# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/61 "2005-09-02T03:57:27Z")
**pinkfreud** you and yer hubby are alright by me. Tell him Bo says “Good job, Mr. Pinkfreud!”\* \*Why isn’t there a “thumbs up” smiley? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/62 "2005-09-02T04:14:17Z")
> [@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. Good luck. Save as many as you can…and if you need anyone to adopt something, keep me in mind! ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/63 "2005-09-02T04:17:15Z")
> [@Unregistered Bull](#): > > I come to point out that animals are not as important as humans and that ignoring human suffering to focus on animal suffering is fundamentally wrong especially when the human suffering is so great. Yes, but human beings are perfectly capable of caring for themselves. Anyone who saves animals is a friend of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/64 "2005-09-02T04:55:53Z")
Godspeed your husband. ---
**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, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/65 "2005-09-02T05:04:03Z")
**Mama Tiger** , You might pass this info along to your doctor and her family. Some of the pets that were rescued from the New Orleans area have been taken to the shelter operated by [The Humane Society of Northwest Louisiana](http://www.hsnwla.org/). Bless the beasts and the children, for in this world they have no voice. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/66 "2005-09-02T05:08:42Z")
I’ve donated to [Noah’s Wish](http://www.noahswish.org/) I can only hope they are doing the same kind of good work. ---
**Author:** ![Kyle\_Rayner1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58f4c7/32.png) [@Kyle\_Rayner1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyle_Rayner1)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/67 "2005-09-02T06:24:54Z")
Hey, **pinkfreud** your husband sounds like a good man. I wouldn’t be able to do such a courageous act. I’m too much of a coward to do such a good deed while risking injury to himself. So, he definetly has my props. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/68 "2005-09-02T09:20:51Z")
> [@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. Why are you wasting your time posting on an internet message board when you could be helping humans in need? Don’t you care? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/69 "2005-09-02T11:45:12Z")
**pinkfreud** , your husband is alright by me. It is a wonderful and generous thing he is doing and I shall keep him and the workers in my thoughts daily. I already donated to **Noah’s Wish**. For those humans that stayed behind, it was their choice either because of their economic status, health or plain stubborness. The pets had no choice. If I had to leave my dog behind in a tragic circumstance to make room for the life of my child, it would be the right decision, but it wouldn’t mean I wouldn’t be haunted for the rest of my life. My dog is a member of my family. I can see the look of abandonment when I just leave to take the kids to school. I cannot fathom the guilt and pain I would feel if I was looking at her throught the back window of my truck as we drive away and she is on the side of the road. and I would leave objects behind before I’d leave my dog. The fish, well, they are on their own. If you care to post Mr. Freud’s organization for donation info, I know with next pay I would be happy to help out in some small way. I know you didn’t start this to get $, but in times like this, every penny is needed. He’s doing a great thing. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/70 "2005-09-02T12:03:15Z")
**pinkfreud** , this is such a wonderful and good thing y’all are doing. Thank you so much. E-mail me if I can be of assistance, please. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/71 "2005-09-02T12:17:10Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I’ve donated to [Noah’s Wish](http://www.noahswish.org/) I can only hope they are doing the same kind of good work. They are, I have a friend packing now to go down and help. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/72 "2005-09-02T12:19:35Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > They are, I have a friend packing now to go down and help. And a big \*\*Best Wishes \*\* to Mr. Pink, knowing all my animal would thank him for what he is doing. ---
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/73 "2005-09-02T12:46:34Z")
Pinkfreud, you and your husband are both great. If he brings any ferrets back, give them a raisin from the Otter Marauders. You’ve inspired me, and I’ll contact my local shelter to see if we have any refugees here, too, that may need a place to stay. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/74 "2005-09-02T14:36:05Z")
**PinkFreud** , in all seriousness: Make sure of two things: your hubby is not going by himself and they are armed. Having said that, good luck to him. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/75 "2005-09-02T14:50:22Z")
Don’t listen to any jerky comments being made. You and your husband are doing a very good thing and I’m sending warm thoughts and good luck your way. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/76 "2005-09-02T17:13:40Z")
Good luck to your husband, **PinkFreud**. Having compassion for other species is one of the things that gives me hope for ours. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/77 "2005-09-02T17:20:02Z")
I am choked up reading this. May God smile on Mr. Pink and his friends. The world needs more people like this. Anna ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/78 "2005-09-02T17:21:59Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > Yeah, but you know what, **Unregistered Bull** , you have this ridiculous habit of coming into numerous animal-related threads to share how little you care about animals; and you do this in such a way that it derails the threads. Ironically enough, this one-trick pony belongs all to you. > > You want to debate your views about how animals don’t rate very high with you? Go to **Great Debates** and have at it. You want to bitch at people because they aren’t doing enough–in your eyes–to help the world out? Go to the **Pit** and let 'er rip. But I don’t want to see you come in threads like this one and let loose with your asinine black-and-white views about animals. So, back out now and go elsewhere to play. BRAVO ! BRAVO ! \>applauding wildly\< I for one am so sick of reading Unregistered Bull’s animal hate I could puke. Thank you SkipMagic. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/79 "2005-09-02T17:59:53Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > Good luck to your husband, **PinkFreud**. Having compassion for other species is one of the things that gives me hope for ours. You should copy that statement into the Pit thread. It would probably be one of the most sensible and thought-provoking commments in there. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637/80 "2005-09-02T18:32:45Z")
I couldn’t leave my cats behind alive, to possibly starve or be killed in an awful way. If I absolutely _had_ to evacuate in someone else’s transport, and pets were not allowed, I’d have my cats put down humanely first. That may sound dreadful, but anyone who has seen me talk about my cats on these boards knows how much I love them. It would haunt me for a long time though. And when I returned I’d do my best to adopt rescued animals. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-hubby-is-going-to-louisiana/319637.md?page=5)