KEYWEST THERAPIST IN TROUBLE FOR BEING GOOD SAMARITAN
TDN
KEYWEST--Rush Storm, a Keywest psychotherapist is in trouble with the Florida Board of Behavioral
Sciences for offering tourists refuge in his home during the recent Ernesto hurricane threat. Dr. Storm had offerred
refuge from the impending hurricane in exchange for videotaping participants reactions to an impending natural disaster.
"I don't know what the big fuss is," Dr. Storm is quoted as saying.
"Only two people took me up on my offer, and they were an old couple from California who did not want to have to evacuate
after only two days of their dream vacation. They were the perfect subjects. They fought like crazy over the silliest
stuff, so it would have been great to see just how they reacted to a real life crisis. The storm petered out, and all
I got out of this potential research was two crazy couples fighting and living with me for a week."
It is not known at press time whether or not the Board is going to take
any serious action other than a reprimand. The Board found out about Dr. Storm's offer when the couple were talking
to another local therapist in Sloppy Joe's Bar on Duvall Street. That therapist, a Dr. Deal, tried talking
the couple into staying at his condominium for a fancy price, but they liked the free offer from Dr. Storm. TDN will
follow the story for future developments.
