Thanks for the ping - I saw the story and it was also on the news this morning.
I remember the lodge owner mentioning something to that effect, that someone had told him they had been afraid to lock it because there might be someone still up there and that they wouldn't be able to get back out.
Guess that means a lawsuit of some kind, but I'd hate to have to defend the family driving that unknown road in that weather at that time of night with a tiny baby in the underequipped car.
I'd hate to be the person who decided not to lock the gate! If the Kims hadn't turned down that road, but stayed on Bear Camp Road instead, they would have been found sooner.
I hope it doesn't mean lawsuit...but what should happen is some serious changes for follow up on that stuff...including the gate should have been closed Nov 1...period.
The person who made that bad decision should be fired.
In addition the real problem I see with this whole thing (if the media reports are correct) is that Sara Rubrecht had information on Friday that their was evidence a car was up the BLM road and that all of the roads need to be fully cleared. It seems she either ignored or dismissed the information out of hand. Also someone had marked that area had been cleared so they weren't even going to search there at all.
If this is true then it is a strong possibility they would have been found on Saturday...
Sara Rubrecht isn't talking...