Hurricane Irma

local stock yards, arenas, horse show facilities. stables, and such might be able to house animals of those traveling with some animals.
 
I would hate to have to evacuate with animals.
 
I can't even imagine how I would evacuate 60 goats, 6 dogs, 4 cats, and 2 parakeets. The chickens would have to stay. Earthquakes give no warning so no evacuations needed and DH says we will be fine in a wild land fire and that is what his career is (was) so I will trust him. He understands fire behavior and I haven't a clue. I am really thankful that tornadoes and hurricanes are not something we see.
 
Poka_Doodle said:
Been watching the news non stop...
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That's probably like watching a slow-motion train wreck, with 'play-by-play' commentary from a bunch of folks who are all trying to one-up each other, and each more clueless than the last (if past experience is anything to go by). I like to get what I can from the source (NHC, etc); at least they aren't trying to get ratings.

On a lighter note:
http://www.wect.com/story/36330555/florida-mans-joke-about-shooting-irma-gets-taken-seriously

(Somehow, I'm hearing Humphrey Bogart in Key Largo, "You don't like it, do you Rocco, the storm? Show it your gun, why don't you?")
 
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They always put those dummies out in the driving rain, standing in water so they can show the folks at home just how bad it is.
 
Our daughter said she saw, on the news, a lady evacuating in a very small car with her chickens. She had rolled them up in newspaper with their heads sticking out and stacked them in her car.

Really, that's a good idea if you ever have to make a run for it. Most of us can take our larger animals, but wouldn't be able to sacrifice the room to stack cages of chickens. I like the newspaper chicken burrito idea!
 
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