Pets and evacuations

[Trekker4747]

I really hope you have no pets because gods help them if you do.

Why? I would love it make sure it's properly feed, cared for and got it's medical needs met. But if a man comes to my door and says, "Sir we have to evacuate you right now [some disaster is going to occur] grab whatever you need and be ready in 15 minutes and, I'm sorry, due to space limitations we cannot allow pets."

I'd feel bad about it but I'd have to leave the pet behind I do not value his life more than I value my own.

I'm not likely to ever be in such a situation so if I had a pet I wouldn't have to worry about this happening. In a perfect situation, yeah, I'd bring the pet but if it's my life or the dog's, sorry, the dog's life is less important to me than my own.

All that means, however, is that you're willing to use your pet until it's no longer convenient to do so, and then you leave it behind to fend for itself. I'm sorry, but that pet is your responsibility. It is your job to protect it's life to the best of your ability. To leave it behind it unconscionable. It's not the pet's fault you can't plan ahead.

And if the best of my ability still leads me to a man standing at my door saying, "Sir we cannot bring pets along." I've done all I can. I don't think I'm in danger of any kind of situation coming along where I'd need to leave my hypothetical pet behind happening but if it were to happen -and I were to have a pet- I hope I'd first of all get out dodge before an evacuation would be required (and honestly no such situation short of an asteroid strike or war is likely to happen where I live). I'm assuming an unplanned, oh-shit, type situation here where the National Guard is coming by and going, "You need to get out, NOW! Godzilla is coming!" or something like that. A situation where time and space are critical and those forcing me aren't budging on the whole "bring the dog" thing.

Any pet I would have I would certainly love and done anything and everything for but I'm not going to value its life more than my own and if my survival mean its death then I'd probably feel very bad and torn-up about the loss. But I can't put his and my probable survival over my own ensured survival.

American laws, apparently, require evacuations to include pets, great and fantastic. And since local and national authorities are known for knowing all of the most recent changes to law and adhering to them and are in no way encouraged by superiors to only let it go into play when asked, I feel great about that. But since in the real world an official forcing you to leave your home isn't likely to be very accommodating when it comes to your "rights" and your pets it's still an argument you may lose. But that's all hypothetical.

I would try and save my [hpothetical] pet's life along with my own to the best of my ability but if the other party isn't budging on the issue or insisting I leave it behind in favor of my own life then, sorry, I'm going to go on living.

But we're talking about a likely never happen situation in my case as I don't live an area where a "your life or your pet's" situation is ever to come up. The most "disastrous" thing that can happen to me is a tornado and since I live in an apartment with no tornado shelter around me; him and I are pretty much both screwed so we can hide in the bathtub with a mattress over us together.

 

[Amaris]

Why? I would love it make sure it's properly feed, cared for and got it's medical needs met. But if a man comes to my door and says, "Sir we have to evacuate you right now [some disaster is going to occur] grab whatever you need and be ready in 15 minutes and, I'm sorry, due to space limitations we cannot allow pets."

I'd feel bad about it but I'd have to leave the pet behind I do not value his life more than I value my own.

I'm not likely to ever be in such a situation so if I had a pet I wouldn't have to worry about this happening. In a perfect situation, yeah, I'd bring the pet but if it's my life or the dog's, sorry, the dog's life is less important to me than my own.

All that means, however, is that you're willing to use your pet until it's no longer convenient to do so, and then you leave it behind to fend for itself. I'm sorry, but that pet is your responsibility. It is your job to protect it's life to the best of your ability. To leave it behind it unconscionable. It's not the pet's fault you can't plan ahead.

And if the best of my ability still leads me to a man standing at my door saying, "Sir we cannot bring pets along." I've done all I can. I don't think I'm in danger of any kind of situation coming along where I'd need to leave my hypothetical pet behind happening but if it were to happen -and I were to have a pet- I hope I'd first of all get out dodge before an evacuation would be required (and honestly no such situation short of an asteroid strike or war is likely to happen where I live). I'm assuming an unplanned, oh-shit, type situation here where the National Guard is coming by and going, "You need to get out, NOW! Godzilla is coming!" or something like that. A situation where time and space are critical and those forcing me aren't budging on the whole "bring the dog" thing.

Any pet I would have I would certainly love and done anything and everything for but I'm not going to value its life more than my own and if my survival mean its death then I'd probably feel very bad and torn-up about the loss. But I can't put his and my probable survival over my own ensured survival.

American laws, apparently, require evacuations to include pets, great and fantastic. And since local and national authorities are known for knowing all of the most recent changes to law and adhering to them and are in no way encouraged by superiors to only let it go into play when asked, I feel great about that. But since in the real world an official forcing you to leave your home isn't likely to be very accommodating when it comes to your "rights" and your pets it's still an argument you may lose. But that's all hypothetical.

I would try and save my [hpothetical] pet's life along with my own to the best of my ability but if the other party isn't budging on the issue or insisting I leave it behind in favor of my own life then, sorry, I'm going to go on living.

But we're talking about a likely never happen situation in my case as I don't live an area where a "your life or your pet's" situation is ever to come up. The most "disastrous" thing that can happen to me is a tornado and since I live in an apartment with no tornado shelter around me; him and I are pretty much both screwed so we can hide in the bathtub with a mattress over us together.

I would risk my life for my pet.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

The thing is how long are you in the shelters for? It's not like it's an overcrowded lifeboat with no sign of the shore. You are in them for maybe 3 days maximum, usually less. As soon as it is safe to leave everyone who has somewhere to go leaves.

Though pets may be smelly and add to the chaos and discomfort the only real objection I can see to the being in a shelter is someone having an asthma attack.

I personally would not risk my life for my pets. They are great, I take good care of them and my cats seem to be very happy animals but they are faaaaar down on my list of caring compared to people.

 

[Trekker4747]

The thing is how long are you in the shelters for? It's not like it's an overcrowded lifeboat with no sign of the shore. You are in them for maybe 3 days maximum, usually less. As soon as it is safe to leave everyone who has somewhere to go leaves.

Tell that to the the people of New Orleans.

 

[Ood Sigma]

Several years ago we had a fire at our house (the dishwasher caught on fire). I was sleeping at the time. When I smelled smoke and saw the fire, I immediately got my grandmother out of the house and got my dog out as well. The cats, however, had scattered and hidden and I couldn't find them. I stuck my head back in but the smoke was overwhelming. I felt guilty as hell as the fire trucks came, knowing that my cats could be in there dying. Fortunately they were smart and went down into the basement - they all survived with no issues. It was tough not to go in after them but I knew the only thing that might happen is that I would do major damage to my own lungs.

 

[JoeZhang]

If it came to it and I had to leave my dog to die, I'd do the moral thing and kill it myself rather than leave it to die in a fire or flood.