Cold weather, generators, and campgrounds

wapiticountry wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
And another 4 pages of proof of how fickle some people can be….
Call LEOs at 2:30am because of a generator running? Seriously?
Was it rude? Yes, sounds like it.
Although 15deg with a wind could suck down a camper battery pretty quick if unprepared.
But then we’re not all the “perfectly prepared” campers that the rvnet royalty profess to be.
Would it be more palatable if you knew some of the gennys were running to keep someone’s newborn baby warm while the new parents were trying to experience camping? (This argument is like the wdh argument, can never be too safe, right? Lol)
Or would it be ok if it was a couple old folks who needed to stay warm or their cpap died? (Cpaps ARE figuratively the wdhs of the medical world…hahaha)

Or is it better to sit in anger and just “know” that some delinquent is running their genny just to ruin your night and they’re probably playing xbox at 2 am and that’s what used up their battery?

See, many different scenarios.
All are a rude reason, inherently, to disturb others, so maybe should call the cops!!

Maybe I’m blessed to be a heavy sleeper. Or maybe I just have more/more important things to worry about and occupy my time with. So maybe it’s just me…

Thank you for being a voice of reason. There are so few of them today. To the "rules are rules" people", do you really believe that to be a line that is never, ever to be crossed? If the speed limit is 25, you don't exceed that if you are taking someone to the hospital who is experiencing a heart attack? Were everyday Germans in the 1940s just following the rules when they betrayed the hiding places of Jews who were then sent to the gas chambers?
Yes, those campers running generators outside of generator hours were very likely unprepared. It happens to most everyone at some time or the other. I wonder how those complaining about it would feel if they got lost in the woods or ran out of gas everyone else took the position that they should have been prepared, so whatever happens to them happens, no help or compassion should be given. I would like to think if I am ever caught unprepared, someone will help me, or at least understand I made a mistake.

They put their needs above all others. Yes they were unprepared, but it's my contention they knew they were unprepared and are depending on breaking the rules to make themselves comfortable w no regard to those affected.