No underestimating Gustav: Most flee hurricane
By Gina Spadafori
September 1, 2008
People are definitely taking this seriously, with more than 2 million people — many with their pets! — away from the coast as the first bands of Hurricane Gustav approach. Not much we can do now, and from here, but we’ll continue to monitor and offer links to resources for those who want to help in any way they can.
First out of the box, (hat tip to Al Tompkins at the Poynter Institute) bookmark this weather map from the Weather Underground. And the Gustav Information Center, here. (Twitter feeds: Poynter and Andy Carvin for the GIS.)
On the animal side, we’re watching Best Friends (Twitter feed here) and the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, among others.
We’ll add to this post throughout the day, and please add your contributions to the comments.
Over at PetHobbyist, I’m being deluged with emails and forwards of pleas for help by small shelters and rescue groups within a hundred miles of Gustav’s strike zone.
And I realized how deeply scarred I still am by the gross mismanagement of Katrina on every level, from the federal government down to the big animal organizations like HSUS, because my reaction to all of them is skepticism.
Comment by Christie Keith — September 1, 2008 @ 9:06 am
This post reminds me again of my vet friends in N.O.—three kids under the age of three and a bevy of beasts so large it took three cars to evacuate them. Sucks.
Comment by Dr Patty Khuly — September 2, 2008 @ 7:13 am