Posted on 08/29/2005 6:14:55 PM PDT by Howlin
I would have left, with my family AND my two dogs and my bird LONG before that hurricane got there. When the first call to voluntarily evacuate came.
I've been through too many hurricanes in my youth in Florida to risk any more. That's why I'm so angry with my brother and sister for not getting out sooner.
Works for any removed post unless it is totally nuked.
If it has been totally nuked, the 'to' box says " (Unknown) " and no text shows up at all.
Otherwise, it works like any other normal reply.
Willsend.
I hate to see pictures like that, too, but there is actually an organization...(I can't think of their name right now)...that goes in after hurricanes and rescues animals that have been left behind by their owners.
They've been doing it for years now. I can remember it from the hurricanes when I lived in Florida years ago. They go in with boats and find people's pets--they go to the shelters and specifically ask people their addresses and they also send out search boats.
That makes me feel a little better at least.
LOL! Some levity in time of stress is a great reliever. Thanks!
Amen.
A building is moved completely from its foundation by hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Mississippi August 30, 2005. Hurricane Katrina strengthened into a rare top-ranked storm and barrelled into the vulnerable U.S. Gulf Coast for a second and more deadly assault on the Gulf Coast. REUTERS/Marc Serota
Cool! That puppy is ready for anything, including snow, with skis up on the roof rack.
News on Yahoo
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/World/Hurricanes_and_Tropical_Storms
A summary as a couple hours ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/katrina_glance
The first amphibulance.
Heh.
Would that section of the middle span of that bridge will have to be rebuilt, or most of the span of the whole bridge have to be rebuilt from the impact of that oil rig ?
I have a relative, a screaming liberal btw, who is with some government wing of EPA and he complained during the Clinton admin. that the admin. was forcing them to report skewed figures or else they'd face budget cuts.
(Can't recall his exact title or agency because we stopped speaking long ago.)
"The moral level of a country can be judged by how it treats its animals." - Gandhi
A family sits on their porch in the Treme area of New Orleans, which lies under several feet of water after Hurricane Katrina hit August 29, 2005.
The same thing they were doing on August 22nd--a week before the hurricane!
Think hovercraft.
I know I could never leave them....I just couldn't live with myself...and my conscience woudln't let me. I just feel animals are worth the extra trouble of planning ahead. How someone could leave them behind is really amazing to me.
That's the key--planning ahead. It amazes me how many people didn't leave.
new reports are; that oil rig was in drydock being worked on.
do you know where the "tree lined street" photo was taken .. looks like my friend's street in NO (from what I can see)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.