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As the hurricane approaches I can't help but think of you all who live along the East Coast tonight.  

Did you know that the most common reason residents refuse to leave their homes are pets!  FEMA encourages you to evacuate and take your pets with you.   Do not leave them behind. 

Most shelters or many will NOT not take pets!   Find out in your area Red Cross Pet Shelters who do or make other arrangements.   But do NOT leave them. 

Estimates for Katrina vary but it is believed that a  quarter of a million pets were left behind and out of those about 15,000 were rescued.  

Don't say " This won't happen to you."   We live with a false sense of security so often we are not prepared.

Tonight take just a few moments to Pack in a Water Proof Container:

  • 3 days of food in a waterproof
  • 3 days of water
  •  medicine
  • a copy of all medical records
  • collars, identity tags, and rabies should all be on the collar.
  • dog first aid kit 
  • anything that you need for sanitary issues--Poop bags, cat litter, and bleach for clean-ups.  You may also be able to purify water with bleach. 
Place these items in crate for Grab and Go

If all else head to OHIO and we will all go to the dog park and play to wait out the storm!


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According to the US Senate an estimated 600,000 pets died, lost, or were abandoned. Very few were rescued.
I've read many numbers in the past few years in research papers...... of course none have an exact count. All the numbers have been very high . Rescuers also would NOT allow them in the boats, or buses etc. Since that time many programs have begun to change situations like these.
OMG
keep in mind the above may have included livestock--but who really knows.

Unfortunately I have seen unpublished pictures from a month after the disaster ( not news ) from the area. Rescuers were hiding dogs and cats under their cots. They were not permitted to have them or take them. After all, these were not theirs to take. How controversial! People living in the area were outraged that others would come in and steal their pets but then they would have died anyway.

So many never have found out what happened to their animals :(

So take them with you but be prepared to be refused at the shelter.
Thank you, Joanne....great reminder! These are all important things for us to remember in any emergency. We're waiting to see what tomorrow brings. My DH was ready to head for the beach. Good thing he has me to keep him on the "straight and narrow". We've been at the beach house for past hurricanes, and it wasn't my idea of fun.
Really, good thing he has you indeed!
We are actually in the path of this hurricane, more so on the west coast of the island if the storm keeps tracking the way it is. Unlikely that we would have to evacuate as the storms generally lose strength before they hit us. We usually only get some localized flooding when the storm sewers become overwhelmed. Having said that, I cannot imagine having to leave Quincy behind, I just couldn't and wouldn't do it. Prayers that everyone stays safe and well.
Okay not to get morbid but FLOODING!
Flooding is the number one cause of death, highest costs in damage and destruction in this country and always will be. Take is seriously. So back to silly--thank goodness DOODLES CAN SWIM!

Ya'll be safe out there and check in to DK daily
Hurricane Season 2004: Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne -- 4 hurricanes in something like 3 weeks --- One of the main reasons I now live in Ohio! I lost my sense of humor!

I will be thinking of all of you tonight and in the days ahead! Be prepared, be safe!
Since we live in Florida, and we have been thru these Hurricanes in the last 5 yrs, we hadn't had one hit our area in the 20 yrs before that, and then we had 4 of them. We did have damage and we did have all our supplies for human and dogs. We were one of the lucky ones, we had a generator, so we had a workable kitchen with a frig that worked. I cooked for the neighborhood and we all contributed foods and used grills, but we made it thru it all. Like I said, it has been 4 yrs since the last one hit us here, but I am ready with all our supplies, and if it going to be a storm, cat.2, we will leave, but our dogs go with us, even if we have to sleep in the car with them. But I do know that one can call several motels that take dogs, and if you have a plan to evacuate, you can call these places, well in advance and make a reservation. That is if u have enough warning, but I would just drive as far away in the oppisite direction of the storm, and I say no house or property is worth my life or my family or pets lives...Just listen and go if they tell you too, don't play the martyr, but don't leave your pets behind take them with you and be safe...
When we evacuated for Rita, I phoned ahead and booked our animals into a kennel on the way to where we were heading. When we arrived we dropped the animals off, booked into a hotel and enjoyed a weekend away. Whilst I understand this is not in everyones' budget, it did make for an enjoyable and less stressful environment for all concerned. It took 15 hours to drive from Houston to Tulsa, I needed more pee breaks than the animals...we made it back home in 9.
You can also check a local animal shelter to see if they would board your pet if you have to evacuate and could not take your pets to the human shelter. At the shelter I volunteer, we once boarded a dog whose owner became homeless. The man came to visit the dog all the time, and once he got situatied, came and got the dog.
That is heartwarming.

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