Doubts there is any cause for distress.
I remembered the universal signal for distress: frantic flops and grunts.
"Lanterns floating over the sea have been mistaken for distress flares.
New York's increasing gallery closings may be cause for distress, especially for artists who suddenly find themselves without dealers.
This was cause for distress, as the whole theme of the party centered on a new painting by Mr. Sulkowski.
"I have a poor memory for distress," she wrote, "but can recall discontent and raging fevers of impatience".
Rather, it was a message signalling the end of the use of Morse code for distress calls in French waters.
As for the upside-down flag, she said: "That's the international symbol for distress, when the flag is upside down.
But bankruptcy lawyers say another reason for distress is that more of their elderly clients are also helping out their adult children.
After the Guardian initially published Farooq's story, the university said it had "apologised for distress caused to the student through the sequence of events".
If you have the means to signal, a group of three – whistle blasts, mirror flashes, whatever – is the signal for distress.
