I've heard of people doing this. I know that in an emergency you go for what you can get but what if your teenaged son was the last one in the shower and..... 
Also, I'm too dense to figure this out but why is it that people, like in Houston, who are stranded in waste deep flooded homes refuse to be taken out when people show up in boats to take them to a safer dry place?
I don't know about that, i know a lot of people will stay on a dry second floor because the water will be gone in a day or two usually.
