Poor old Ocker - first those big old meanies the US and the Kiwis won't dig him out of his self-inflicted fix, now it looks as though salvation might have to come from one of us whingeing Poms (see
this article)
I've gone into print on this subject before
, and the intrepid homebuilder's dilemma has only served to reinforce my opinion: one person's lack of - or inability to carry out appropriate - forward planning should not have to constitute anyone else's idea of an emergency. He's been offered a ticket home; if he gets anything more, then we'll get SAR services being billed for non-salvage of sinking yachts and R22s next.
I did like the other thread's idea of $1000 per litre of MOGAS, though.
BBC have now (121919ZDec03) updated the article to
this, in which the lady concerned is more complimentary about the homebuilder's interpretation of the forecast than others have been.