What starts to tick me off is why don't ALL hotels have a heart and let people with animals stay there during an evacuation? I can understand if they don't want animals peeing on their carpet every day and ban them most of the time, but why not let them in for evacuations and then just plan to shampoo the hotel carpets after they leave? I know so many people who don't evacuate because they don't want to leave their numerous pets, and I don't blame them. I wouldn't leave mine either, but if they don't have a relative who can take in them and all of their animals what are they going to do? They just stay there in the storm. Hotels should open their doors to pets for people in times of need!