Safe and Warm
A homeowner's declaration during Hurricane Katrina. Image from here . I live streamed Hurricane Harvey coverage nearly all day today. I couldn't help it - I'm a weather nerd anyway, but I also have some pretty distinct memories of Hurricane Katrina and I found myself instantly transported backwards about twelve years after tuning in. ABC 13 out of Houston is doing a fantastic job of getting information and resources out to their community and of showing those of us in other parts of the country exactly what is going on down there. As I watched interview upon interview with people just pulled out of their homes it became frighteningly clear that we were dealing with another Katrina. There was one shockingly clear difference in the interviews this time around, however. Once in a while - and increasingly - a dog's bark would split the air or the camera would pan on people cradling their pets. Animals were part of the developing story. Many of those rescued...