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December 26, 2005
'The Hurricane Katrina Tour — America's Worst Catastrophe'
The inaugural tour is Wednesday, January 4, 2006.
It's being offered by Gray Line New Orleans in the hope that it will somehow resuscitate the company's tour business.
Gregory Hoffman, the general manager of the company, noted he had lost his home and that the company's workforce was down to 6 from its pre–Katrina 65.
The tours run once a day, from Wednesday to Sunday, until February 27, the day before Mardi Gras.
They'll be narrated by a local resident and take three hours; tickets cost $35.
I wonder how this will go down with the locals.
Here's a link to yesterday's New York Times Travel section story about the tours.
Gray Line information: 800-535-7786; www.graylineneworleans.com.
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www.HurricaneKatrinaTour.com
Posted by: HurricaneKatrinaTour.com | Jan 1, 2006 1:02:23 AM
calling the negroes home?? next: giant stomping chickens?
Posted by: melanie | Dec 29, 2005 11:03:01 PM
Worst catastrophe?
Surely only for those of you who know nothing of U.S. history:
Northamerica, 1775-82: Smallpox (130,000 dead)
Philadelphia, 1793: Yellow fever epidemic (5,000 dead)
Galveston, 1900: Hurricane (8,000 dead)
San Francisco, 1906: earthquake and fire (3,000 dead)
Florida, USA, 1928: Hurricane (1800 dead)
New York, USA, 1938: Rains (600 dead)
Louisiana, USA, 1957: Hurricane (400 dead)
Chicago, USA, 1995: heatwave (739 dead)
Dam - Johnstown, USA (1889): 2,200 dead
Dam - Santa Paula, USA (1928): 470 dead
Compared to that,
Louisiana and Mississippi, USA, 2005: hurricane (1,069 dead)
is small potatoes destined to be forgotten in 15 yrs or less.
Cheers to all,
Posted by: Xavier | Dec 26, 2005 8:26:32 PM
Night of the Giant Watermelons
Curse of the Humongous Watermelons
House of the Unquiet Watermelons
Land of the Brobdingnagian Watermelons
Spirit of the Huge Undead Watermelons
The Outsize Demon Watermelon
Watermelons Attack!
Posted by: Flutist | Dec 26, 2005 1:31:40 PM
The true irony here is that where the tour will take you - the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina - are not the places that a tourist would have gone anywhere near before the hurricane. And the places where a tourist would normally go - the French Quarter and the Garden District - were, for the most part, unscathed.
So bypass the bus tour and just head straight for Bourbon Street, where the real New Orleans entertainment is anyway! (But be nice to the barkeeps - I have a nephew that works on Bourbon Street and he will let me know if any joeheads get out of line!);)
BOOKOFJOE EXCLUSIVE: I can't find any information online about this, but my Louisiana relatives swear to me that huge watermelons are popping up all over New Orleans. The vines went haywire during the storm and are now all around the city. Said relatives say many local TV stations in Baton Rouge are showing the footage of the huge watermelons. If you're on the tour, I would suggest you not eat any of the said watermelons as rumors abound to why they are so big.
Posted by: Shawn Lea | Dec 26, 2005 1:08:57 PM
