We've already had our first named hurricane of the season — Bertha — and the Atlantic hurricane season runs through Nov. 30.
Then of course there are floods, fires, tornadoes and other natural and man-made disasters. Are you ready to evacuate with your pet? Georgia officials hope so. And if not, they've launched a program to educate people on what they need to do and where they can go in an emergency.
"The one thing we've learned, especially from Katrina, is if you don't make provisions for people to take their animals, people will stay in the impact zone with their animals," said Dr. Paul Williams of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.
And Katrina also taught emergency officials that the old instructions to leave pets at home with three days of food isn't viable.
"Now we tell people, if at all possible, they should take their pets with them if they evacuate," Williams said.
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