<P> O'Brien is reported to have invented the hurricane cocktail in the 1940s . The story of the drink's origin holds that, due to difficulties importing scotch during World War II, liquor salesmen forced bar owners to buy up to 50 cases of their much - more - plentiful rum in order to secure a single case of good whiskey or scotch . The barmen at Pat O'Brien's came up with an appealing recipe to reduce their bulging surplus of rum . When they decided to serve it in a hurricane glass, shaped like a hurricane lamp, the hurricane was born . </P> <P> Other locations of Pat O'Brien's Bar: </P> <Ul> <Li> Orlando, Florida </Li> <Li> San Antonio, Texas </Li> </Ul> <Li> Orlando, Florida </Li>

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