I have so much I would like to say in reply, but it would probably only get more misconstrewed into a bigger mess. I did say I wasn't attacking you and I am truly sorry for your losses, you obviously did what you felt you had to do. IMO it's not what I would have done. Some natural disasters are more predictable than others and living in an area where they are known to happen is a good reason to plan ahead. (Maybe I should have worded it like that in the first place.) I'm sorry for hurting your feelings Fox-Gal, that wasn't my intention.

The second half of my comment was in response to the original post and no way directed towards anyone. That's just what I personally would do in a situation like a hurricane which I fear may be what I'll have to do in the near future.

The last comment about "leaving one dog behind is totally inexcusible" (I should have elaborated more) is directed towards those owners with only one dog who would choose to leave that one dog behind to fend for itself during a hurricane instead of packing it in the car with the rest of the family and getting the heck out of Dodge. After Tropical storm Allison hit us (which I was driving through ), the papers and news stories showed pics of these poor dogs that people had left behind to escape the flooding and the dogs are cowaring on top of their dog houses, some even chained there. There really was no reason those animals should have been left like that.