Pets

I'm not sure what I think of the new legislature that would require states and local offices to consider pets in emergency plans. On the one hand, pets are very emotionally/socially important to us, and help maintain our wellbeing, on the other hand, when resources are thin, including pets could push them past the breaking point, and every pet saved means a human lost.

The one unequivocally good part is that the Pet Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act also requires the accomodation of service animals. :)