Stranded in New Orleans -- please send beer

[aric]

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Stranded in New Orleans -- please send beer

Tue Sep 6, 1:19 PM ET

NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) - Many stubborn New Orleans residents are refusing to leave their homes, and some are making their determination to stay in a style that could only come from the hard-drinking, good-time city.

Curt Belton, a Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agent in charge of boats touring the city, told Tuesday of a message found in a wine bottle drifting in floodwaters along Canal Street in the entertainment district.

"To whom it may concern: Please send with immediately, (one) ice cold chest of Coors Light. I'm out at this time. Down to wine. Some shrimp and oysters would also be appreciated. Thank you," said the note, which was signed and gave an address.

Belton said the patrol went to the home and found the author sitting on his front porch.

Between sips of wine, he told them he was staying and had enough wine to last "quite a few days." Belton said he was going to frame the note because it was "pure New Orleans".

The emergency official said that of the 15 to 20 people his patrol encountered in homes on Monday, only one agreed to leave.

"There's just a ton of people still out there," Belton said. "They don't want to come, and the main reason they're giving us is their pets," he said. "It's crazy."

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Of all the things they could ask for, they want alcohol and shrimp cocktails...

Of course, if I had a choice of being evacuated and leaving my dog behind, I'd tell rescuers to get lost as well.

- Aric

[RedFeather]

That's just one person, though. And he sounds spoiled-ass-rotten. I'd chase him up a tree, if there were any left.

[Azonthus]

LOL! That's insane... My world has just been flooded out but I want a beer. I don't see why the rescuers can't take the pets along with the people. My dog was small enough to fit in a backpack if her head stuck out. If it came down to it, I'd get a backpack, set her up in it, and sneak her out if that was the only way to be rescued!

[Christopher]

To whom it may concern: Please send with immediately, (one) ice cold chest of Coors Light.

Good gracious what is wrong with him?...I would have asked for whiskey!

Seriously, he was probably just bored and doing that for a laugh. Frankly, I like people that can take time out and joke about a disaster that hits them (but only if they are directly affected by it). And if he weren't joking...then he needs to reorganize his priorities...and get something stronger. ;D

I don't think I would leave either, if the rescue team refused to take my pet, but I would never have lived where a huge disaster was predicted to happen, too.

[aric]

minstelae said:

That's just one person, though. And he sounds spoiled-ass-rotten. I'd chase him up a tree, if there were any left.

It's not just him, though. On CNN, I saw a restaurant in the French Quarter (which wasn't nearly as flooded as other parts of NO) delivering cakes to some residents. Of course, with refrigeration out, it would have spoiled... Still, it sort of builds up the mystique of New Orleans.

Too bad the city's gotta be destroyed.

- Aric

[Christopher]

Got to admire them, don't you.