It's so sad that only 10 % of pets were reunited. These poor animals never understood what happened, and we're so badly traumatized. Thanks to all the rescue groups that did their best to help these animals !
I could never, EVER, leave my little dog behind in a situation like this. I would rather stay behind and get killed with him, rather than leaving him behind scared and alone to defend for himself.
The afternoon before Katrina hit us, our cats were trying to get out of the house like crazy! I noticed and kept watching, and tried to keep them locked in my room but everyone was busy gathering things and putting things high up, so I had to keep telling my family to keep my door closed. We had a kennel to put them in. To my horror, my cats escaped....the mama, Bella ran to the front door and meowed to her daughter, Ella to follow her. It was like Bella knew what was happening and wanted to get her baby to safety. I chased them but they were gone. I still think about them. The good thing was that there ended up being only very minimal damage, so I know they survived. I still pray that they found a new family.
🐱 Sorry bout that, yep typical Cat super sense behaviour, Cats are amazing and powerful survivors, I'm sure they did ok, but if not, than they also know how to die gracefully also... a poem comes to mind.. 🐯🌹♥️🌹 "I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself." - D. H. Lawrence.
I was in the gulf for Karina and Rita - 2005 was one helluva hurricane season. We took in people and animals. We were in the panhandle and people moved towards Texas and the animals were moved towards Florida. (mostly, not all of course) We had so many pets and livestock come through and as sad as it was it was amazing to see all the people step up and take in as many animals as they could.
J McIntosh It’s hard sometimes actually. When you’re in the midst of a natural disaster and you HAVE to leave immediately, sometimes dogs and cats end up hiding themselves. I’ve heard of it a lot especially with tornadoes. They end up hiding and it’s actually better to leave instead of stay an try searching and end up dying. Then again a tornado and a hurricane are two different things. You have time to leave when a hurricane is coming, where as a tornado, not so much.
@@jaylon534 We just had a tornado watch Saturday. I went to my parents who live across the street from my grandparents who have a basement. My cat went behind the sofa so I told mom if the sirens go off she was on grab duty because she was closest to her.
Buses??? FEMA didn't send us buses until 3-4 days later!!! Our Mayor had to get on national TV and yell and demand for buses to be sent for the people who had been forced to evacuate to the Superdome and the Convention Center because they had no cars or any way to get out of the city as the hurricane approached! People drowned, and the elderly and babies had died from dehydration without water or food.
I remember that! I'm actually from Louisiana and had to move to Texas because of Katrina. But I remember that Mayor Nagan had to scream and demand help because no one was doing anything. 😢
I volunteered with a shelter here in Illinois. We got a dog from Katrina. When I went to clean her ears, they where full of sand. Her name was Rachael, but I called her Mama cause u could see she had once had puppies. She was a sweet girl.
I remember when my husband was dispatched down there for back up power crews. He told me it smelled of death ans mildew. I think something broke in him that day, because he's never spoken about it, and refuses to even watch shows regarding Katrina.
I grew up with 3 dogs in southeastern New York State. They passed away a long time ago. They were family. I loved them so much. We had a shih tzu, a cockapoo (cocker spaniel and poodle mix) and an English mastiff (BIG DOG). It must have been agonizing for pet owners in New Orleans and surrounding areas to have to leave their pets behind. One thing about dogs is that they are VERY loyal and will love you unconditionally.
I just started getting into these incredible Storm Stories. I feel like if I watch this Storm Story, I'll be ruined for the others; that they'll all be anti-climatic.
Y'all need to touch grass before getting angry at the victims. They werent allowed to take their pets. It was leave your pets behind or die. They Had No Choice. A choice made under coercion is not consent. Threat of death takes away your ability to consent. They didn't want to leave their pets behind, they didnt choose to leave their pets behind, they Had No Options. Be violently angry at the evacuation laws, at the people who ran it, and the people in charge who didn't demand evacuation until far Far to late. But Do Not be cruel to victims. I Promise You They Are More Upset Than You Could Ever Be, safe and sound on your bed or watching this from the shitter. Calm down.
When do we get to see part 2 ? I am sharing this video and will donate what I can to the Utah rescue group. I feed 6 semi feral cats & spend $100 a month doing it. I won't let them starve. I own 3 cats and leave food & water out on the balcony every morning so the neighborhood cats can come and eat and drink. NO cat will ever starve as long as I live. The heat here in the SF Bay Area has been brutal this week. It supposedly set a record of 102F today and is 106F in Pittsburg, Ca, where my girlfriend lives with 2 black cats she rescued from abuse 1 year ago, Cleo & Caesar. I've had 24 cats in 41 years and she has had many cats in her 62 years as well.
@@lilith573 There is a long haired black cat that lives next to the senior center where I feed Orangey and Grey. I feed him too and now a new grey kitty who looks like one of those cats with a big head ( Persians ? ) has shown up. Very shy but he let me pet him tonight as I had fed him a couple of times and he flinches. Tonight I told him he was not going to get hurt and that I love kitties. I gave him a pouch of Friskies Gravy Sensations and dry food and he loved it, so I reached down and he let me pet and scratch his head & pet his body while he was eating. His long fur is very soft. Total cats that show up now counting mine is 13. A neighbors tuxedocat comes IN my apartment for food as does a neighbors other tuxedo cat who lives upstairs. He likes to talk to himself and will let me pet him. Both tend to growl at my cats and mine are just curious.
George Senda as a cat lover myself, you are amazing. I love my cats. I have 17 Im on a farm though so- half of them are wild. But i feed them anyway. I have a black and white kitten named Ceil. Hes a complete sweet heart and I love and need him.
I would not have left without my kitty, hes either comin or we both staying. So sad what happened to so many people. I cant believe people tied up their animals..they are safer untied.
I was only 4 when Katrina came through. This was the storm that sparked my interest in meteorology and made me want to pursue it as a hobby/career. My mom remembers little toddler me pointing to the TV as the news was going on about Katrina saying, "that's a bad storm!" With a sort of awe in my voice. She should've known! Lol 10+ years later, don't exactly remember when, we drove to see my grandparents in Texas. When we drove through New Orleans, there was still damage from Katrina. A few houses were condemned and boarded up and people didn't bother to remove them. It was sad but also very cool. If you live in a hurricane prone area, please don't take any chances and evacuate when a hurricane/tropical storm is coming your way. As we've seen from Irma and Wilma, it can rapidly strengthen and you won't have any time to evacuate safely. Houses can be rebuilt, lives can't. Also PLEASE take your pets. They are family too.
I could never leave my cat subjected to that environment and hope she survives. I wouldn’t be able to handle knowing I could have helped her but didn’t.
I'm still haunted by that little boy whose family lost everything, and after a hellish week at the Superdome, officials ripped his tiny dog from his arms, saying he couldn't take it on the bus. I still remember him sobbing "Snowball!" and crying so hard he threw up. An awful lot of people didn't have money or means to leave: public transportation was shut down several days before the hurricane arrived, and employers wouldn't let people take off early. Back then, almost no shelters allowed pets, and good luck finding a hotel that would allow them. So you could only take your pets if (a) you owned a car in a city where public transportation was usually pretty good and (b) you had relatives to stay with. Some people left their pets to die. Other people died because they refused to leave their pets. I'm glad that emergency planners are gradually coming to realize that it's a horrible choice to have to make, and that accommodation should be made so that people don't have to make that choice when weighing whether to evacuate.
All of these irresponsible assholes had a week or more warning about the storm and ignored it. They suffered greatly due to their arrogance, and their pets suffered and/or die due to it.
7:41 with cats, you don’t really have to worry about them going to the bathroom so much, they can withhold for 24 to 48 hours in hospital. They can hold it almost indefinitely to our standards lol. So honestly save your fur babies, they will be happy and thankful. They can hold it. They just want to be with you. I am pretty sure that Katrina and Harvey both tied for costliest hurricane damage, and they weren’t even the same category. $127 billion. Just think about it, Houston, Texans have a lot of assets tied up in that city. Also, I was born and raised in Florida. I am a native Floridian; however, I felt God leading me to move away from Florida. I live in the Dallas area now. I cannot imagine losing my fur babies or being separated like this, and Hurricane Irma made it very clear that it could become a very real scenario for me. They evacuated the east side of Florida, and Hurricane Irma went up the west side, the side I lived on. Don’t build your houses on the sand, people. Literally.
People who leave their pets behind during disasters piss me off. You made a commitment to take care of that animal. They don't know whats going on and theyre trusting you to protect them. If your mindset is "its just a pet" then dont get one. Its unfair to the animals.
Idk Jones some people who leave their pets in a disaster have that. Others are like that guy who thought by leaving his cats with food and a note will give both of them a better chance or survival, and others have no choice because human rescue groups and storm shelters won’t let them take their animals and they have loved ones depending on them so they have to leave the pets behind. Don’t be so quick to group everyone together.
@@pisces2569 If the storm is so bad that you have to evacuate obviously its too bad to leave your pets in. Id rather sleep on the street with my animals than leave them behind because "shelters wont take them in". Which btw if you're evacuating hotels and FEMA are required to let you keep your pets now. So theres no excuse. Letting them run free outside is a better option than locking them in a house where they cant escape. Dont get a pet if you arent going to FULLY take care of them.
Idk Jones FEMA does not require hotels and shelters to let you keep vets. It requires that an alternate storm shelter be set up for pets only. Hotels and human shelters still have the right to refuse pets. Second while that may be easy for you to say and do. Not everyone in the same circumstances can. People taking care of kids, disabled, or elderly loved ones have to put their lives and theirs first before pets. People who cannot evacuate for medical or logistic reasons may have no choice but to leave their pets at home while they go to a shelter especially if they require medical care like oxygen. Yes there are people who have the ability to evacuate their pets and chose not to do because of selfishness but not every one who leaves their pets has the ability to take them. Second you say this from the comfort of your own home. It’s easy to make that declaration. These people had to make these decisions with a category 5 hurricane which meteorologists were predicting to be the deadliest yet while living below sea level. The circumstances to make that choice are much more dire and urgent, especially when you have loved ones depending on you
@@pisces2569 Hurricanes give you days, if not weeks worth of time to prepare. And also yes they do require hotels in area to allow pets, as well as setting up emergency shelters. Its part of the Stanford act/ PETS act. So that still gives you days to take your pet to a shelter or prepare to go to a hotel. If not, once again just open your doors and let them free. Its still safer than locking them in a house to die. There are no excuses, just stupidity and selfishness.
Idk Jones no argument there except with hotels. Again that is a misconception with the new laws post-Katrina. There is a difference between being forced to leave your pet home but setting your house up with excess food and water and letting them roam to increase chance of survival than choosing to leave them behind tied up outside with no escape or any chance of survival
I only made it 6 minutes. I really don't want to hear about kitties being abandoned (and yes, I'm well aware that he really didn't have an option at that point and I'm not blaming him for what happened to his cats beyond the "I really wish you'd listened to your daughter or at least sent your cats to your daughter's place" I'm sure we all felt when hearing this story).
It's the unpopular opinion, but I do value good humans' lives over animal lives. Not that I'm ok with animals being abandoned under normal circumstances, but these were not normal circumstances. The people who left their animals were forced into exceptional circumstances, and it's impossible to truly predict what you yourself would do until you are put into those circumstances. I do believe there are some people out here who would stay with their animals no matter what, but these people are likely living alone with their animals, and that's fair enough if that's their decision. Those of us who have spouses and kids have to put them first. Having a baby myself really put into perspective where my priorities are, and I've chosen to just not have a pet for now while my full devotion is to my baby. I know for sure that my baby comes first over any pet that I'd have.
I could not leave either of my two very small dogs, because they are totally dependent on me for everything. They are two small to survive alone...Bugger animals woukd certainly attack them.
What horrible people!! You should be ashamed leaving an helpless animal depending on you!!! I would never leave my dog. you are sick people, selfish and shamful!! You should never again in your life be allowed to have an animal, never!!!!!
I saw many of these stories where the owners. Leave there pets behind ? Can someone please explains why ? Like I would never leave my dog during this time 😢
Honestly you say you would never leave your dog, but you don't know what you would do until you're in that situation. I take my cat everywhere with me if there's bad weather, but if I'm forced to leave my cat behind, then I don't really have a choice. I do love my animals to death and would do anything for them, but shelters wouldn't take in the animals half the time. My aunt lives in New Orleans and luckily, she was able to evacuate with her pets, but there were some people who just couldn't evacuate. The guy in the episode said that he didn't want to leave his cats, but he didn't have a choice. He was being forced to evacuate from the building and shelters wouldn't allow you to bring your pets with you. It sucks that that's the case and I pray that I'm never in that situation, but the best way to be sure that you won't have to leave your pets behind is to evacuate if you can and take your pets with you.
Kayla Rose, I can officially say that I would NEVER leave my dog! Ever! We would go down together. There is NO EXCUSE for ever leaving your pets behind! NONE!
@@carriepike5291 I hear that. I wouldn't leave mine behind either. However, I have several ball pythons (I breed them), 2 mini horses, 3 cats, and 2 small dogs. And if a shelter allowed me to take a choice few of them, I would stay behind, and if it got really bad, I'd kill them and myself. (Jan Griffiths).
Because you're young and a fool. You can't comprehend this storm. Guarantee you would have left your animals in the blink of an eye when your life was at stake.
When a meteorologist tells you to run, you run. Let the meteorologist’s warning be God’s sign to be saved I’m sorry, but the odds are against you when 10+ feet of water meet your house with extreme force.
So disappointing that this whole episode was all about New Orleans. I'm not surprised. I live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast where the eye wall hit with its 28 foot storm surge that wiped miles of homes and businesses off their foundations. Waveland Mississippi is ground zero for Katrina, not New Orleans. New Orleans flooded because their crooked government let the levies go in the poorest parts of the city to sacrifice them to save the richer areas. Sad! Hopefully the part one on this means there's a part 2 for ground zero here in Mississippi the "land mass" as they called us over here that has always been forgotten concerning Katrina. New Orleans flooded due to a lake and levies. Mississippi's entire 80 mile coast was devastated by the Gulf coming in and high winds.
You decided to leave your cat!! Unless it was outside you you couldn't get him/her i get that. But if you left a cat inside and left enough food, you should never be able to own another cat! I would never leave my cats!
I have 2 cats. They are the only things keeping me from depression. If I never saw one of them again I’d probably kill myself. Hell I can barley take trips for a couple weeks without the,
First Chapter yes human lives are worth more. However, there are many stories and points of view to be told about Katrina. This is one of them. There are other storm stories episodes about the unman aspect of Katrina
i know people think of their pets as members of their own family. but at some point you have to make a choice, it's either your pets lives or your own life. WEIGH IT. if anything i'd be sad to have leave my animals behind but if it came to me choosing between my family's survival or my pets, id choose my family. a human life is more important than any dog or cat
I can tell you I would never leave my pets behind if they die I die cuz I would stay with them because I have nothing to do with my family they are meat eaters and I am totally against it so I do not even speak to them
You don’t leave your pets. You evacuate when your told to and bring them. If you can’t evacuate then you bunker down with them. If someone wants to help you but you can’t bring your pet, oh well, wait for the next one. I would never ever ever ever leave my pet.
Are you crazy to make that comment???? There are animals probably separated from their humans right now If I were seperated from my cats I would be very sad!
The sad thing is the reason the recovery effort was so slow for new Orleans is bc politics got brought into it politics should have never been brought into it people that stay behind bc of pets are flipping stupid your life is not worth a pets life you can replace a pets life you can't replace yours
Douglas Griffiths i lost one of my 5 cats on Father’s Day this week to a coyote. She was 16 years old and I am heartbroken. She was such a sweet white cat with big blue eyes and her name is Sweetie. I just cannot believe she’s gone. I am in tears all week long. I feel so bad. I knew I should not leave her outside at night. I take the blame.
@@ChristianSaveAmerica Sorry for your loss. We have coyotes where I live as well, but we built an outdoor run for our cats, and our property is fully fenced with a 6 foot solid fence. Our former neighbors lost a couple of their cats and a dog to coyotes. (Jan Griffiths).
Douglas Griffiths No, she could hear just fine. One of the white siblings with green eyes was deaf. She was a perfect cat! She was pRt persian and very smart. Never scratched me ever. I had the mother and grandmother. All 3 were white and had big blue eyes!😭they’re all gone.
I respect what all the pet owners are saying, but I'm sorry, I'm not willing to die or let my family die for an animal. That's just not going to happen. Probably an unpopular opinion, but it's mine nonetheless
When they tell you to evacuate, you EVACUATE, especially if it's a MANDATORY EVACUATION, you leave, with ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS, some people are SUCH IDIOTS for riding out a hurricane when they are ordered to evacuate, that guy was SO STUPID to stay at home with his two cats
His cats are MEMBERS of his FAMILY as WELL, so that’s why ITS hard for some OF them TO leave their pets BEhind since they can’t TAKE care OF themselves, YOU know what IM saying?
It's so sad that only 10 % of pets were reunited. These poor animals never understood what happened, and we're so badly traumatized. Thanks to all the rescue groups that did their best to help these animals !
I could never, EVER, leave my little dog behind in a situation like this. I would rather stay behind and get killed with him, rather than leaving him behind scared and alone to defend for himself.
Katrín my dog is literally a child to me. I’d die for her so I feel you
@Cooper Does Stuff yes, however, when it floods pets drown.
No dogs life is worth mine ever and it should be the same for you
idiot
The afternoon before Katrina hit us, our cats were trying to get out of the house like crazy! I noticed and kept watching, and tried to keep them locked in my room but everyone was busy gathering things and putting things high up, so I had to keep telling my family to keep my door closed. We had a kennel to put them in. To my horror, my cats escaped....the mama, Bella ran to the front door and meowed to her daughter, Ella to follow her. It was like Bella knew what was happening and wanted to get her baby to safety. I chased them but they were gone. I still think about them. The good thing was that there ended up being only very minimal damage, so I know they survived. I still pray that they found a new family.
I'm so sorry. :'(
im sorry for that i hope they did find a new family
🐱 Sorry bout that, yep typical Cat super sense behaviour, Cats are amazing and powerful survivors, I'm sure they did ok, but if not, than they also know how to die gracefully also...
a poem comes to mind..
🐯🌹♥️🌹
"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself."
- D. H. Lawrence.
I was in the gulf for Karina and Rita - 2005 was one helluva hurricane season. We took in people and animals. We were in the panhandle and people moved towards Texas and the animals were moved towards Florida. (mostly, not all of course) We had so many pets and livestock come through and as sad as it was it was amazing to see all the people step up and take in as many animals as they could.
For me, who really loves Animals its great to see people like the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and for me, they are true heros
Take your pets, people. Smh
J McIntosh it’s not the people’s fault. Shelters and rescuers refused to take the animals. Therefore people were forced to leave their pets behind
J McIntosh luckily that has changed thanks to this storm all though they still fight you on it. Happened during Florence here last year.
J McIntosh It’s hard sometimes actually. When you’re in the midst of a natural disaster and you HAVE to leave immediately, sometimes dogs and cats end up hiding themselves. I’ve heard of it a lot especially with tornadoes. They end up hiding and it’s actually better to leave instead of stay an try searching and end up dying. Then again a tornado and a hurricane are two different things. You have time to leave when a hurricane is coming, where as a tornado, not so much.
@@jaylon534 We just had a tornado watch Saturday. I went to my parents who live across the street from my grandparents who have a basement. My cat went behind the sofa so I told mom if the sirens go off she was on grab duty because she was closest to her.
@ALF Raydough That's fine as long as it's not too hot. Pets can cook in vehicles so quickly. Glad you were able to save your dog. (Jan Griffiths).
Buses??? FEMA didn't send us buses until 3-4 days later!!! Our Mayor had to get on national TV and yell and demand for buses to be sent for the people who had been forced to evacuate to the Superdome and the Convention Center because they had no cars or any way to get out of the city as the hurricane approached! People drowned, and the elderly and babies had died from dehydration without water or food.
I remember that! I'm actually from Louisiana and had to move to Texas because of Katrina. But I remember that Mayor Nagan had to scream and demand help because no one was doing anything. 😢
I volunteered with a shelter here in Illinois. We got a dog from Katrina. When I went to clean her ears, they where full of sand. Her name was Rachael, but I called her Mama cause u could see she had once had puppies. She was a sweet girl.
I remember when my husband was dispatched down there for back up power crews. He told me it smelled of death ans mildew. I think something broke in him that day, because he's never spoken about it, and refuses to even watch shows regarding Katrina.
I thank him for what he did, but am also sorry he had to witness that.
If I didn’t get my dog back I’d be hella depressed :(
Good thing you got your dog back.
I grew up with 3 dogs in southeastern New York State. They passed away a long time ago. They were family. I loved them so much. We had a shih tzu, a cockapoo (cocker spaniel and poodle mix) and an English mastiff (BIG DOG). It must have been agonizing for pet owners in New Orleans and surrounding areas to have to leave their pets behind. One thing about dogs is that they are VERY loyal and will love you unconditionally.
I just started getting into these incredible Storm Stories. I feel like if I watch this Storm Story, I'll be ruined for the others; that they'll all be anti-climatic.
One of the deadliest, and the most expensive hurricane to ever hit the United States.
Agreed. Katrina was basically the "Queen" of Mother Nature's Atlantic hurricanes
Y'all need to touch grass before getting angry at the victims. They werent allowed to take their pets. It was leave your pets behind or die. They Had No Choice. A choice made under coercion is not consent. Threat of death takes away your ability to consent. They didn't want to leave their pets behind, they didnt choose to leave their pets behind, they Had No Options. Be violently angry at the evacuation laws, at the people who ran it, and the people in charge who didn't demand evacuation until far Far to late. But Do Not be cruel to victims. I Promise You They Are More Upset Than You Could Ever Be, safe and sound on your bed or watching this from the shitter. Calm down.
Agree more or less except that these fools waited till the last minute. They failed to prepare/evac ahead of time.
What happened to his other cat
Do you really have to ask?
Either died or escaped. (Jan Griffiths).
I hate to say it but it never came back
yeah what did happen
When do we get to see part 2 ? I am sharing this video and will donate what I can to the Utah rescue group. I feed 6 semi feral cats & spend $100 a month doing it. I won't let them starve. I own 3 cats and leave food & water out on the balcony every morning so the neighborhood cats can come and eat and drink. NO cat will ever starve as long as I live. The heat here in the SF Bay Area has been brutal this week. It supposedly set a record of 102F today and is 106F in Pittsburg, Ca, where my girlfriend lives with 2 black cats she rescued from abuse 1 year ago, Cleo & Caesar. I've had 24 cats in 41 years and she has had many cats in her 62 years as well.
Keep on saving those fluffy lives, you are their hero
@@lilith573 There is a long haired black cat that lives next to the senior center where I feed Orangey and Grey.
I feed him too and now a new grey kitty who looks like one of those cats with a big head ( Persians ? ) has shown up.
Very shy but he let me pet him tonight as I had fed him a couple of times and he flinches.
Tonight I told him he was not going to get hurt and that I love kitties.
I gave him a pouch of Friskies Gravy Sensations and dry food and he loved it, so I reached down and he let me pet and scratch his head & pet his body while he was eating.
His long fur is very soft.
Total cats that show up now counting mine is 13.
A neighbors tuxedocat comes IN my apartment for food as does a neighbors other tuxedo cat who lives upstairs.
He likes to talk to himself and will let me pet him.
Both tend to growl at my cats and mine are just curious.
George Senda as a cat lover myself, you are amazing. I love my cats. I have 17 Im on a farm though so- half of them are wild. But i feed them anyway. I have a black and white kitten named Ceil. Hes a complete sweet heart and I love and need him.
@Eren Cox How do you know ? My 3 cats will be 22 on Halloween.
As old PT said, there's one born every minute.
I would not have left without my kitty, hes either comin or we both staying. So sad what happened to so many people. I cant believe people tied up their animals..they are safer untied.
I was only 4 when Katrina came through. This was the storm that sparked my interest in meteorology and made me want to pursue it as a hobby/career.
My mom remembers little toddler me pointing to the TV as the news was going on about Katrina saying, "that's a bad storm!" With a sort of awe in my voice. She should've known! Lol
10+ years later, don't exactly remember when, we drove to see my grandparents in Texas. When we drove through New Orleans, there was still damage from Katrina. A few houses were condemned and boarded up and people didn't bother to remove them. It was sad but also very cool.
If you live in a hurricane prone area, please don't take any chances and evacuate when a hurricane/tropical storm is coming your way. As we've seen from Irma and Wilma, it can rapidly strengthen and you won't have any time to evacuate safely. Houses can be rebuilt, lives can't.
Also PLEASE take your pets. They are family too.
You a good man Bart. Taking ur cats with you. Good choice. Ur great man sir
I could never leave my cat subjected to that environment and hope she survives. I wouldn’t be able to handle knowing I could have helped her but didn’t.
I live in Florida and we were the first to get hit by this storm not as hard as Louisiana. I feel for those poor pets
Perfect example of why you can never rely on the US government for help especially in an emergency.
Omg those poor pets that never found their families! Breaks my heart
I'm still haunted by that little boy whose family lost everything, and after a hellish week at the Superdome, officials ripped his tiny dog from his arms, saying he couldn't take it on the bus. I still remember him sobbing "Snowball!" and crying so hard he threw up.
An awful lot of people didn't have money or means to leave: public transportation was shut down several days before the hurricane arrived, and employers wouldn't let people take off early. Back then, almost no shelters allowed pets, and good luck finding a hotel that would allow them. So you could only take your pets if (a) you owned a car in a city where public transportation was usually pretty good and (b) you had relatives to stay with.
Some people left their pets to die. Other people died because they refused to leave their pets. I'm glad that emergency planners are gradually coming to realize that it's a horrible choice to have to make, and that accommodation should be made so that people don't have to make that choice when weighing whether to evacuate.
All of these irresponsible assholes had a week or more warning about the storm and ignored it. They suffered greatly due to their arrogance, and their pets suffered and/or die due to it.
That 2005 hurricane seaseon was the worst ever
7:41 with cats, you don’t really have to worry about them going to the bathroom so much, they can withhold for 24 to 48 hours in hospital. They can hold it almost indefinitely to our standards lol. So honestly save your fur babies, they will be happy and thankful. They can hold it. They just want to be with you.
I am pretty sure that Katrina and Harvey both tied for costliest hurricane damage, and they weren’t even the same category. $127 billion. Just think about it, Houston, Texans have a lot of assets tied up in that city.
Also, I was born and raised in Florida. I am a native Floridian; however, I felt God leading me to move away from Florida. I live in the Dallas area now. I cannot imagine losing my fur babies or being separated like this, and Hurricane Irma made it very clear that it could become a very real scenario for me. They evacuated the east side of Florida, and Hurricane Irma went up the west side, the side I lived on.
Don’t build your houses on the sand, people. Literally.
Great documentary
I wish they'd bring this show back. Used to watch all the time as a kid
@@MikeyFilms They Are!
Those poor, poor creatures 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Don’t call the pets abandoned. Most of them weren’t. The owners were forced to leave them behind. That should change.
People who leave their pets behind during disasters piss me off. You made a commitment to take care of that animal. They don't know whats going on and theyre trusting you to protect them. If your mindset is "its just a pet" then dont get one. Its unfair to the animals.
Idk Jones some people who leave their pets in a disaster have that. Others are like that guy who thought by leaving his cats with food and a note will give both of them a better chance or survival, and others have no choice because human rescue groups and storm shelters won’t let them take their animals and they have loved ones depending on them so they have to leave the pets behind. Don’t be so quick to group everyone together.
@@pisces2569 If the storm is so bad that you have to evacuate obviously its too bad to leave your pets in. Id rather sleep on the street with my animals than leave them behind because "shelters wont take them in". Which btw if you're evacuating hotels and FEMA are required to let you keep your pets now. So theres no excuse. Letting them run free outside is a better option than locking them in a house where they cant escape. Dont get a pet if you arent going to FULLY take care of them.
Idk Jones FEMA does not require hotels and shelters to let you keep vets. It requires that an alternate storm shelter be set up for pets only. Hotels and human shelters still have the right to refuse pets. Second while that may be easy for you to say and do. Not everyone in the same circumstances can. People taking care of kids, disabled, or elderly loved ones have to put their lives and theirs first before pets. People who cannot evacuate for medical or logistic reasons may have no choice but to leave their pets at home while they go to a shelter especially if they require medical care like oxygen. Yes there are people who have the ability to evacuate their pets and chose not to do because of selfishness but not every one who leaves their pets has the ability to take them. Second you say this from the comfort of your own home. It’s easy to make that declaration. These people had to make these decisions with a category 5 hurricane which meteorologists were predicting to be the deadliest yet while living below sea level. The circumstances to make that choice are much more dire and urgent, especially when you have loved ones depending on you
@@pisces2569 Hurricanes give you days, if not weeks worth of time to prepare. And also yes they do require hotels in area to allow pets, as well as setting up emergency shelters. Its part of the Stanford act/ PETS act. So that still gives you days to take your pet to a shelter or prepare to go to a hotel. If not, once again just open your doors and let them free. Its still safer than locking them in a house to die. There are no excuses, just stupidity and selfishness.
Idk Jones no argument there except with hotels. Again that is a misconception with the new laws post-Katrina. There is a difference between being forced to leave your pet home but setting your house up with excess food and water and letting them roam to increase chance of survival than choosing to leave them behind tied up outside with no escape or any chance of survival
I only made it 6 minutes. I really don't want to hear about kitties being abandoned (and yes, I'm well aware that he really didn't have an option at that point and I'm not blaming him for what happened to his cats beyond the "I really wish you'd listened to your daughter or at least sent your cats to your daughter's place" I'm sure we all felt when hearing this story).
He took his cats with him
Hurriane Dorian: *Hold My Beer*
Luhh Beauty I agree. Dorian smashed the Bahamas
Right
@@andromcdasgalaxy9943 concrete buildings were literally flattened
It's the unpopular opinion, but I do value good humans' lives over animal lives. Not that I'm ok with animals being abandoned under normal circumstances, but these were not normal circumstances. The people who left their animals were forced into exceptional circumstances, and it's impossible to truly predict what you yourself would do until you are put into those circumstances. I do believe there are some people out here who would stay with their animals no matter what, but these people are likely living alone with their animals, and that's fair enough if that's their decision. Those of us who have spouses and kids have to put them first. Having a baby myself really put into perspective where my priorities are, and I've chosen to just not have a pet for now while my full devotion is to my baby. I know for sure that my baby comes first over any pet that I'd have.
"dank dirty water" fuck yeah
Someone is cutting onions💔🥺😔
I could not leave either of my two very small dogs, because they are totally dependent on me for everything. They are two small to survive alone...Bugger animals woukd certainly attack them.
Dogs stuck in the DEEP DANK WATER
Dennis, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005.
I wont leave my pets
At 5:03 why on earth would that man put his life in danger like that.....???!!.... 😮
this is what killed New Orleans. I love the city but man it needs serious help. I’d love to do something in the next few years.
The Katrina Gun Grab!
Katrina was the most expensive hurricane ever by causing $160 billion in damage
.. I would give my own life to save any of my pets, even my chickens..
I fricking love duck, chickens, cats and horses
YES
That rescue organization is who rehabbed Michael Vick’s dogs.
What happened to his 2nd cat?
Nty, that's enough depression on this fine 3am Thursday morning
If you have large animal's that you can't take let them go same with small because they no were safety is
Storm stories hurricane rita
😻❤️🔥I would rather die with my Cat Honey, she's been more family to me than my whole family combined, no way I'd leave her to only save myself.
The dog at 12:45...❤
some people just think about themselves as humans to rescue themselves forgetting that
pets can be affected much WORSE than humans are
What horrible people!! You should be ashamed leaving an helpless animal depending on you!!! I would never leave my dog. you are sick people, selfish and shamful!! You should never again in your life be allowed to have an animal, never!!!!!
Cant watch this one.
Where was his other cat? Just got one back?
Where is part 2?
Maybe the other cat escaped through the broken windows in the bank building, or died. (Jan Griffiths).
didnt he have 2 cats
I’d happily stick all 3 of my dogs and my leopard gecko in one car rather than leave them to potentially die.
Hi
I saw many of these stories where the owners. Leave there pets behind ? Can someone please explains why ? Like I would never leave my dog during this time 😢
Honestly you say you would never leave your dog, but you don't know what you would do until you're in that situation. I take my cat everywhere with me if there's bad weather, but if I'm forced to leave my cat behind, then I don't really have a choice. I do love my animals to death and would do anything for them, but shelters wouldn't take in the animals half the time. My aunt lives in New Orleans and luckily, she was able to evacuate with her pets, but there were some people who just couldn't evacuate. The guy in the episode said that he didn't want to leave his cats, but he didn't have a choice. He was being forced to evacuate from the building and shelters wouldn't allow you to bring your pets with you. It sucks that that's the case and I pray that I'm never in that situation, but the best way to be sure that you won't have to leave your pets behind is to evacuate if you can and take your pets with you.
Kayla Rose, I can officially say that I would NEVER leave my dog! Ever! We would go down together. There is NO EXCUSE for ever leaving your pets behind! NONE!
@@carriepike5291 I hear that. I wouldn't leave mine behind either. However, I have several ball pythons (I breed them), 2 mini horses, 3 cats, and 2 small dogs. And if a shelter allowed me to take a choice few of them, I would stay behind, and if it got really bad, I'd kill them and myself. (Jan Griffiths).
Because you're young and a fool. You can't comprehend this storm. Guarantee you would have left your animals in the blink of an eye when your life was at stake.
When a meteorologist tells you to run, you run.
Let the meteorologist’s warning be God’s sign to be saved
I’m sorry, but the odds are against you when 10+ feet of water meet your house with extreme force.
I thought he had two cats
He did
Yeah, why didn’t they mention what happened with the other cat?
I was born the day it landed
Thats so sad.
How do you just leave an animal?
3 years later TO THE HOUR hurricane Isaac hit the exact Sam area in New Orleans
So disappointing that this whole episode was all about New Orleans. I'm not surprised. I live on the Mississippi Gulf Coast where the eye wall hit with its 28 foot storm surge that wiped miles of homes and businesses off their foundations. Waveland Mississippi is ground zero for Katrina, not New Orleans. New Orleans flooded because their crooked government let the levies go in the poorest parts of the city to sacrifice them to save the richer areas. Sad! Hopefully the part one on this means there's a part 2 for ground zero here in Mississippi the "land mass" as they called us over here that has always been forgotten concerning Katrina. New Orleans flooded due to a lake and levies. Mississippi's entire 80 mile coast was devastated by the Gulf coming in and high winds.
You decided to leave your cat!! Unless it was outside you you couldn't get him/her i get that. But if you left a cat inside and left enough food, you should never be able to own another cat! I would never leave my cats!
Chill adele
I have 2 cats. They are the only things keeping me from depression. If I never saw one of them again I’d probably kill myself. Hell I can barley take trips for a couple weeks without the,
Animals will inevitably be replaced. People, however, can't. This centers on the wrong subject. I'd rather see people helping people.
A life is a life, no matter whose it is. And pets can't be replaced. They are as much an individual as people are. (Jan Griffiths).
First Chapter yes human lives are worth more. However, there are many stories and points of view to be told about Katrina. This is one of them. There are other storm stories episodes about the unman aspect of Katrina
But didnt he have 2 cats? both rescued rite? Did he not get the other?
Maybe someone took the other cat. I mean, it didn’t have his name on the name tag. If it did, he would of had both of them.
Where is the part 2?
I'll be homeless in my car or truck or even a cardboard box before I leave my dog behind.
this reminds me of the lady that chose to die with her great Dane on the titanic because her dog wasn't allowed on the life boats
i know people think of their pets as members of their own family. but at some point you have to make a choice, it's either your pets lives or your own life. WEIGH IT. if anything i'd be sad to have leave my animals behind but if it came to me choosing between my family's survival or my pets, id choose my family. a human life is more important than any dog or cat
I can tell you I would never leave my pets behind if they die I die cuz I would stay with them because I have nothing to do with my family they are meat eaters and I am totally against it so I do not even speak to them
You don’t leave your pets. You evacuate when your told to and bring them. If you can’t evacuate then you bunker down with them. If someone wants to help you but you can’t bring your pet, oh well, wait for the next one. I would never ever ever ever leave my pet.
@@pm7406 You sound like you've never been in a hurricane
Lucia G who are you to say so?
What makes humans so special? There are 7 billion of those ugly fuckers around.
Welp let's see if Laura can cut them some slack :/
Are you crazy to make that comment????
There are animals probably separated from their humans right now
If I were seperated from my cats I would be very sad!
The sad thing is the reason the recovery effort was so slow for new Orleans is bc politics got brought into it politics should have never been brought into it people that stay behind bc of pets are flipping stupid your life is not worth a pets life you can replace a pets life you can't replace yours
A two part stories? I know what I'll be doing the next 40-45 minutes!
Wheres the second part?
@@Victoria68213 just search for storm stories Katrina. And it'll bring up parts 1 and 2.
@@frank-bmtz would u have a link for part 2 please? i couldn't find it typing in Storm Stories Katrina :(
The hurricanes get depressed then they try to kill people
omg, I have 5 cats. What in the world would I do with 5 cats on top of my roof?
Each cat in a sturdy carrier. They'd get wet, of course, so no food. You would sit there till rescue came. (Jan Griffiths).
Douglas Griffiths i lost one of my 5 cats on Father’s Day this week to a coyote. She was 16 years old and I am heartbroken. She was such a sweet white cat with big blue eyes and her name is Sweetie. I just cannot believe she’s gone. I am in tears all week long. I feel so bad. I knew I should not leave her outside at night. I take the blame.
@@ChristianSaveAmerica Sorry for your loss. We have coyotes where I live as well, but we built an outdoor run for our cats, and our property is fully fenced with a 6 foot solid fence. Our former neighbors lost a couple of their cats and a dog to coyotes. (Jan Griffiths).
@@ChristianSaveAmerica Your kitty was white with blue eyes, right? Was she deaf? Most blue-eyed white cats are. (Jan Griffiths).
Douglas Griffiths No, she could hear just fine. One of the white siblings with green eyes was deaf. She was a perfect cat! She was pRt persian and very smart. Never scratched me ever. I had the mother and grandmother. All 3 were white and had big blue eyes!😭they’re all gone.
Whoever didn't evacuate is stupid
Would never leave my cats behind.
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I respect what all the pet owners are saying, but I'm sorry, I'm not willing to die or let my family die for an animal. That's just not going to happen. Probably an unpopular opinion, but it's mine nonetheless
more like *Hurricane Tortilla*
What abou Biloxi we got fucked from the storm
When they tell you to evacuate, you EVACUATE, especially if it's a MANDATORY EVACUATION, you leave, with ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS, some people are SUCH IDIOTS for riding out a hurricane when they are ordered to evacuate, that guy was SO STUPID to stay at home with his two cats
His cats are MEMBERS of his FAMILY as WELL, so that’s why ITS hard for some OF them TO leave their pets BEhind since they can’t TAKE care OF themselves, YOU know what IM saying?
@@TheWayneldsI just hear another idiot talking.
Why would he put his cats in a bag.....
tortilla
K
more like hurricane tortilla.
Omg those poor pets that never found their families! Breaks my heart
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Omg those poor pets that never found their families! Breaks my heart