Let me state from the outset I oppose giving the government the power to force evacuations during natural disasters. That caveat stated, I think it is idiotic to defy such orders because; you are indeed putting your own life at risk if you do so. Nonetheless, in modern there is a phenomenon of people who insist on staying in harms way during a natural disaster and expecting the government to save them despite their own decisions. I see this in wildfires, in floods and in hurricanes. My question is this: Is this mentality derived from the expectation that some government rescue workers will save them at the last minute? Or from previous storms they experienced that “Were not that bad.” Every time government workers rescue blithering idiots who insist on staying in harms way till the last possible second the more people will put themselves in harms way the next time a natural disaster hits.
It probably has a lot to do with certain traditional “american values”, such as being noble or a hero, or brave or such nonsense, etc. etc.
I say nonsense, because it’s only the situation of the hurricane that this mentality may show, versus every other aspect of life not being questioned, such as the value of calling 9-11.
Recently, a submission on reddit reminded why you cannot depend on the state, even as a statist, but especially if you’re not, to come to the rescue:
“I survived because I was too angry to die.” (Elderly family trapped in chlorine spill, unable to breathe, as everything metal in their house slowly melts)
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuoK6pAIG6I
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxPF37Wqt0Y
Truly scary stuff; that old man is who I would call a hero (It’s a shame he didn’t think of the calling the private rescue squad beforehand 
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Where does it say that the people staying are expecting the government to assist them? The ones staying seem to be more concerned about looking after themselves and their neighbours because the government will most likely fail to protect or assist them in any way.