Down vs. Synthetic sleeping bags

[MikeWaters]

I own two down bags. I have never owned a nice synth bag.

Down is lightweight and packs small. Very warm

Down has one big downside. Useless when wet.

A persuasive argument for synth was provided by those idiot campers in the Northwest that snowed in and wet, and only one person had a synth bag, and they used that to survive.

Seems to me that for life-saving camping, synthetic should be the choice.