# My hubby is going to Louisiana **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 1, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637 "2005-09-01T21:22:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/1 "2005-09-01T21:22:01Z")
My husband is making plans to drive to Louisiana with several members of an animal rescue organization to which we belong. He’ll be driving [this bus](http://www.mortalwombat.com/Image/shuttlebus-starboard.jpg) filled with food, water, clothing, and first aid supplies, and will return with a load of homeless pets in need of adoption. I don’t know yet exactly when he will leave. I cannot go because this will require stamina, and I am very ill. I am deeply proud of my husband, but I am also worried. Prayers and good wishes would be very much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/2 "2005-09-01T21:27:23Z")
Good wishes abound from here. Tell him to be very careful. I’ve been reading a live journal of a group still in the New Orleans, and they describe the streets as the jungle. No law whatsoever. Is he going there or to Mississippi? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/3 "2005-09-01T21:31:22Z")
The plan is to go to Baton Rouge and New Orleans. An animal rescue organization in Baton Rouge is coordinating the trip, and the exact itinerary is flexible. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/4 "2005-09-01T21:36:06Z")
**pinkfreud** , prayers and good wishes are going out to your hubby and his traveling companions! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/5 "2005-09-01T22:12:54Z")
I was just reading a news article describing a little boy being forced to leave his dog behind as he and his family were boarding a bus from the Superdome. ☹ Good luck to your husband…tell him to be careful! ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/6 "2005-09-01T22:17:29Z")
Thank him, for me and my furbabies, for going to help. Our thoughts will be with him to keep him safe and with you, to keep you sane. (well, we can try!🙂 ) Keep us updated and take care of yourself while he’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Cranky\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cranky\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cranky_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/7 "2005-09-01T22:26:58Z")
You should be proud-wonderful! He has my prayers and wishes for his well-being and for the animals. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/8 "2005-09-01T22:50:26Z")
Good luck! I have heard plenty of people had to leave their pets behind. Please tell him to be careful. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/9 "2005-09-01T22:55:43Z")
Man. I have no words. You got a good man there, **pinkfreud.** ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/10 "2005-09-01T23:49:39Z")
Good luck and Godspeed to him and his companions. When a wildfire was headed for my house a few years ago, my doggies were first in my plan for what to cram into the van. I can’t imagine the heartbreak of having to leave them behind. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/11 "2005-09-02T00:07:03Z")
If he’s coming through Dallas, I can buy a tank of gas or something. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/12 "2005-09-02T00:15:22Z")
Thanks, y’all. 🙂 As soon as plans are firm, I’ll post an update. Right now everything is still in a stage of preparation and discussion. ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/13 "2005-09-02T00:18:03Z")
It’s terrible when people are forced to leave their pets behind in times of disaster. Sending prayers, good thoughts and European tea your way, **pinkfreud**. Best of luck to both of you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/14 "2005-09-02T00:23:01Z")
My God, what a wonderful thing to do. I hope he has luck and success, and arrives home safe and sound … And that every animal rescued gets the loving, stable home they deserve. D ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/15 "2005-09-02T00:24:12Z")
I want him to bring back that huge sea lion that they showed on the news. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/16 "2005-09-02T00:37:28Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > My husband is making plans to drive to Louisiana with several members of an animal rescue organization to which we belong. He’ll be driving [this bus](http://www.mortalwombat.com/Image/shuttlebus-starboard.jpg) filled with food, water, clothing, and first aid supplies, and will return with a load of homeless pets in need of adoption. I don’t know yet exactly when he will leave. I cannot go because this will require stamina, and I am very ill. > > I am deeply proud of my husband, but I am also worried. Prayers and good wishes would be very much appreciated. Well at least you are bringing food, water, clothing, and first aid supplies for human beings. That makes up for totally absurd wasted time and resources that are to be spent for totally irrelevant animals when actual human beings are extreme dire need. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/17 "2005-09-02T00:58:35Z")
> [@Unregistered Bull](#): > > Well at least you are bringing food, water, clothing, and first aid supplies for human beings. That makes up for totally absurd wasted time and resources that are to be spent for totally irrelevant animals when actual human beings are extreme dire need. I really can’t understand this attitude. Would it be better if the bus came back to Oklahoma empty, rather than coming back filled with pets who are in need of homes? ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/18 "2005-09-02T01:08:18Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I really can’t understand this attitude. Would it be better if the bus came back to Oklahoma empty, rather than coming back filled with pets who are in need of homes? Somebody has to be wasting their time better spent assisting human beings in dire need by getting the irrelevant animals. I understand that you think that animals are more important than humans. I just don’t agree with it. At least your husband is planning on doing some good while contributing to the bad. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/19 "2005-09-02T01:09:54Z")
> [@Unregistered Bull](#): > > Somebody has to be wasting their time better spent assisting human beings in dire need by getting the irrelevant animals. I understand that you think that animals are more important than humans. I just don’t agree with it. At least your husband is planning on doing some good while contributing to the bad. Where did I say that I think that animals are more important than humans??? ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/20 "2005-09-02T01:17:27Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Where did I say that I think that animals are more important than humans??? You didn’t. This is quite normal lately; anytime someone starts a thread about helping animals, someone else jumps in to complain about people being ignored or considered “less important.” Your husband and his friends are doing a good thing, **pinkfreud**. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637.md?page=2)