I would never leave my child. I would also head for safer ground.

Poor kids.

[Barack_America]

12. Yeah, where did you hear this? It's been haunting me all night.

Can't find a news report that discusses this.

[Thegonagle]

18. Oh my God! That makes me angry. I might be CRAZY enough to stay

if I believed I had an adequate wind-resistant and flood-proof structure for shelter, and plenty of water and supplies.

But I'm not STUPID enough put small children through that.

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. What part of "Get the Fuck Out of There" is hard for people?

It was even explicitly stated this time around that they'd be putting first responders' lives in jeopardy.

Selfish assholes.

[HooptieWagon]

4. Unfortunately, saving them keeps them in the gene pool.

There should be a low priority of rescuing people who are able to evacuate, yet refuse to do so.

[malaise]

11. That's cold but you do have a point

because these are not poor or vulnerable folks. As other posters have pointed out - this was sheer arrogance.
Nature rules - I have the ultimate respect for nature.

[HooptieWagon]

15. I admit it's harsh.

But, if resourses are limited, how should they be prioritized? Towards those who try to cooperate with society, or those who resist it?

[malaise]

16. You are correct

We need society and cooperation

[obamanut2012]

5. The storm contaminated the entire water supply there

Idiots.

It was a mandatory evacuation there, so they should drop them water and food and flint and tents and sleeping bags, and leave them there until other things get taken care of.

[nichomachus]

7. If we didn't help people who did stupid things

We could eliminate 50 percent of fire department and EMT jobs.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

17. Stupid people create more jobs than billionaires. nt

[Honeycombe8]

9. Stooooopid, arrogant people. nt