All the more reason to plan ahead. Meowmeow's kitty has her own bug-out-bag. Where we go, she goes, and it won't be to a government shelter.
I will die before I abandon my cat -- 23+yo!
When someone is part of your life for nearly 1/2 of your adulthood, it is criminal to treat her as any less than a family member.
The only problem with me dying is she wouldn't understand why I am not there for her. I suspect she will lie down and meet me in the afterlife almost immediately.
For the idiots who think God doesn't have a place for our furry family members, they must not know real love -- just reflection.
If heaven doesn't have my cat from before and the one I have now, I don't want to go.