[mom4kittys]

Why did your friend have to evacuate?

[caryatid]

For the same reason everyone had to evacuate ... New Orleans is a bowl and because it is surrounded by all sorts of water, there are very few roads out. If you do not get out when you can [it took her 9 hours] you do not know what is going to happen.

Fortunately, her house did not flood but only blocks away there was flooding. It has been a terrible situation and it will be a long time before things get better

That said, Mississippi with Katrina and Southwest LA with Rita have been generally destroyed, as well.

We are thankful that her kitties survived.