That is so sad. When I was four we had to be evacuated due to flood. They left our cat behind (the army didn't let us look for him we lived in the country and he was off hunting we think). The next day my Dad managed to get transport back home through the flood waters to go and get him. Luckily he was sitting on the back step with his tail in the water waiting to be picked up. I know that evacuation can be traumatic and I am glad you are able to get out early. We didn't have that option as the main river was being monitored the creeks and streams weren't and we ended up being cut off as the bridges over them were flooded.
I cannot imagine ever leaving any animals behind in a natural disaster! Our animals are part of our family and My partner and I even refur to ourselves as their Mum and Dad. To us it would be like leaving a child behind.
I hope that the evacution goes well and that any animals left to fend for themselves are OK at the end of this.
I'm only a certian unmentionable age, and I refer to myself as my animals' Mother! I know I'm like at least 5 years away from being old enough to morally have a child, but for those of you that have children, thats how I feel about my animals.
Yes, exactly. How can people just dump their animals so senselesly?(sp?) I guess they just don't care enough about them like all of us here do about our own.....I'd like to punch them too, VJ!!! There are so many heartbreaking books about Katrina pets in Barnes & Noble, and even though those are just books.....you
would think people who moved back after Katrina would've learned the first time. I can't figure some people out sometimes, you know?
I live all the way in Asheville, North Carolina, and we dealed with many Katrina pet victims. My very own friend in "institute of learning" adopted one of her dogs from a local rescue, and that was a Katrina dog.
I would like to say that that VJ and Haley, and everyone else affected by Gustov, have my blessings. God bless you all, and all of your animals. I feel so horrible, almost guilty, living here in drought-stricken Asheville. I wish I could help! I wish some of the strength could be suctioned out of Gustov, and released into Asheville, enough to pull us out of and over our drought. And enough to lessen Gustov's severity. I think I'm going to seriously look into volunteering at whichever local shelter here is planning on taking in any possible victims of Gustov, like they did w/ Katrina.
I'm going to see if I can get in contact w/ this monestary(sp?) of monks (its called something like "The Abbey of Gethsamine", and its in Kentucky somewhere) that my dad goes to, and see if they will include you two, and the whole area of people and animals that will possibly be affected by Gustov, in their daily prayers. They're doing that for Poppy (my grandfather), because he's in hospice/palliative care at his health care center at this retirement community becuase of, well, a loooooong story.
I used to say prayers every night before I went to sleep, and now I will do it again. My eyes are tearing up as I type, and I'm practically crying. I will pray to God, and ask him to spare this poor city of yet another disaster. I will ask him to spare the lives of all the innocent piggies, all other animals, and all the people, and that maybe since no one here can punch the people who abandoned their animals, maybe he can do one of those "God works in mysterious ways" things, and sort of teach them a lesson somehow.
If you are reading this forum right now, dear Lord and Jesus, please don't let this happen. Please read all the posts, and see what wonderful people and guinea pigs they all are. Please protect everyone. I hope they can read this thread. I am
sooooo crying right now, l o l :weepy:
I saw a video on youtube about Al Gore's global warming video, and according to him, the recent increase in hurricanes is one of the effects of global warming. He showed a map w/ land areas gradually disapearing, and being replaced w/ water. I mean, thats only one man's theory, but I will ask God to please don't let this global warming happen any longer! Lord, please help the inconsiderate beings on earth be more green, so we can stop this hurricane brewer in its tracks!!
I think thats all for now, I have to get to bed, its 12:30 am xD. VJ, I can be very hot headed sometimes. Believe it or not, I know. But I want you to relaize that underneath all my hot-headedness and opinionatedness(i just made a new word! ), I am so sentimental, its really like a psychological problem or something. I can't watch those ASPCA commercials w/Sara McLachlan's "Angel" song on it, because I'll cry, and just feel like a sudden wave of sadness wash over me. I can't stand anything like that, it makes me cry, and feel horrible. I am such a nice person, but sometimes people like you don't get to see that side of me becuase its hidden under my argumentative shell. And when I just think of those poor animals that will have to suffer.....its breaks me down like an 18-wheeler ran over me. I'm good at bottling emotions up, but stick something like this into the mix, and the bottle is smashed, and the contents pour out onto everything. I want to wish you the best of luck. I hope to God you will come out of this all right, and so will your piggies, and all your animals. You have to stay strong for all of those fuzzbutts, and for yourself, most of all. Please be safe. I know God is watching over you.
And the same goes for Haley too! Please be safe, and you are also of course in my every prayer.
I read earlier that even in Lake Charles they have vans running to evacuate animals to stay in the same shelters their owners would be in.
