Don't just get mad at DHS for the public policy choices they're making to let children drown because saving them costs money. Start demanding that your state and local governments do better too.

Your local and state governments can and should do better. Make sure they know you know that.

I'm not speaking purely in hypotheticals. There is a reason why hurricane death tolls are always lower in Florida than other states, and it's not just building codes. It's because of expensive public policy choices that there should be no barriers to evacuation other than people's own stupidity.