"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Sounds problematic. It wouldn't be easy to carry a crate containing a
large
dog onto a bus, not to mention where to put the crate. When at the art
show
last week there was a man walking an English Bull Mastiff - that dog was
under 2 years old and weighed 180 lbs. A crate for that dog would take up
2
rows of seats.

I'm glad some inroads are being made in the evacuation laws but some
things
just have to be common sense. If you have a violent or angry animal (and
I
know everyone thinks theirs are not) you shouldn't subject the general
public to them, particularly not a bus full of people. Find some other
way
to get out; do some forward thinking and have arrangements for the first
sign of emergency. If you live in a hurricane prone area, you should have
already done that, IMHO. Or do like CN and make sure you have the
supplies
to ride things out. I'm still very surprised some residents of Louisiana
just sat back thinking there was no way Katrina could be a bad storm. I'm
not one to watch the news every day but even *I* knew she wasn't going to
give them a kiss on the cheek and mildly slink away.

I still have no idea if my former fiance was down there for Katrina. I
have
no way to get in touch with him. His family was in Bay St. Louis, MS. I
know that's pretty much gone.

Jill



Well, I think the main thing is that the *shelters* would be set up with a
corresponding animal shelter. That alone would alleviate a lot of the
problem. Many people just believed their pets would be taken an put to
sleep. The TRULY believed this. If that step alone was put in place, people
would probably be able to take it from there.