I think you and I are close to arguing over things we actually agree on, so I'm going to sum up some things -- to clear up where I have been responding to what I think the OP established as his proposal and in response to me, and where I think you and I are in this discussion.
For me, when one...
I won't support a proposal to punish people for being wrong, or even stupid, based upon a belief that people regularly demonstrate stupidity.
There are plenty of reasons people make decisions, and most decisions have multiple aspects that need to be weighed.
People are sometimes wrong --...
I don't think a punishment is needed.
I think, as it stands, emergency workers do not go out while the weather threat is dangerous. It's fine that people that remain within mandatory evacuation zones have to wait and have to deal with the consequences of staying, until help can safely come...
You're talking about a university's order to it's students on campus.
Your link says the University of North Carolina at Wilmington issued a mandatory evacuation of students.
How does an order regarding a university campus have any bearing on what other people in the community should do...
Are you assuming this woman to have been under a mandatory evacuation order?
I can't seem to find any evidence of that. When I look up Mercer Ave. on a FEMA flood zone map it does not appear likely her location would have been under mandatory evacuations -- since what I can find only Zone A;s...