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Just get the crap out of there!

25 Wednesday Jan 2012

Posted by Ann Lund in Journalism, Language, Media, Opinion, Politics

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Sorry for the crude headline – but really – authorities should understand what they are saying/publishing.

This yesterday:

24 January 2012
Moreton Bay Regional Council is advising residents in Dale Street and immediate surrounds in Burpengary to self-evacuate this afternoon.

See: Burpengary residents urged to evacuate

It was a common error throughout the 2011 floods in Queensland. Constantly authorities were asking people to self-evacuate.

Think about it – to evacuate oneself – what are they actually asking people to do?

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