Step around the poop, if you can

Geeze, Chatsworth,California is on freakin fire...My parents live a few blocks away from the damn inferno-dad is concerned about all the ash he is tracking in (Im rolling my eyes)

So,Tsunami in the Pacific, Hurricanes in the Gulf,Fires and Illegal aliens in California
I say sinful Las Vegas is next-maybe a flock of geese will eat everyone there.


Here is the Evolution of teaching Math:
(Whats Up with this?)

Math in 1950
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His
cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his
profit?


Math In 1960
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His
cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What
is his profit?


Math In 1970
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His
cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?


Math In 1980
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His
cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20 Your
assignment: Underline the number 20.


Math In 1990
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is
selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the
habitat of animals or the preservation of our
woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of
$20. What do you think of this way of making a living?Topic for class participation after answering the
question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the
logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong
answers.)


Math In 2005
Un ranchero vende una carretera de madera para $100.
El cuesto de la produccion era $80. Cuantos tortillas
se puede comprar


WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

-Your house plants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
-Having sex anywhere other than the bed is out of the question.
-You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
-6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
-You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
-You watch the Weather Channel.
-Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
=You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
-Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
-You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.
-Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
-You take naps from noon to 6 PM
-Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset,
rather than settle your stomach.

ewwwwwwwww, Ive got ants. I woke up one morning two weeks ago and there was an ant farm in my bathroom around my sink, after I screamed I got the windex and paper towels out- I saw "My big fat greek weddding" and remembered how the dad used Windex as a cure all for everything,even scratches. I pluged up the sink, perhaps that is the source, I thought. A few ants each day invade my bathroom. Then they went into my garbage that was in the bathroom-I emptied the trash immediately...JUST GO AWAY
and so I started getting used to the creatures in my bathroom.
Tonight, I went into my kitchen,you guessed it, ant farm all on the sink-there they are, tons of the fuckers...I sprayed with whatever I could find to kill them then blocked up the sink in the kitchen. They didnt go into the cupboards,just the sink.
Nasty motherfuckers, they eat anything. Snot,Kotex with blood on it,toothpaste, when they start eating my cats ass I will start shooting

I love this...



He had just saved her from a fire in her house, rescuing her by carrying her out of the house into her front yard, while he continued to fight the fire.

She is pregnant.

When he finally got done putting the fire out, he sat down to catch his breath and rest.

A photographer from the Charlotte, North Carolina newspaper, "The Observer," noticed her in the distance looking at the fireman.

He saw her walking straight toward the fireman and wondered what she was going to do.

As he raised his camera, she came up to the tired man who had saved her life and the lives of her babies and kissed him just as the photographer snapped this photograph.

- If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced
enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

(Hardly seems worth it.)
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- If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is
produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

(Now that's more like it!)
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- The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to
the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

(Oh my gosh!)
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- A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.

(In my next life, I want to be a pig.)
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- A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it
starves to death. (Creepy.)

(I'm still not over the pig.)
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- Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour

(Don't try this at home,maybe at work)

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- The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to
its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")

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- The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human jumping
the length of a football field.

(30 minutes..lucky pig! Can you imagine?)

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- The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.

(What could be so tasty on the bottom of a pond?)
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- Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

(I still want to be a pig in my next life...quality over quantity)
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- Butterflies taste with their feet.

(Something I always wanted to know.)
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- The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

(Hmmmmmm......)
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- Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
left-handed people.

(If you're ambidextrous, do you split the difference?)
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- Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.

(okay, so that would be a good thing)
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- A cat's urine glows under a black light.

(I wonder who was paid to figure that out?)
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- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

(I know some people like that.)
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- Starfish have no brains

(I know some people like that too.)
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- Polar bears are left-handed.

(If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)
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- Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for
pleasure.

(What about that pig??)

Please understand: My heart goes out to all those people,their loved ones and animals who have suffered recently, The event itself, of course is not funny, It's the ironic things around it that everyone can relate to- now thats funny.

The joke rattled through e-mails across the country even as lives hung in the balance after Hurricane Katrina:
What's President Bush's position on Roe vs. Wade?

Answer: He doesn't care how people get out of New Orleans.
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"Michael Brown, the director of FEMA, was nominated by President Bush in 2003 and plans to start the job any day now." -- Jon Stewart (told before Mikey was fired!)

"Experts say it could take 80 days to drain all of the flood water out of New Orleans. When President Bush heard this he said, '80 days, that's half a vacation.' " -- Conan O'Brien

"He could have started planning on Saturday when the radar showed that a hurricane was going to hit the city, but Bush thinks that the jury is still out on weather forecasting." -- Bill Maher

"To his credit, President Bush did respond quickly and he did send troops as soon as he found out Louisiana had oil." -- Jay Leno


Comic D.L. Hughley, on his late-night Comedy Central show last weekend, took on looters who had stolen electronic equipment in a flooded city with no power.

"What are you going to do with a 42-inch plasma TV? Drag it to the roof?" he said. "Take me back! I forgot my remote!"

He also noted how many New Orleans residents were religious, and chose to stay behind while putting their faith in God: "Sometimes God sends the weatherman to say there's a Level 5 hurricane. Sometimes Al Roker is God."

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An anti-abortion group has been shooting around an email describing how Katrina was punishment raining down on America from God for legalized abortion.

Here's their rationale...
Katrina looked, in their mind, like an unborn fetus when coming ashore.


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Cops Looting New Orleans
Mike Perlstein and Brian Thevenot
Times-Picayune Staff writers



A New Orleans police officer is seen carrying DVDs at the Wal-Mart on Tchoupitoulas Tuesday. Many police officers said they felt helpless in enforcing the looters, which were found all over the city.

And in all manner of dress, it would appear--unless of course the DVDs in question have been taken into custody for their own protection, perhaps liberated from the clutches of one of the ubiquitous looters--obviously an action that would be a top priority in a martial law situation.


Law enforcement efforts to contain the emergency left by Katrina slipped into chaos in parts of New Orleans Tuesday with some police officers and firefighters joining looters in picking stores clean.

At the Wal-Mart on Tchoupitoulas Street, an initial effort to hand out provisions to stranded citizens quickly disintegrated into mass looting. Authorities at the scene said bedlam erupted after the giveaway was announced over the radio.

While many people carried out food and essential supplies, others cleared out jewelry racks and carted out computers, TVs and appliances on handtrucks.

Some officers joined in taking whatever they could, including one New Orleans cop who loaded a shopping cart with a compact computer and a 27-inchn flat-screen television. Officers claimed there was nothing they could do to contain the anarchy, saying their radio communications have broken down and they had no direction from commanders.

“We don’t have enough cops to stop it,” an officer said. “A mass riot would break out if you tried.”

Inside the store, the scene alternated between celebration and frightening bedlam. A shirtless man straddled a broken jewelry case, yelling, “Free samples, free samples over here.”

Another man rolled a mechanized pallet, stacked six feet high with cases of vodka and whiskey. Perched atop the stack was a bewildered toddler.

Throughout the store and parking lot, looters pushed carts and loaded trucks and vans alongside officers. One man said police directed him to Wal-Mart from Robert’s Grocery, where a similar scene was taking place. A crowd in the electronics section said one officer broke the glass DVD case so people wouldn’t cut themselves.

“The police got all the best stuff. They’re crookeder than us,” one man said.

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Collection of Recent Hurricane Katrina Headlines:

Louisiana State Officials Request Federal Hurricane Relief Funds In Small-Unmarked Bills
FBI Director Defends Flawed Background Check Of Ex-Fema Director Brown By Actually Finding His Ass With Both Hands On His Third Attempt

Ex FEMA Director Brown Denies Requests To Find His Ass With Both Hands Without At Least Five Days Notice

Revs. Jackson & Sharpton Seek Sanctuary In New York City Mosque Following American Outrage Over Racist Remarks On Bush's Handling Of Katrina Relief Efforts

New York City Mosque Complains Of Jackson/Sharpton Shakedown and Stealing Shoes During Worship Service

Called M this morning around 11 am. He and kitty were on the road again after spending the night in El Paso at a motel. He seemed happy and surprised to report to me that no one had stolen anything from his car overnight. Evidently he had a bad experience at a motel in Texas a while back-someone had stolen his bike from his car.

Anyway, he was on his way to Arizona to stay with aunts,uncles and cousins-a long drive from El Paso-At least he's not in the way of Lovely Rita anymore. He should be back to California by Saturday, the same day Rita is set to hit Galveston

I wonder if anyone will be able to get into either Louisiana or Texas by Saturday.

Well, I will worry until M and Voodoo are safely back to Cali-of course, we get bad ass earthquakes. Standby all you folks-we might need you too.






This is an interesting recent blog entry from Kelsey, the lady who rescued Voodoo, M's cat from his apartment in Orleans parish a few weeks ago..



"Yesterday we visited the sixth ring of HELL. Dr. White called me at 10pm Monday night about a targeted rescue in Meraux for 18 cats in one house. I had never been to Meraux before Katrina, and have no 'before' to compare it to. For those that don't know, this is St. Bernard Parish and the location of the Murphy Oil Refinery. Have you ever seen those shows on Discovery about volcano lava flows- where the lava is thick with a black crust on top? Add septic smell and you've got St. Bernard Parish. They've covered the oil spill on the main roads with sand, so it's not so slick, but this is, or was where the 'toxic water' was. Lakeview water was just an extension of Lake Ponchartrain comparably-relatively clean. First, let me say that this was the MOST challenging roadblock I've gone through. I have a xeroxed letter from Sheriff Harry Lee, of Jefferson Parish, allowing access, a certified letter (with seal-an original document)from Henry Rodriguez, President of St. Bernard Parish allowing access anywhere in the parish and an Iberia Humane Society 'Pet Rescue' sign on my truck. The 'gentlemen' at said checkpoint could not have cared less. They said they didn't care what passes I had, there was a forced evacuation and they expected the area to flood again. When I explained that Dr. White had sent me to rescue 18 specific cats, I was told, " Go in, get them and get out. If we have to come looking for you, it will be with handcuffs." Yea, Dr. White!! There are few street signs, so finding this house was challenging. When we do, it's a 2 story with a well ventilated roof, very little siding and a swamp on the first floor. We didn't see how any cats could still be in the house; it was a wreck. The first thing we noticed, after the condition of the house, was the large dog footprints in the dried mud all around the house and the gutted armadillo in the backyard. Still, we went in. After much searching through really awful stuff, I heard Leah yell "Cat". There, hiding in the box spring of the bed was a Himalayan looking cat. She thought it was dead until she shined the flashlight on it and it moved. It took 3 of us to catch this skinny, dehydrated, filthy cat and he took one of the thick 'cat proof' gloves into the crate with him. In the crate he refused food and water and charged the gate. We looked around some more and found a cat behind the dryer. This cat looked fat and fairly healthy as he ran up the wall, ran circles around us and jumped out of the 2nd floor wall and was gone. We left food and water for him. While we were in the area, I received 2 calls about animals in Chalmette-telepathic that these people knew we were there. We went by both houses. We couldn't see how any animal survived that-I kept calling it the 7th gate of hell, but Leah explained that Dante's Inferno called them rings and this was the 6th. Too philosophical for the occasion and I know I read that in 11th grade humanities class, but have killed too many brain cells in the following years to remember specifics. SUVs were in the air vertically leaning against houses, telephone poles, other cars and piles of debris. The sludge was 7" thick and clung to our boots like glue. I told Jen that it looked like the biggest cowpie she'd ever stepped in-she pulled her foot up and the boot stayed firmly stuck in the gook.
We didn't find either of the animals we were looking for, ut we did find footprints, so we left food and water. On our way out of town, a DEQ truck stopped us to report a dalmatian in front of a house on Palmisano. We went, and sure enough,laying down in the dried muddy grass in front of a house, was the largest dalmatian I've ever seen. Leah brought him water and he growled and charged her. Finally, an area of my expertise. I got a lead and some bisquits and explained to him that I had wolves and he didn't scare me. Maybe it was the babytalk, or maybe it was the gentleman at a house across the street that helped me corner him, but I got the lead around his neck. After that he was fine. I think he was guarding his home and didn't trust any of us and wasn't leaving until his family came home. With Rita approaching, we knew they wouldn't be back for a while and I wasn't leaving without him. My parents have my 12 year old dalmatian (the wolves don't like him) and my husband has a dalmatian that I fight for bed space every night, and I'm a dog person (who primarily rescues cats).
When we were leaving St. Bernard Parish, we passed a big army convoy leaving. When we got Uptown, we noticed that there were NO army checkpoints. We picked up 4 cats on Hillary that the owner told Leah to feed and water, but leave them since they'd be back Wednesday. Hello Hurricane Rita-all bets are off, we called him and he said to get them. this was easy; we put crates on the floor and 2 cats walked into them-the other 2 we caught and put in. 4 cats in Uptown (a non-decimated area)= 15 minutes. 1 cat in Meraux (a majorly destroyed area) 1 hour. The trauma those animals in the lower parishes went through is unimaginable.

I gave you the long story. The short conclusion is that when the lady from Meraux came to claim her cat, it wasn't one of her 18 cats. It turns out, he is a feral cat. Right place right time to be rescued. She named him Leah-Kelsey and had him neutered, vaccinated and bathed. However, she told me today that she'd like to find a home for him since she and her husband don't have the energy to tame a feral cat.
I told Dr. White about the dalmatian we caught and he has the contact information on him, but was not able to catch him. Yippee, he has an owner.

Until we know where Rita is going, getting back in is next to impossible. I received some desperate calls about the 9th ward animals. If anybody is already in, please go and help. We will come back as soon as we can get in. There may be a group going into St. Bernard to deliver dog food to the shelter there (and check for those cats), but we're not sure they'll even be able to get in.

Sorry for the length of this, I couldn't help it. And I've only had 2 beers.

I wish the residents of the lower parishes all of the love and luck I can. And to the deputies at the St. Bernard checkpoint, "Can we do the handcuffs next time?"

Also, thanks to my best friend Jen Deane, who is not really a dog person and is allergic to cats, for going with us and helping. At really awful moments, she made us regain perspective and remember why we were there." gulfsails.blogspot.com

Well, I took my friend, M, to the airport on Monday so he could fly back to New Orleans to pick up Voodoo(cat),his car(which was parked at the airport in New Orleans)and a few things from his apartment. The Mayor of New Orleans was allowing people back into the Orleans parish when he got on the plane at 9:00am
10 minutes before he landed in New Orleans,breaking news-Mayor "cableguy" Nagin changes his mind about letting people back into New Orleans, evidently he was getting pressure from the guys at FEMA that it was not a good idea to allow people back yet.
Call from my friend from New Orleans as he sat in a parking lot at a Rite Aid with Voodoo under his feet, indicated that he was waiting for his security guard friend to arrive, who was going to escort him back to his place and allow him to enter. He states there was no water, only Propel (the energy water) So Voodoo will get his vitamins in his water.
M spent the night at a friends house in the Jefferson Parish.
By Tuesday I was hearing all on the news that a huge ass hurricane (Rita) was gaining strength and was heading to the Florida Keys and, if there is enough rain, perhaps flood the weakened New Orleans-the levees cant take anymore pressure.
So now Nagin is calling for, once again, a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans. Later in the evening,The news was saying that the hurricane had skimmed against Florida, leaving little or no damage behind over there, however, now the fucker was headed straight to Galveston, Texas and Western Louisiana, and gathering strength as the pressure dropped (which means-its subject to be a big-en.)
M spent the night with a friend in Houston(50 miles inland of Galveston).

By today, I was concerned about M as the motherfuckin'storm was bumped up to a category 5 (165 mile an hr winds) I called him this morning, evidently he had gotten the hell out of Dodge very early in the morning with Voodoo and was headed towards El Paso.
He was nearly in San Antonio when I called him this morning around 10am his time.
M told me when he got to his place in New Orleans,someone had stolen his gun, nothing else was missing, there was cat food left on the floor and gross disgusting,petrified hamburgers that made him gag, left there for probably 2 weeks. ycch. M took his computer tower,clothes,equipment,photos and will be back with a Uhaul truck for his furniture, later.
Before he left, I gave him a camera to snap some shots. Ill post them when I get them.
His sister had called to get him a motel in El Paso and they were telling the sister that people from the Galveston and Houston areas were already booking up rooms there so they'd have a place to go when fleeing from the storm

Its about 8 pm in El Paso, M is suppose to be there by now. Talk about a good TV drama-whew. Hope its all smooth from here on, poor guy, poor kitty.

Im tired today, woke up at 2:30 am - Im one of those people who cant take naps during the day like some individuals can. I cant sleep on planes,trains,buses or automobiles either
I just cant relax enough to do that. I also cant eat when Im upset-I have friends who need to eat when they are upset. Cant figure that out.

My friend is going back to New Orleans on Monday to pick up Voodoo,his car and a few of his things in his apartment that werent destroyed by Katrina. Pray for him

He is wondering about how his cat is going to go to the bathroom and should he let him out to go. I told him to give Voodoo a cat box to use for a few days, after all he'll be in a strange area and you may not see him again if you let him loose.

I offered to go to New Orleans with him but I think he is too proud or something to accept any offers like that. But I wouldnt mind.

I am watching America's Funniest Animals- There was clip of some middle aged guy jogging on a wilderness path - Just jogging along- and met a bear, he screamed and turned around- all you see in his ass, he probably poo'd his BVD's

I know,I dont usually enter posts like this, but indulge me please, I am close with a person who live(d) in New Orleans and I feel like I went thru this thing with him-I guess I did and I was glad because it was a humbling experience to help someone you love deal with a tradgedy .

I want to mention just a few of the many phenomenal people who have made a difference to me in such a short time, they indicate to everyone what the meaning of empathy is and when the world gets cold and evil, remember this,hold it close-as this really happened-honest...

My dear close friend had gone out of state on a business trip, a few days prior to orders came to evacuate due to an impending violent hurricane, and only expecting to be gone a few days, Voodoo, the cat, was left with a few days worth of food and water until the return of his person.
That was before the hurricane. Poor Voodoo,living, breathing and dependant,the baby, was on his own.
Up until early in the morning-for 8 days straight, I contacted rescue group after rescue group, signed up with so many organizations,called many good hearted individuals,posted on the NOLA.com pet rescue forum with -"PLEASE SAVE MY CAT-SOS" titled on every subject line
I cried every night,I ate little, I prayed on my knees. Poor Voodoo, where is he? How is he surviving? Is he eating? Will he be found? One night,I happened to be on one of the forums on the NOLA.com site, and noticed someone had posted Gulfsails.blogspot.com because they were showing photos of flooded areas on there. I dont know why, I wasnt really trying to look for pictures,I just wanted Voodoo saved, I went to this blogsite and I looked at the pictures and noticed the address that was posted on there seemed awful close to my friend's address-so because of this, I got creative...I posted another SOS advertisement with my email address, in the comments section - thinking to myself, that the address in the blog posting appears close to the apt that Voodoo is in, perhaps this person can somehow see about Voodoo-or at least feed him.
Next day, I get an email from the person whose blogsite I commented in with my plea, she was requesting that I sign and fax back to her permission to enter the apartment-I did this in 2 seconds.
This was on a Thursday-2 weeks after Voodoo was left alone. Well, little did I know, the person I had commented to was from the Iberia Humane Society who was leaving Iberia at 4am on Saturday to set out to New Orleans to rescue animals by boat.
That Saturday morning, I got a message from this wonderful woman named,Kelsey- she and her crew just rescued Voodoo, he was in their boat safe and sound. I cried with happiness when I heard this. I couldnt wait to dial up my honey with this info, he was so happy-he stumbled over his words and asked tearfully, "are you sure its him?" After I reassured him that it was indeed Voodoo because they were in his apartment when they got him-I called Kelsey back and she said she would take Voodoo to a shelter somewhere where he'd be safe until he was picked up. He was brought to a vet who sent me a digital picture immediately-which I sent to my dear love.
Mike, who was in the crew with Kelsey,had scaled up the balcony using just his arm strength, and rescued Voodoo from under the bed.
I want to give a big lick and a purr to the Iberia Humane Society, especially Kelsey and her crew. A donation will be arriving shortly.

In Kelsey's rescue attempts, she was bitten and scratched by some cats,stepped on a rusty nail and with all that dirty,bacteria ladened water, she developed an infection to which the doctor had ordered some expensive antibiotics. Kelsey stopped at a nearby CVS drug store which was open and who could fill the perscription.

upon entering the pharmacy, she experienced her first air conditioning in 14 days. They had power.
CVS Pharmacy actually filled her Augmentin prescription, which normally costs in the $200 range for 16 pills, for a whopping 85 cents.
85 cents.

When asked if they were billing FEMA or something, the manager explained that CVS was bearing the entire cost for this and that this was one of the ways they were helping out the community.

Kudos to onsite managers, Don Marshall and Gary Safewright and all the CVS people. Further, their entire staff in the store from pharmacists to the cashiers were trucked in from Orlando, Florida. Each CVS Pharmacy in the area is operating with borrowed labor from around the country. These individuals were all staying at a motel in Slidell, LA -over an hour commute each way.
On a more curious note. The managers told Kelsey that they were running supplies from their stores over to a military regiment based near the Causeway Bridge.

One other group of people that bring tears to my eyes are the people who posted in the forums of NOLA.Com-I could ask for any information, any time of the day or night and in about 2 seconds, it would be given to me by someone posting at the forum, Not only did they have good information which they gave quickly, they often followed up to see if you got your answers and bumped your postings over and over. When I announced that Voodoo had been rescued on the forum, scores of people cheered with me. Let us not forget these helpful,wonderful people-some from New Orleans, some from different parts of the world.
To all these people and the countless others who have kind hearts and endless generous spirits , their love and compassion make my heart sing and help me to remember that people can indeed be quite incredible


Voodoo-after the rescue
Looks pretty good for coming thru a hurricane

My friend (from New Orleans)who hasnt been able to get back to his home and thought he had lost his beloved cat got the news that the cat was rescued on saturday morning. The rescue was done by a lady by the name of Kelsey Rivera of the Iberia(Louisiana) Humane Society and is a concerned citizen. She also happens to have a blog Gulfsails.blogspot.com Good read

This is a portion of what she writes in today's entry:
"On our first run, we rescued five cats. This took almost three hours. As we pulled back up to the 'boat launch' a Coast Guard patrol was right next to us having saved an old man in his seventies. He was covered in rashes... He had been living in his house filled with that water for 13 days. They got someone's dad, or grandfather, or brother. We got five cats."

There are also some pics of a portion of New Orleans in there. Interesting

I spoke with her after the rescue and she told me that she had to drive the boat right up to his porch.

Let me put in a plug for the people on the NOLA.com pet rescue forum....they rock and should run FEMA. They gave me tips of people to contact for rescue,sent my posted messages of needing help to others everywhere they could think of,gave good,helpful suggestion and gave morale support,allowing anyone to vent vent vent,you know,when those fucking celebrities demanded to come to into the city and did nothing but get on their soapboxes-well maybe there was help for one or two people, so the celebrity could get publicity,and then they got out of there quick and in a hurry.
NOLA.com pet people contacted various news and organizations when they heard something horrible such as the shooting of dogs for no reason and the maniac guard who ripped "Snowball" out of a little boys arms and watched him cry until he threw up,
and everybody hated the coruptness of Red Cross,who goes under the guise of "helping". One of the forum members called a honcho at that organization and was told by her that "no animal will ever be allowed in one of their shelters"
Another member told of how Red Cross has always been gangster like- "what do you expect,they sold blood on the black market during the Vietnam war."
Many others had scarey ass stories about this organization, the same one that goes around pretending to care and collecting money for the needy. Damn did you know the CEO makes $450,000 a year? Is this supposed to be a non profit agency?

NOLA pet forum wrote letters,emailed,called and gave tips quickly and got things done fast, without reservation or hesitation
Guess what? They changed alot of things because of their quick persistance and because they didnt fight alone. Everybody supported and still support each other


My greatest respect to everyone here. Kudos
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Article found on Washington Post regarding those not so wonderful idiot Red Cross thugs that you give your damn money to-Hopefully you'll think twice about doing that ever again:

Best Friends Need Shelter, Too
By Karen Dawn
Saturday, September 10, 2005; Page A23

The week after Hurricane Katrina hit, the media covered the thousands of low-income people trapped for lack of means to get out. Almost two weeks later, thousands still hadn't left, in many cases because official policy would not accept the bond between people and their nonhuman family members. Members of a frustrated rescue team simplified it for a "Dateline" news crew: They said people were refusing to be evacuated simply because "they won't leave their pets."

There is a class issue involved here. While Marriott hotels welcomed the pets of Katrina evacuees as "part of the family," people who had to rely on the Red Cross for shelter were forced to abandon that part of the family or attempt to ride out the storm. It cannot be denied that many poor people are dead as a result of "no pets" policies.



The Los Angeles Times reported on Patricia Penny, who wondered whether her son Billy had survived. She had begged him to leave, but he was afraid to abandon his animals. CNN showed the rescue of a family, including a dog, sitting on a rooftop as a boat pulled up. The boat left without the dog. Staying with a dog and risking their own lives is not an option for people who have children to provide for. The parents were given no choice but to abandon the dog, and to break their children's hearts. As they pulled away they all watched their trusting, confused and terrified canine family member alone on the roof.

At Red Cross shelters there are families that have lost their homes and all of their possessions but are thanking God that they are all safe. Others are frantic, unable to think of anything besides the slow deaths of beloved companion animals they were forced to leave on rooftops or at bus boarding points. One woman, with no other possessions left, offered her rescuer the wedding ring off her finger to save her dog, to no avail.

A young boy carried a dog in his arms as he tried to board a bus to the Houston Astrodome. Dogs were not allowed. The Associated Press story reported that "a police officer took one from a little boy, who cried until he vomited. 'Snowball, Snowball,' " he cried." In a similar story, an old woman, traveling alone except for the poodle in her arms, was forced to leave him behind to wander the streets. We have read other stories of elderly people forced to choose between their lifesaving medications or their life-affirming pets. CNN's Anderson Cooper even reported on a woman, legally blind, who for 10 days had been told that she could not take her service dog with her if she was evacuated. She had stayed put until the CNN cameras arrived and the police relented.

Many large hotel chains, aware of the human-animal bond, now allow guests of varied species. Sadly, those organizations on which we rely, not when on vacation but in life-or-death circumstances, are not up with the times.

The pets pulled from people's arms would not have taken seats meant for humans. There is no reasonable explanation for abandoning them. They were the last vestiges of sweetness, in some cases the only living family, of those who had nothing left. But the police officers were just following orders -- orders that reflect an official policy inconsistent with how people feel about their animals.

Red Cross shelters that do not have animal-friendly areas, or do not coordinate with humane groups to make sure that there are animal shelters nearby, are out of touch with the needs of a society in which 60 percent of families have pets and many view them as intrinsic members of the family.

Karen Dawn runs the animal advocacy Web site DawnWatch.com and is a contributor to "In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave," edited by Peter Singer.

Hey,Directors in the private sector are idiots too.
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FEMA Dir. Mike Brown fired from prior job at Horse Assoc.
by Goldy at HorsesAss
Fri Sep 2nd, 2005 at 00:46:22 PDT
[editor's note, by Goldy at HorsesAss] Revised title


"An unmitigated, total fucking disaster." That's not a quote from Mike Brown, but rather, a quote describing him. And most disturbingly, it's not even a reference to his dismal performance as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This blunt critique was emailed to me from a regular reader who was apparently attracted to HorsesAss.org by her passion for politics and her love of Arabian horses.


I think I've told you that I'm into Arab horses. Well, for 3 years Michael Brown was hired and then fired by our IAHA, the International Arabian Horse Assoc. He was an unmitigated, total fucking disaster. I was shocked as hell when captain clueless put him in charge of FEMA a couple of years ago.

Goldy at HorsesAss's diary :: ::

He or the WH lied on the WH presser announcing him to FEMA. IAHA was never connected to the Olympic Comm, only the half Arab registry then and the governing body to the state and local Arabian horse clubs. He ruined IAHA financially so badly that we had to change the name and combine it with the Purebred registry.

I am telling you this after watching the fucking shipwreck in the Gulf. His incompetence is KILLING people.


Yes, that's right... the man responsible for directing federal relief operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, sharpened his emergency management skills as the "Judges and Stewards Commissioner" for the International Arabian Horses Association... a position from which he was forced to resign in the face of mounting litigation and financial disarray.

And what of that misleading White House press release?


From 1991 to 2001, Brown was the Commissioner of the International Arabian Horse Association, an international subsidiary of the national governing organization of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

I can't even begin to fact check the dates or IAHA's alleged relationship to the US Olympic Committee, because of course, the IAHA doesn't exist anymore, so there's nothing to Google. But it begs the question... how the hell did his prior job experience prepare Brown to head FEMA?

Well, judging by his agency's performance over the past few days... it didn't.

[Cross-posted at HorsesAss.org]

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In New Orleans earlier this week, Al Duvernay lowers Rusty the dog into his boat. An HSUS Team was expected to be granted access to the city on Sunday to help rescue stranded pets. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

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September 3, 9:16 p.m.
For animals stranded in New Orleans, more help has finally arrived.

Members of the HSUS National Disaster Animal Response Team (DART) were expected to enter New Orleans alongside staff members of the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (LSPCA) on Sunday morning, September 4. It’s a major turning point for pets and other animals stranded in the city, which had been closed off to our animal rescuers by federal and state authorities who had been closely controlling access in attempts to handle the confusion and danger that has beset the city.

As HSUS rescuer Diane Webber put it earlier in the day, “It may be too late for some. It may be just in time for others.”

Pleas for Help

The desperate calls being taken at the HSUS’s emergency call center in Washington show there is no time to lose: Untold numbers of companion animals, left behind by caregivers who could not take them along, wait -- in bathrooms, attics, bedrooms, office suites, hospital corridors -- wherever their desperate owners believed they could survive a few days on their own. The lucky ones have food and water for a few days. But their luck won’t hold for too many days longer.

“Please break in when you get somebody over there,” one caller to the HSUS hotline pled. The caller was one of many forced to leave their animals behind as they fled Katrina’s approach. “Please help, my neighbor was feeding the cats but she fled when the looting began,” a second caller implored. “Could you just help get some medicine to my pet?” another person asked. “I will get my keys to your team,” a man told one HSUS responder. “Just get in there and get my cat, please.”

HSUS responders also heard from people associated with the situations at Lindy Boggs Hospital and Mercy Hospital, where dozens of staff members’ pets were being housed on the upper levels. At one of the hospitals, reportedly, there is just a single doctor caring for all of the animals; according to callers, he committed himself to staying behind to provide care after rescue workers evacuated patients and staff members late last week.

A Galvanizing Rescue

In the meantime, DART team members in both Mississippi and Louisiana have been working to provide relief and assistance to animals and those seeking to help them. HSUS personnel helped to set up shelter/transfer stations in Jackson and two other locations in Mississippi, and are now rescuing animals in the hardest-hit areas, including Jackson County. In Louisiana, we’ve been working at the LSPCA’s animal transfer/housing station in Gonzales.

Late Friday night, HSUS rescuers, working with members of the Humane Society of South Mississippi, picked up 42 cats and 89 dogs in Gulfport, Mississippi—survivors of a 30-foot storm surge that hit the facility where they had been housed. The animals were driven to a staging area and temporary shelter in Jackson, where they were evaluated and treated. Eventually, these fortunate animals will be transferred to the care of animal shelters around the country.

Calls of Compassion

Those staffing the HSUS telephones have also answered calls from thousands of compassionate people, offering practical assistance, volunteering to go to the impact zones, and adding their funds to those already collected by The HSUS since Katrina’s ruinous strike -- funds that will be poured into our relief efforts as they unfold in the days ahead.

More than a few of those who contacted The HSUS wanted to know about Snowball, the dog taken from a little boy trying to board a bus at the New Orleans Superdome last Thursday. Unfortunately, his fate, like that of so many other beloved companion animals, hangs in the balance.

By Bernie Unti

Found on one of the websites (noah's wish) that are rescuing animals in the New Orlean's area:

SHELTER INFORMATION

Noah's Wish has setup a Disaster Animal Shelter in conjunction with Slidell Animal Control at the address below:

1325 Bayou Lane
Slidell, LA
(Located next to Heritage Park)


*** Please do not send anything (donations, care packages, etc.) to this address. There is no mail or package service (UPS, FedEx, etc) in the area. Individual supplies should go to our St. Louis Area supply staging at the address below:

Roger Smith
Noah's Wish
8762 Klondike Road
Worden, IL 62097


Questions regarding donation items should be addressed to supplies@noahswish.org with SUPPLY AND EQUIPMENT in the subject line.

Large truck shipment donors should us at supplies@noahswish.org for special instructions.

Please be patient, our Logistics Department staff are processing donation offers as quickly as possible.



DISASTER UPDATES

Update: September 3, 2005 4:45 p.m. Pacific Time

Press Release

ALERT TO PET OWNERS IN SLIDELL, LA: COME TO HERITAGE PARK TO CLAIM RESCUED ANIMALS OR REPORT STRANDED PETS


(NEW YORK, NY) September 3, 2005 – Noah’s Wish, a not-for-profit organization that work exclusively to rescue and shelter animals in disasters is rescuing animals from evacuated homes in Slidell, Louisiana. The pets are being housed at a temporary animal shelter and Noah’s Wish is working with Slidell Animal Control to coordinate the rescue of hundreds of abandoned and stranded pets in the city of Slidell. The Animal Control building sustained extensive damage during Hurricane Katrina. Noah’s Wish staff and volunteers on the ground do not have phone, cell phone or web access at this time and are unable to communicate outside the Slidell area. Noah’s Wish is asking that pet owners from Slidell not call or send email, as communication is limited. PET OWNERS WHO LIVE IN SLIDELL NEED TO COME TO HERITAGE PARK TO REPORT A LOST OR STRANDED PET. Noah’s Wish staff will be at Heritage Park from 8am to 7pm every day for at least the next 3 weeks. Pet owners must come in person to determine if their pet is at the shelter, as the number of pets being rescued is expected to reach the hundreds.

This temporary shelter will have the ability to house hundreds of animals. Trained Noah’s Wish volunteers, veterinarians, and veterinary technicians will work around the clock to provide medical services, care and much-needed love and affection to these traumatized animals. Pet owners may pick up food and supplies from Noah’s Wish volunteers in Heritage Park. Donations of pet food, blankets, dog kennels etc. may be left at Heritage Park.

“Yesterday, we found a Chihuahua sitting in a kitchen sink,” said Terri Crisp, Founder and Director of Noah’s Wish. “The waters in the house rose so high, the poor little guy got swept into the sink, where he remained when the waters receded.” The Chihuaha was taken to the temporary animal shelter where he was checked by a veterinarian and provided food, water and a much-needed warm bed. All animals coming into the shelter will be tracked and Noah’s Wish hopes to be able to reunite owners with their four-legged family members.

“Noah’s Wish exists to help people as much as we do pets,” says Crisp. “Temporary shelter for pets will be offered to residents who lost their homes and are unable to keep their animals with them in shelters or hotels.” Noah’s Wish also cares for wildlife. Yesterday, a baby squirrel was found among the rubble and was fed every four hours overnight by a volunteer. Trained Noah’s Wish volunteers from around the country are taking time off work and paying their own expenses to travel to Louisiana to assist with pet rescue.

Donations are desperately needed and can be made at WWW.NOAHSWISH.ORG. Donations go directly to help the animals of this disaster and cash is preferred as it allows the organization to purchase the supplies needed. Questions should be emailed to info@noahswish.org or a message can be left at 530-622-9313.

WWW.NOAHSWISH.ORG

Noah’s Wish is a 501 c3 not-for-profit organization based in Placerville, California (near Sacramento). Donations may be mailed to Noah’s Wish P.O. Box 997 Placerville, CA 95667

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These groups are mobilizing to shelter and rescue animals (several of these groups are in the vicinity and are waiting for permission to enter the evacuated area).:

Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS)
www.ears.org
info@uan.org
(916) 429-2457

Noah's Wish
www.noahswish.org
info@noahswish.org
530-622-9313
Pagers: 877-575-0128 or 800-746-9390

Humane Society of the United States
1-202-452-1100
972-488-2964 (Dallas office)

American Humane
http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pa_disaster_relief

Humane Society of Northwest Louisiana has set up a shelter in Shreveport:
http://www.hsnwla.org/index.php?paged=1
Phone: (318) 219-PETS
info@hsnwla.org

Found on the nola.com forum:
We have opened a pet shelter at Blackham Coliseum in Lafayette, right next to theCajundome. Evacuees may bring their pets their for housing. We have PLENTY of food, water, crates, cages, bedding and newspaper. BUT the owners are responsible for feeding, watering, walking and medicating their own pets.
Interested parties may call Lafayette Parish Animal Control at337-291-5644 for more information.
Also many area vets are accepting animals right now, until they fill up.Get the Yellow Pages out!