It's time for another version of DU's favorite blame game!!

"YOU ALL DESERVE TO DIE BECAUSE YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.
AND HOW MUCH IS THIS SEARCH COSTING TAXPAYERS?"


'Desperate' hunt for family: Butte dad, 3 kids vanish on outing to cut Christmas tree


By Hudson Sangree And Dorothy Korber - hsangree@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PST Wednesday, December 19, 2007

PARADISE, Calif. – The Dominguez family set off Sunday afternoon, dressed in T-shirts, jeans, light jackets, and sneakers. Their plan was to drive into the mountains near Inskip, find the perfect Christmas tree and head back home to Paradise.

Later, someone would report seeing them walking into the woods with a saw at about 5 p.m. Sunday.

After that, nothing.

They didn't reckon on a fierce storm that would dump snow by the yard over the next 48 hours. As darkness fell Tuesday, more than 50 exhausted searchers had found no sign of Frederick Dominguez, 38, and his children Christopher, 18, Alexis, 15, and Joshua, 12.

Searchers maintained hope Tuesday evening that somehow the four had found shelter somewhere. But the situation was becoming more desperate by the hour, said Madde Watts, an officer with the Butte County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team.

http://www.sacbee.com/288/story/577983.html




Alexis Dominguez, 15, and her brother Christopher, 18.

Joshua Dominguez, 12

(I really shouldn't post when I'm shit-faced drunk)

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anyway.

This wasteful rescue attempt illustrates another reason we need a huge wall with razor wire and machine guns and alligators along the California border to keep these horrible people out.

are hoping for.

I'm sending some positive vibes to the family that they be safe.

Oh please let them be found alive and safe and fast.

You don't ask questions, you don't pass judgements, you just help them, by any means available. Period. We're all on the same team (humanity) here right?

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As far as blame goes, what ever happened to the concept of "shit happens"?

I try not to complain about the costs of society that I pay into that I am lucky enough not to have to use. I pay for Fire Service, but you dont see me bitching because I havent had to call the fire department.

This isn't Lord of the Flies, here people. We are supposed to be a 'civilized society' after all.

http://cbs13.com/local/missing.family.in.2.613785.html :(

"Sams says the family has camped before and does have some survivial skills."

man who died in the Oregon wilderness trying to save his family.

At least the rescuers have a general idea where these people could be.

People do need to remember that mother nature is un predictable. Not placing blame, just using this as a reminder that even a short hike can turn bad if you are not prepared.

I hope this ends well, they look like a really close and happy group. My heart goes out to their family.

Perhaps we will see a Winter miracle.