I said the very same thing to my husband last night. He said that if there was a hurricane warning and we were told to evacuate we would take the animals and head far out of town to family in another state, etc. We wouldn't wait til the last minutes and run to the local overcrowded Red Cross location and leave the cats and Nicki behind.

I know that sounds good in theory, because sometimes storms change and hurricanes hit unintended paths, but at least we'd make some effort to take the monsters with us. There's no way i'd elave the house with the pets behind. My roof could blow off and I'd still be there because my kids were there.