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May 12, 2016 1:46 PM Subscribe
More than 80,000 people have been forced to flee the raging fire in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Now, two airlines have relaxed their rules about animals in aircraft cabins, offering a chance for all family members to stay together onboard.
I don't know if I could have left my Thunderdog behind. I'm glad that, thanks to these airlines, some people will not have to make that heart-wrenching decision.
posted by Elly Vortex at 2:12 PM on May 12, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by Elly Vortex at 2:12 PM on May 12, 2016 [4 favorites]
I'm sorry, sir, but your dachshund is on our no fly list.
posted by No Robots at 2:25 PM on May 12, 2016 [15 favorites]
posted by No Robots at 2:25 PM on May 12, 2016 [15 favorites]
[insert Snakes on a Plane quote]
Seriously, though, Canadians are the best.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 2:44 PM on May 12, 2016 [3 favorites]
Seriously, though, Canadians are the best.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 2:44 PM on May 12, 2016 [3 favorites]
This just made my entire day. Those pics are priceless. Thank you for sharing!
posted by bologna on wry at 3:07 PM on May 12, 2016
posted by bologna on wry at 3:07 PM on May 12, 2016
Meow Meow's badge with her picture on it is priceless.
posted by bologna on wry at 3:11 PM on May 12, 2016 [17 favorites]
posted by bologna on wry at 3:11 PM on May 12, 2016 [17 favorites]
Canadian North staff also stepped up to pet sit Meow Meow the cat for a week, after her pregnant owner went into labour.
It had been days since the blue made me cry. We're slipping up on the job... :)
posted by joycehealy at 3:31 PM on May 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
It had been days since the blue made me cry. We're slipping up on the job... :)
posted by joycehealy at 3:31 PM on May 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
On my 2003 vacation in San Diego I found my hotel overwhelmed with refugees from that year's wildfire partly because our hotel was one of the few that accepted pets.
posted by Bringer Tom at 3:33 PM on May 12, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Bringer Tom at 3:33 PM on May 12, 2016 [1 favorite]
This is a reminder for everyone who has a pet to make an evacuation plan that specifically includes the pet. You can't just assume that whatever shelter you end up in will take your buddy. You don't want to experience what many pet-owners in New Orleans experienced.
posted by praemunire at 3:40 PM on May 12, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by praemunire at 3:40 PM on May 12, 2016 [3 favorites]
That's nothing. I heard that Uber has offered to keep their surge pricing as a single digit multiple for the duration of the fires.
posted by googly at 3:41 PM on May 12, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by googly at 3:41 PM on May 12, 2016 [3 favorites]
Sometimes people are good... just plain good.
posted by HuronBob at 3:49 PM on May 12, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by HuronBob at 3:49 PM on May 12, 2016 [3 favorites]
SO MANY PUPPERS
posted by poffin boffin at 4:39 PM on May 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 4:39 PM on May 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
Meow Meow's badge with her picture on it is priceless.Fully agree. Canadian North™ employee # 991234 is awesome. Her official job title is Flight Puurrrser.
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 5:05 PM on May 12, 2016 [6 favorites]
That's nothing. I heard that Uber has offered to keep their surge pricing as a single digit multiple for the duration of the fires.
Well, yes, but it's a hex digit.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 6:35 PM on May 12, 2016 [1 favorite]
Well, yes, but it's a hex digit.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 6:35 PM on May 12, 2016 [1 favorite]
with whatever sound hedgehogs make.Hedgehogs "bustle".
Don't be alarmed, now. It's just a spring-clean for the May-queen.
posted by PareidoliaticBoy at 6:50 PM on May 12, 2016
Living in an earthquake-prone area, my husband and I have specific plans for what to do to ensure our dog's safety if we are :
-at work when it happens
-at home during the day
-at home during the night
We had a little one not too long ago and realized we had no idea what we would do if it were bigger. I basically froze up (it was my first quake). So, make emergency plans, because in the moment you will not be able to.
posted by gloriouslyincandescent at 8:22 PM on May 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
-at work when it happens
-at home during the day
-at home during the night
We had a little one not too long ago and realized we had no idea what we would do if it were bigger. I basically froze up (it was my first quake). So, make emergency plans, because in the moment you will not be able to.
posted by gloriouslyincandescent at 8:22 PM on May 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
Now I want all flights to be chock-full of dogs. I'll take that over angry dudes flipping through golf magazines any day of the week.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 10:18 PM on May 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 10:18 PM on May 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
I am sensitive to the fact that allergies exist and really really suck, but I wish that there were a way for this to be a regular option for people with dogs and people that love them. A regular dog-allowed flight route. For safety, big dogs in the cabin could require a seat and a harness, same as people. Lap dogs would be like lap children.
posted by R a c h e l at 6:16 AM on May 13, 2016
posted by R a c h e l at 6:16 AM on May 13, 2016
New Orleans actually changed policies about pets and shelters and pets on evacuation busses due to the number of people who just wouldn't leave without fluffy.
posted by AlexiaSky at 7:16 AM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by AlexiaSky at 7:16 AM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
Reunions are starting to happen for 600 pets who were left behind, then rescued and evacuated to Edmonton and their owners. I gather that fire crews were rescuing animals as they fought the fire.
posted by ZeusHumms at 9:49 AM on May 13, 2016
posted by ZeusHumms at 9:49 AM on May 13, 2016
I am sensitive to the fact that allergies exist and really really suck
Not just really really suck, but in some cases are seriously health- or life-threatening. I sat in the same row as a cat on a plane a few months ago, and her owner took her out of her carrier in violation of airline policy, and I developed an allergy attack that got me very sick and eventually led to a sinus infection so serious that I fell down at work from the vertigo a few days later. I'm honestly not sure how I'm going to handle flying in the future to make sure that doesn't happen again, and my allergist doesn't have any good ideas.
I love animals--I've been a vegetarian for 25 years because the idea of something bad happening to an animal really upsets me. But I literally can't be in the same room with most of them without serious misery. I have friends and relatives I can't visit at their homes anymore. And my allergies aren't that bad, relative to what some people go through. I really, really hope that serious arrangements for post-transport cleaning were made here. Because this is an adorable story, and evacuating pets is a necessary and important emergency service. But I'd break out in hives and my entire face would swell up "Hitch" style if I sat on a plane seat that was previous occupied by any of the adorable animals pictured above (except maybe the hedgehog--I don't have any information to suggest that I'm allergic to hedgehogs). They're going to need to seriously clean the plane. I hope they consult experts on how to safely do that.
posted by decathecting at 11:47 AM on May 14, 2016
Not just really really suck, but in some cases are seriously health- or life-threatening. I sat in the same row as a cat on a plane a few months ago, and her owner took her out of her carrier in violation of airline policy, and I developed an allergy attack that got me very sick and eventually led to a sinus infection so serious that I fell down at work from the vertigo a few days later. I'm honestly not sure how I'm going to handle flying in the future to make sure that doesn't happen again, and my allergist doesn't have any good ideas.
I love animals--I've been a vegetarian for 25 years because the idea of something bad happening to an animal really upsets me. But I literally can't be in the same room with most of them without serious misery. I have friends and relatives I can't visit at their homes anymore. And my allergies aren't that bad, relative to what some people go through. I really, really hope that serious arrangements for post-transport cleaning were made here. Because this is an adorable story, and evacuating pets is a necessary and important emergency service. But I'd break out in hives and my entire face would swell up "Hitch" style if I sat on a plane seat that was previous occupied by any of the adorable animals pictured above (except maybe the hedgehog--I don't have any information to suggest that I'm allergic to hedgehogs). They're going to need to seriously clean the plane. I hope they consult experts on how to safely do that.
posted by decathecting at 11:47 AM on May 14, 2016
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In response to terrible things, we all pull our loved ones closer and hold onto them more tightly. Sometimes, those loved ones return that hold with human hands and human words. Sometimes, they do it with the looks of big, soft eyes and the reassuring wagging of tails, with the quiet, steady rumbling of a purr, or with whatever sound hedgehogs make.
posted by Flipping_Hades_Terwilliger at 2:10 PM on May 12, 2016 [13 favorites]