Why not? For the same reason that people in the time of Noah and that of Lot ignored Jehovah’s warnings.
لِلسَّبَبِ عَيْنِهِ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ فِي أَيَّامِ نُوحٍ وَلُوطٍ يَتَجَاهَلُونَ تَحْذِيرَاتِ يَهْوَه .‏