I find it disgusting that there are plenty of people like this who take such
a passive view. I can only picture with sadness as this cat is meowing and
meowing as he/she floats (or probably went under the water causing the cat
to drown) down the floodwaters while the human waves goodbye. My only hope
is that this woman does not get another cat.

This is probably dumb of me from a survival point of view but I wouldn't have
let go of the carrier. I would have hated myself for the rest of my life if I
let my kitty go. Of course I was a lifegaurd, on the mens water polo team,
national swim team. To be fair, I wasn't there so I can't really judge how bad
it was BUT she could have at least let the cat out of the carrier. It would
have stood a chance that way. They can swim, probably would have grabbed ahold
of something. So sad.