How long would you wait for help?

Maybe I am a little bit different then most but Why after a natural disaster would you wait for someone to rescue you rather then rescue your self?
I know that we have had it drilled into our heads that when your lost you need to stay put and wait for someone to find you. But you can only live for three days without water and you can fight off the fatigue of not eating for about 14 days if your not to lean and have plenty of clean water. If you don't have either food or water and you have children with you why would you wait for anyone to come and get you? Are you so dependent on the government teat that you cannot support your pathetic meat sack or those who depend on you for basic life support? I find that sad and depressing because if the current scientific community is correct we may be heading for a short (and by short I mean that in scientific terms) warm up that will change the global weather patterns beyond dramatically and impact our lives greatly. Not to mention all the other disasters that are looming over our society at this present moment. Why not learn to survive? I think that its more then a right, its a responsibility. I think that in the words of Maynard from tool "Learn to swim". Most of you're going to need it. Here is a link to help: IPN