Nova
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Uhhh...yeah. You were momentarily shocked and thought about getting under a desk.
You did NOT leave your home, carrying 2 small children to the SUV and strap them in, then start driving along the coast during a hurricane.
A moment of panic is one thing (yes I have screamed involuntarily and thought sheeshers...where did that come from???) however hauling small kids out of a house, loading them into a car, then driving along roads near the ocean (hello uphill?) until the car gets flooded isn't a "moment of panic". It is just plain stupid and can cause one's offspring to end up dead.
Darwin.
Sonya, I honestly don't know all the details and I don't have a clear picture of the terrain. We have had conflicting reports as to why the mother left her home in the first place. Maybe being left alone with two small children was enough to make her panic.
And she may have chosen the route she did because it was familiar and therefore "seemed" safer than unfamiliar routes to higher ground. I know it is very common out here for people to assume their SUVs are indestructible, even though that has nothing to do the car's tendency to float or stall in deeper water.
I honestly don't know what the mother was thinking and until some media outlet does an in-depth investigation, I doubt we will know.