[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Tom Hannon

It is 3 am Sunday morning. The ETA of Irene is @ 4a.m. It is raining, windy now, but I am sure it will get a lot worse. You guys might have heard of all the shelters set up for all the people in dangerous areas. You might also have heard that many people refused to go to these shelters. A big issue is "NO PETS ALLOWED."

How can a family go to safer ground and leave their pets behind to fend for themselves? Animals are part of the family and I wouldn't leave my pets behind. There are some people on TOTV (We know who you are) that don't believe leaving animals behind is a big deal, but for others, it would be devastating.

Although my location in Ronkonkoma is of no flood danger, I know of a few people in lower areas who are at risk and won't evacuate because of the fear of leaving their pets behind. It is time for the poliical bigshots to wake up and set up shelters so that ALL members of a family can be together in times like this.

Did you mean hurricane?

Be safe Tom.