There's been a lot of hype around the internet about a certain public official making a widely-televised speech which included an anecdotal Hurricane Katrina story. Said official referred to an incident which took place a few days after Katrina made landfall as having occurred "during Katrina". This, they say, is tantamount to telling a lie: He couldn't mean 'during Katrina' when he was talking about days after the storm, could he?
Now I can't speak for this man.... But I can (and often do) speak for myself on such matters.
In my world -- there's Hurricane Katrina.. and then there's just 'Katrina'.
Hurricane Katrina lasted for about 10 hours once it made its way to our shores.
Plain ol' Katrina went on for months... years... Heck - in some ways it's still happening.
I guess our public official should have laid it all out more clearly for his national viewers: "And when I say 'during Katrina' I'm referring to the ongoing event which left people in the awkward position of still needing to be rescued from rooftops days after the actual hurricane of the same name."
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