[stuartb]

I am going to compare it to what happens where I live. I live in Colorado and during the winter we sometimes have avalanches. They give avalanche conditions for the day, and if you are going into the backcountry/forest you are supposed to check them. People go all the time the smart ones check the avalanche forecast and if it is a bad forecast they don't go and if it is good they go. If it is bad and they go then get caught in the backcountry and have to call for help, when it is all over they get fined and if the rescuers are injured or killed the dumbies that went out are responsible for the outcome. That is how this should be. But they should have left. They had plenty of time to leave. I could understand if it was a sudden thing that no one knew was coming but come on use your head and do the smart thing.