Looking Out for Pets in the Next Disaster

When the tornado picked up Dorothy in Kansas and whirled her to the land of Oz, she was able to take her dog, Toto, along. Many of those who fled Hurricane Katrina last year were not so lucky, including an evacuee who arrived at a Red Cross shelter here with her two Chihuahuas and burst into tears when she learned that pets were not allowed.

from the NY Times