If There Is No Smoke, Is There No Fire?

Left: Police halt traffic in order to quickly evacuate a mob of schoolies from a Gold Coast high-rise hotel. A fire alarm was ringing and emergency personnel were responding.


According to the news agency clerk, the schoolies here this week are from New South Wales. Last week, they were from Queensland. Schoolies hit these prime beaches for massive, all-night beachtime bacchanalias when summer vacation arrives every year.

So, to review:

• Fire alarm;
• big response;
• mobs of young teenagers; yet,
• no smoke, and apparently no fire.

Somewhere, I smell a rat.....