Funny and Sweet.

Trying to find a lighter side here, I stumbled upon this true story from a New Orleans man who did NOT want to evacuate:

"Michael O'Donoghue, a denizen of New Orleans' Lower Garden District, claimed the harrowing distinction of being evacuated, escaping, returning home and facing evacuation again.

O'Donoghue, 64, likened his four-day Superdome stay to imprisonment.

"Tuesday, I made a couple of breaks but they brought me back," he said. "I finally escaped Thursday."

His house is livable, O'Donoghue insisted, and "once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah."

UTAH!!!??? GOD FORBID!!!!!.....Heh.

A sweet story:

"A problem-solver from Baton Rouge, La., came up with a nifty solution Wednesday to the classic animal problem: people who won't evacuate New Orleans without their pets vs. rescuers who won't take pets.

Carlos Padial rented a bus after he learned that a friend's daughter, Robin Schaffer, 43, was car-less in New Orleans with her two cats. Padial won the governor's permission to enter the city and take out a busload of pets and their owners. Schaffer promoted the opportunity far and wide. A local radio station got wind of it.

When Padial arrived, he hung banners on the bus: "Pet Loving People." The bus filled and Padial was off like Noah."