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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share. In the previous threads we have had a great time talking through lessons, training, horse lamenesses, illnesses and pregnancies... and always sharing pictures and stories.
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Glad to hear you and yours are safe!
Everyone else, take care!
Well, we're glad to hear that you're ok. We were all a bit worried when we didn't hear from you. That's sad about the other people though, especially the little girl.
About the shelter. If I built again I would build one. Some are converting a room ot closet as you say. We are researching that. They make kind of like a plastic closet you can put under ground too. Not gonna help with floods if water gets in your house though.
I was going to type from Becky to Cav caz it seems like all of yall were all under the gun last night. Glad everyone ok. Prayers for the one's that aren't.
A half mile away, Christy Adame emerged from a closet to find her horse barn gone, one of her horses in a tree and the smell of propane so strong that officials wouldn't let a neighbor shoot his suffering cow, which had been impaled on a two-by-four. "We realized this was the real thing this time," Adame said. "This was not just a warning."
That's horrible! I'd just die if that happened to one of my horses. How he heck do you get a HORSE out of a tree (if it was even still alive) without killing it in the process?!
Here's the link to the story if anybody else wants to read it...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12714797/
I won my first class at the Penn Ohio Morgan Arab show. Small world! Our show is at the WPQHA grounds in Harlansburg. The lucky thing is that the ring has great drainage.
Hopefully I'll get some fun pics to share.
I wouldn't be too optimistic that the horse would survive his injuries. But, getting him out of the tree would be difficult unless he was dead. They would have to bring in a crane with a sling to get him down alive.
Once I knew that my family was safe, I started worrying about the horses. We have 2 new foals (1 month and 1 1/2 months old). I was worried about the hail, the high winds, and the tornado. But, everyone was fine.
Even with shelter, horses are not safe because the tornado takes away the shelter. My daughter thought that they would go into the woods behind the house and be safer there. But this tornado was ripping up the trees too. The only safe place is out of its path completely. Even in a storm shelter you can get hurt if your door isn't sufficiently strong enough to withstand the pressure. I have heard of folks being sucked up through the torn off door.
In the Jasper, Texas, tornado from a few years ago, people were carried as much as a half-mile away before being deposited in strange places like trees. I saw video of the poor cow on the local Fox affiliate this morning. The reason they wouldn't allow the shot is that it could spark and set off the propane in the air. The tornado must have torn up a few propane tanks in the area too. Lots of those in rural areas.
My horses were running around like the devil was after them during the storm yesterday afternoon. When I got to the barn it hadn't started raining real bad yet, but the wind was whipping every which way, and they wouldn't come into the barn. I can't say as I blame them because that old barn is made out of tin and it's rickety. They much preferred to stand huddled together out in the middle of the pasture with their tails turned into the wind. It was kinda funny coz you could tell exactly which way the wind was blowing at any given minute by which way they turned their butts. I would've hated to have been out in all that, but it was their choice and I guess it was the safest place for them. I rode it out in the car because the lightning was so bad.
I remember seeing that too, that was pretty amazing.
We have some thunderstorms fixing to come thru. Just brought the dog in.
My husband doesn't worry about much. Says that's my job. Kind of spooked me though. He's on his way home and he called and asked me if I had been outside. The air is very heavy and nothing blowing. Said it reminded him of our last hail storm. He and his boss got caught out in it and were pounded pretty good.
I think that was the Jarrell tornado. It was an F5. Discovery channel or somebody else did a special on it. There were a lot of tragic stories from that horrible day.
I remember reading an article a long time ago in Reader's Digest called "Day of the Tornados" about that year over 100 tornados hit the upper mid-west in one day.
We are clear until Friday night when we have another chance at thunderstorms. These warm humid days build up energy and then all it needs is some cooler air coming in to set things off. We need more rain but I'd rather get it from a nice long soaking rain.
I would like to see the weather channel do a special on outdoor animal behavior as storms approach. Crap, I just lost my cable.
I think the prospect of a tornado is about the scariest thing I can imagine, because you might know it's coming, but can't protect against it. It'd be something to see though. Fascinating.
Yeah, I've been way too near a couple of times. I've only seen one though. It was a water spout over a bay in Galveston. It was facinating. I just stood there watching and finally heard people yelling at me to get inside. It was just hard to not watch.
Do you know that guy "Dennis" in Collin County on TWC? Cool guy. He had his frame and box spring up and said he was looking for his mattress now and going to have to find his dresser too. Stated that's life and just glad he was alive. Not the kind of person the media usually goes looking for.
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