Creexul :( wrote:

Willie leans over and explains that he's been out running rescue boats for more than a week. The Coastie frowns and points at John's boat.

"These helicopters would flip that little thing in a second," he says. This, of course, is untrue; I'd seen Coast Guard helicopters flying over much smaller boats the previous day, to no effect. I point that out to the kid, explaining that we'd been under helicopters all day the day before.

"Yeah, those aviation guys are slammed," he says -- like the aviation guys, not the people still stuck out there, are the ones having the rough day.

Aren't the people "stuck out there" basically watching blank TVs and not paying attention to anything? I'd say the helicopter guys who are actually working would be having the rough day, since they seem to notice that there's a flood.