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Arizona has an interesting law that is along the lins of pattycakes' thinking. It doesn't apply to people who stay behind after an evacuation, but rather to drivers.
It's called the "Stupid Motorists Law." The way it works is if the athourities determine it necessary to close a road (most often here it's because a section is underwater from a flash flood), and the motorist ignores the warning and then later is stranded and needs rescue, the stranded motorist must pay for the rescue.
I personally like the law in regards to motorists, if you see a blockade and a sign that says, "Road flooded, do not enter," and then drive around the blockade and get stranded in the flooded road, then it's your own damn fault that you need to be rescued, the taxpayers shouldn't be forced to fund your rescue.
But in the case of staying at home after an evacuation, there would need to be more to a law like that. There would need to be a clause along the lines of, if you do not evacuate or are unable to evacuate and you decline an offer from the state or government to help you relocate, then and only then would you be required to fund your own rescue.
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