Cynthia spent the day in a Tyvek Suit decontaminating animals at the staging area in New Orleans. This is the temporary station they set up for rescuers to bring the animals to after they are removed from streets and empty houses. The animals come in almost black from the flood residue. Cynthia's job today was to give them their initial cleanings.

After the animals are treated, they are transported to the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center by trucks who go back and forth on a regular basis.

While all of the scenes she has imprinted in her memory over the last 10 days have served to toughen her stomach, so to speak, today she saw some dogs who were in really bad shape. One of the dogs, for example, couldn't stand up. And another dog had been forced to eat its sibling, who had died in the flood, according to the rescuers who brought him in. Very sad.

Cynthia is now having a well-deserved beer with the crew of rescuers. She will call us later with some rescue stories.