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SWHouston · 09-13-2011, 07:11 PM

As many of you can tell by now, I'm not just disgusted Whit this, I'm outraged ! I worked in Health Care for over thirty years, and I know how difficult it is, to make that call, to tell an employee, to step away from his family and home, and fulfill a responsibility to and for others.

But, let's look a little deeper into this...
Here's an expert from an article I read concerning their actions which was written by Marcie Whichard, a Petco V.P...

"On Thursday morning, employees arrived to work and were "shocked at the enormity of the situation," Whichard wrote. "They immediately tried to enter the building to evacuate the animals but were turned away by the authorities due to concerns for human safety," she wrote. "At the time, the city was focused on rescuing people from their homes by boat and could not divert resources to our store until Friday."
Full Article at...
PETCO discovery: Close to 100 animals lost in flood | Press & Sun-Bulletin | pressconnects.com

SO... just who knew it was dangerous (if it even was) ?
What "Authorities" ? Police, Fire, Health ? Just who made that decision to keep "someone" from at least checking ? And, just what qualified them to be in that "dangerous" area, and not someone else. I'm not sure just how dangerous it is, for someone to walk through water with Waders on. and not someone else. So, what I'm reading in this, is that not ONE single Agency was willing to allow JUST ONE of their personnel, to respond.
As I said in a previous post, kick the door in, and just simply sit the cages up on a counter. Now how dangerous would it be to walk through FOUR FEET of water ?

I just made a Post on the PetCo Website, maybe you'd like to as well, at..
Johnson City Update from Petco CEO, Jim Myers | The PETCO Scoop Blog

PS: My Post was number 1272 by the way.

09-13-2011, 07:11 PM	#44
SWHouston YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Houston, Tx. U.S.A. Posts: 1,537 Blog Entries: 1	As many of you can tell by now, I'm not just disgusted Whit this, I'm outraged ! I worked in Health Care for over thirty years, and I know how difficult it is, to make that call, to tell an employee, to step away from his family and home, and fulfill a responsibility to and for others. But, let's look a little deeper into this... Here's an expert from an article I read concerning their actions which was written by Marcie Whichard, a Petco V.P... "On Thursday morning, employees arrived to work and were "shocked at the enormity of the situation," Whichard wrote. "They immediately tried to enter the building to evacuate the animals but were turned away by the authorities due to concerns for human safety," she wrote. "At the time, the city was focused on rescuing people from their homes by boat and could not divert resources to our store until Friday." Full Article at... PETCO discovery: Close to 100 animals lost in flood \| Press & Sun-Bulletin \| pressconnects.com SO... just who knew it was dangerous (if it even was) ? What "Authorities" ? Police, Fire, Health ? Just who made that decision to keep "someone" from at least checking ? And, just what qualified them to be in that "dangerous" area, and not someone else. I'm not sure just how dangerous it is, for someone to walk through water with Waders on. and not someone else. So, what I'm reading in this, is that not ONE single Agency was willing to allow JUST ONE of their personnel, to respond. As I said in a previous post, kick the door in, and just simply sit the cages up on a counter. Now how dangerous would it be to walk through FOUR FEET of water ? I just made a Post on the PetCo Website, maybe you'd like to as well, at.. Johnson City Update from Petco CEO, Jim Myers \| The PETCO Scoop Blog PS: My Post was number 1272 by the way. __________________ Dogs know that you love them, weather you own them or not Mbrs of YT Teapot Club: SNEAKERS since Apr 2011, Ichabod SOON ! RIP my darling Becca. Last edited by SWHouston; 09-13-2011 at 07:12 PM.