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Home Front: Economy
Hurricane survivors told to flash breasts for rescue
2005-09-06
WND, via British press. You probably want the Morton company's entire annual output.
To quote Glenn Reynolds: Heh.
Female survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were urged by government rescuers to flash their breasts in order to receive help in the immediate aftermath of the storm. That according to English tourists who are now just returning to the United Kingdom, relating their horror stories to British media. Ged Scott, 36, of Liverpool, was on his annual vacation at New Orleans' Ramada Hotel with his wife Sandra, 37, and their 7-year-old son, Ronan. I could not describe how bad the authorities were, taking photographs of us as we are standing on the roof waving for help, for their own personal photo albums, little snapshot photographs," Scott told BBC News. Scott said there was a group of girls standing on the lobby's roof, calling out to passing rescuers for help. "[The authorities] said to them, 'Well, show us what you've got' – doing signs for them to lift their T-shirts up. The girls said no, and [the rescuers] said 'well fine,' and motored off down the road in their motorboat. That's the sort of help we had from the authorities," he said.
Now we know why Bill Clinton is part of the resuce operation.
Posted by:Jackal

#13   #7 "Did they get strings of beads tossed back at 'em?"
After seeing #6, you're damn lucky you didn't get my last three meals tossed back at 'em!
Posted by: Sgt. Mom   2005-09-06 22:21  

#12  Here's a BBC page with various dire experiences. None of them explains how they managed to get caught in the city, except for one couple whose travel agency told them that the "tropical storm" would last for only a day. They flew in on the 27th. The couple...fled from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, where they were forced to scavenge for food, while hiding from armed gangs. Hiding from armed gangs in Baton Rouge?

There's also this:The military told all non-US citizens to stay together for safety, Ms Sachs added...They later told them they would be secretly smuggled out in groups of 10 under cover of darkness as it had become too dangerous for them to remain in the stadium, she told BBC News.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2005-09-06 18:11  

#11  TGA,
Once again, correct observation, but the issue is just when do you call an evacuation on a primary tourist location in the height of the vacation season? Had they called for it 48 hours out, more options would have been available. However the fallout to local politicians who said "run away" only to have the hurricane turn elsewhere would also be great.
Make no mistake, the pressure to "not evacuate" those tourists in addition to the city and region is always underlying the decision making process in tourist areas.
Posted by: Capsu 78   2005-09-06 17:47  

#10  Qantas?
Posted by: True German Ally   2005-09-06 17:39  

#9  "Australia should have sent in troops to rescue them"

How would they get here? Magic and pixie dust?
Posted by: Mark E.   2005-09-06 17:36  

#8  Well I did read that tourists were desperate to leave New Orleans but couldn't because there weren't any rental cars and no bus or train services.
I don't think you could expect them to walk and get caught by the storm?
Posted by: True German Ally   2005-09-06 17:19  

#7  Did they get strings of beads tossed back at 'em?
Posted by: mojo   2005-09-06 10:20  

#6  
Will man tits work?
Posted by: Raj   2005-09-06 09:40  

#5  Scrappleface?
Posted by: Chris W.   2005-09-06 09:32  

#4  Well, "Show us your tits" is the unofficial motto of New Orleans.
Posted by: Steve   2005-09-06 08:37  

#3  BS so pure it's the Platonic ideal of BS.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-09-06 07:41  

#2  He He! A Perth MP has called them on this.
Posted by: phil_b   2005-09-06 05:43  

#1  The Australian media has whipped themselves into a frenzy of idiocy over a few dozen Australians 'trapped' in New Orleans, which culminated in the Labour leader saying Australia should have sent in troops to rescue them. Most are now in Houston where they have been extensively interviewed. Of course no one asked what they were doing in NO after the mandatory evacuation. Since the answer is likely 'We were there to experience the hurricane'. And had they done something similar in Australia they would certainly be charged and made to pay the costs of their rescue.
Posted by: phil_b   2005-09-06 01:32  

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