New Orleans Company to Offer Disaster Tours
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY, Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS - For $35 per person — $28 for children — a New Orleans company is offering bus tours of some of the city's most misery-stricken spots, including the Superdome, the Convention Center and neighborhoods ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Residents disagree over whether the tours are crass and morbid exploitation, or a good way to help people grasp the enormity of the disaster and keep public attention focused on New Orleans' plight.
The three-hour tours, called "Hurricane Katrina — America's Worst Castastrophe," were announced last week by Gray Line New Orleans, with the first one set for Jan. 4. [...]
I just hope none of the buses are named The Minnow.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at December 15, 2005 04:01 PM