I almost titled this, "The saddest thing I read on the blogosphere today." I'm not going to link to it, nor quote it exactly; the poor woman has enough to worry about without possibly opening herself up to a bunch of trolls--at least, trolls coming from here.
She had to evacuate, and she, along with her family and a few valuables, took at least two of their pets, if I recall correctly. I remember she said she brought one of the cats, because he was old and needed medicine. She also said she left the rest of her pets behind, and I burst into tears.
Not because I felt sorry for her pets, but because I could only imagine the heartbreak I would have gone thru had I had to make that decision. When we had to worry about Isabel two years ago, we brought all of the animals down to the basement with us; had we had to evacuate...well, a Honda CR-V and a Focus wagon should be able to handle all of our pets.
I wonder how many pets she had and why she couldn't take them. Animals are pretty resilient, even in bad circumstance, but in Gawd-awful circumstances...
I hope they're OK.
Posted by Victor at Agosto 29, 2005 12:47 PM | TrackBack*sniff* I HATE stories like this. wah!! My pets would definitely have to come with me- no choosing one over the other.
Posted by: Lynn at Agosto 30, 2005 03:29 AMYou should probably have an evacuation plan, Victor--not for a hurricane, necessarily, but what if there's a fire, or a gas leak, or a chemical spill from a train? I just have the one companion to scoop up, but your logistics would be a little more complicated....
Posted by: Susie at Septiembre 3, 2005 01:13 PM