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by EAP44 on 13 December 2010 - 16:12
no one gets left behind, we all go or no one goes. I have enough resources available at home right now to last over a month if SHTF.
by VonIsengard on 13 December 2010 - 17:12
I think it depends on what exactly the emergency is, how much time you have, your living situation, and your family.
I would love to say my dogs go with me no matter what, but who knows? I live in a suburban area of a major city, and if the military came knocking on my door telling me I had to leave and I could not bring my animals, my first and foremost priority is making sure my children are safe.
Now if I had time to work with, enough to load up my car with supplies and get everyone the hell out of dodge, damn right my dogs and cats are coming with. I guess I should put "move out to the country" on my to-do list with learning to shoot. I really don't like the suburbs.
I would love to say my dogs go with me no matter what, but who knows? I live in a suburban area of a major city, and if the military came knocking on my door telling me I had to leave and I could not bring my animals, my first and foremost priority is making sure my children are safe.
Now if I had time to work with, enough to load up my car with supplies and get everyone the hell out of dodge, damn right my dogs and cats are coming with. I guess I should put "move out to the country" on my to-do list with learning to shoot. I really don't like the suburbs.
by Keith Grossman on 13 December 2010 - 18:12
I can't imagine any circumstances under which the military is going to come knock on my door and tell me I have to leave and can't bring my animals.
by VonIsengard on 13 December 2010 - 18:12
Never say never, Keith. It's a scary world we live in getting scarier by the day.
I was watching a show on the discovery channel a few months back, a sort of fictional/documentary type thing on an asteroid hitting the planet. They followed a few stories of some fictional families. One character, while trying to find his wife and child, took shelter in a kennel full of rottweilers. All the people had fled to higher ground as the entire area was going to be underwater in a matter of hours, and the dogs were all alone and locked up. I remember watching it, thinking, who the hell would leave them to die? Take out a gun and do the humane damn thing if you're condemning them to death anyway, or cut them loose and give them a chance at fending for themselves. Of course, it's only TV, but it did get me thinking- what would I do? How would I make such a nightmarish choice?
I think getting out or hunkering down, with your beloved animals, is everyone's first choice. I know it would be mine. I would just hope that if a person owns an animal, they have the backbone to not let them die miserably, if it really came to that.
I was watching a show on the discovery channel a few months back, a sort of fictional/documentary type thing on an asteroid hitting the planet. They followed a few stories of some fictional families. One character, while trying to find his wife and child, took shelter in a kennel full of rottweilers. All the people had fled to higher ground as the entire area was going to be underwater in a matter of hours, and the dogs were all alone and locked up. I remember watching it, thinking, who the hell would leave them to die? Take out a gun and do the humane damn thing if you're condemning them to death anyway, or cut them loose and give them a chance at fending for themselves. Of course, it's only TV, but it did get me thinking- what would I do? How would I make such a nightmarish choice?
I think getting out or hunkering down, with your beloved animals, is everyone's first choice. I know it would be mine. I would just hope that if a person owns an animal, they have the backbone to not let them die miserably, if it really came to that.
by Judy P on 13 December 2010 - 20:12
First off I will NEVER leave my dogs behind no matter what. Everyone needs to have an emergency plan in place, having taken courses in Emergency Animal Care, Disaster Surrvival and Emergency Animal Sheltering. So I am very comfortable that I am ready if the need arises. The most important things to have at the ready all of the time is a weeks supply of non-perishable food and water, a bag packed with all meds & gear you may need for your dogs, a first aid kit and a packet of all your dog info - registration papers, vaccination certs and microchip or tattoo info.
There are good courses on line for disaster planning and I suggest everyone take a look at them.
There are good courses on line for disaster planning and I suggest everyone take a look at them.
by CrysBuck25 on 13 December 2010 - 21:12
This is a disturbing thought...My first choice would be to pack up kids, dogs, supplies, and head for the hills.
Worst case scenario, if you can't take the dogs, put them down, so they don't have to suffer from deprivation, or be someone's food.
Everything certainly depends upon the emergency, keeping everyone together is certainly going to be the priority, but if push comes down to shove, my kids would have to come first.
Crys
Worst case scenario, if you can't take the dogs, put them down, so they don't have to suffer from deprivation, or be someone's food.
Everything certainly depends upon the emergency, keeping everyone together is certainly going to be the priority, but if push comes down to shove, my kids would have to come first.
Crys
by TingiesandTails on 13 December 2010 - 21:12
I would never leave my pets behind - my vehicle must be big enough to fit all - no exceptions!
by MarineMom on 15 December 2010 - 20:12
This also is one of these threads that, I sit back and go....WOW!
So many of us will fight for the ship or go down with the ship together. Of course we understand as Crysbuck25 puts it, that our children or elderly parents or special needs CAN NOT be compromised. But even then, many of us feel, again as Crysbuck25 says it best, you are loading up supplies, children and dogs. I can see so many of us now saying "each one of your kids grab a puppy, Grandma carry the cat".
The other thing that amazes me, is we all will jump in ( dog, animal, pet owners ) and help each other quicker then most. Not that none pet owners don't, that is not it at all. You can just bet, should we ever have a situation that requires bug out or stay, somehow we still find each other in the masses or in our neighborhoods.
I hope none of us ever have to go through anything of this magnitude, but I can clearly tell as you read these posts, the fight is on for all of us. "THE GOAL, IS TRY TO KEEP THE FAMILY TOGETHER, and that includes the PETS".
In my case and I am sure some others, I need an ARK........please pass me the nails and that 2x4.
Thank you for the great posts.
MarineMom.
So many of us will fight for the ship or go down with the ship together. Of course we understand as Crysbuck25 puts it, that our children or elderly parents or special needs CAN NOT be compromised. But even then, many of us feel, again as Crysbuck25 says it best, you are loading up supplies, children and dogs. I can see so many of us now saying "each one of your kids grab a puppy, Grandma carry the cat".
The other thing that amazes me, is we all will jump in ( dog, animal, pet owners ) and help each other quicker then most. Not that none pet owners don't, that is not it at all. You can just bet, should we ever have a situation that requires bug out or stay, somehow we still find each other in the masses or in our neighborhoods.
I hope none of us ever have to go through anything of this magnitude, but I can clearly tell as you read these posts, the fight is on for all of us. "THE GOAL, IS TRY TO KEEP THE FAMILY TOGETHER, and that includes the PETS".
In my case and I am sure some others, I need an ARK........please pass me the nails and that 2x4.
Thank you for the great posts.
MarineMom.
by Kalibeck on 15 December 2010 - 22:12
I wanted to post on this the other day...I have 4 dogs, 2 vehicles, 2 of us ready (at the moment) to assist in exiting if need be. Of course, I'd want to help my daughter (she lives close by) get her family, including dog, safe as well. We live very rurally tho'...I kind of think we're pretty much off the grid, or could be. We're not close to anything of interest militarily (as far as I know!!), our greatest threats are snow storms, forest fires,or hurricanes. You'd think that this far inland hurricanes would not be so threatening, but Floyd hit us very hard. We were with out power for a week. We got along OK, tho', I still got to work, my route was circuitus due to all the downed trees & powerlines, but we did OK, dog (we only had 1 back then) & all. My husband & I have family scattered all across the country, the hardest thing would be to keep track of all of them. But all of our folks are commited to their critters. I can't think of anyone in either my or Carl's family who would bail on their fur-babies. They're our family, after all. They wouldn't bail on us. jackie harris
by Don Corleone on 15 December 2010 - 23:12
Ever seen the movie, Alive?
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