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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs Dorian loomed, Disney left staff on its Bahamian island. Cruise line says they're safe
Miami Herald
BY MONIQUE O. MADAN SEPTEMBER 01, 2019 09:55 PM
A crew of Disney Cruise Line workers rode out the most powerful hurricane to hit the Northwest Bahamas on a private island the company calls Castaway Cay.
The company, responding to social media questions raised by the sister of one staffer, insisted that its employees were safe in a strong hurricane shelter as the eye of the 185 mile per hour hurricane passed just to the north.
My sister is stuck in the middle of a Cat 5 hurricane. We were told they would evacuate and they didnt. Left them behind!! Why??, Meg Green posted on Twitter. In another tweet, she wrote: Remember that time [Disney Cruises] left 97 employees on a tiny island in a Catagory 5 hurricane? I do.
...A spokesperson for Disney confirmed the company evacuated all its guests but said that there was no need send away its staffers because they had a hurricane shelter on the property built to withstand Category 4 conditions and that the eye of the storm was forecast to pass well to the north, sparing the island of Dorians strongest winds.
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https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article234627417.html?__twitter_impression=true
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)jpak
(41,742 posts)Thoughts and prayers..
Assholes
They dont care
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)...until such time that they're not.
How is that supposed to be reassuring? So, hours in, they're desperate for help...Who, at that point, can do what? What does it matter that they're in constant contact if there's no way to actually assist?
procon
(15,805 posts)their property than the workers. Assuming they all survive, mgmt will have an on cite labor pool to start the clean up so tourist dollars won't be lost.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts)PCIntern
(25,347 posts)Rent in the shelter. Food and drink not included of course