Planes in downtown NOLA

[Doug_Harris]

Your first supposition makes sense; the second assumes something
that seems (to me) to be a stretch based on the original statement.
And on the usual nature of things where evacuations are concerned.
And being, at the highest level, Bushies, I'd imagine they had a
"time horizon"* for an organized withdrawal, er, evacuation from the
city. Well done, for the most part, but I doubt one could assume
that a bus seat assured a plane seat.
          "Jon Stewart pointed out that a horizon
           is something one may move toward -- but
           can never reach.
--
My original point was simply that, as happens more and more often
these days, proof reading ain't what it used to be in Times Land.
dh

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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Joel S. Berson
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 3:14 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Planes in downtown NOLA

At 9/1/2008 10:03 PM, Doug_Harris wrote:
>Speaking of proofreading . . .
>This, from yesterday's NYT, in a story headlined _A Long and Weary Bus Ride
>to Anywhere, Haunted by Memories_: "Anyone could show up at one of 17
pickup
>stops throughout New Orleans, get a ride to the Union Passenger Terminal
and
>then stand in line for a bus, plane or train to shelters scattered
>throughout the region."
>Planes departing from downtown NOLA? Gimme a . . . lift.

Perhaps what was available downtown were buses destined for the
airport, passage upon which entitled one to a seat on an evacuation plane?

Joel

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