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Posted on 07/14/2005 3:23:55 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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I wouldn't be stabling but pasturing. I'll have um read to go (somewhere) It will work out.
That's the part that'd make me crazy. If you evacuate early, you may move into the path of the storm, but if you wait until you know for sure where it's going, it may too late to get out. I think I remember somebody saying that late in an evacuation, high-profile vehicles like campers and horse trailers are not allowed on the road. So I guess you've just got to go with your gut and ask God to help you make the right choice.
It looks like it's just about cleared the Keys now. When's it supposed to make landfall again?
Yep. If my job doesn't quit messing with me, I'm gonna put them in 401 a & b across from my office and let Cindy sleep under my desk:')
Very early Sat morning. Right now there is a high ridge on the east side that is stirring it west. Most models are predicting it will weaken though and allow a north curb. There are a few that think it will float right in to Brownsville though. I was looking at % and ours, galveston and CC are about the same right now, which I interpret as anybodies guess.
So if it looks like it's heading your way later in the week, how much lead time will you need to get to safety? I've never had to do that kinda thing before and have no idea how bad traffic might get.
I will depend on if it will be direct and the classification. We don't have a lot of ways out and traffic could get bad. My gut feeling is that if a 3 or less most will stay. We had a scare about 15 years ago and all the nursing homes (and we have a bunch of them) evacuated. It took about 3 days. Tomorrow, Thur at the latest people need to decide what to do.
EEE is terrible right now. I think that the saddest cases were the little girl, and a gradfather, (not related) who died. It's been confirmed in the town that I live in, but no one has come down with it, they've just found it in birds.
Mosquitoes are a real problem because of the humidity that we get during the summer, (Terrible humidity) and the swampy land that we have. Not florida swampy, but swampy enough. Don't forget that we also have a lot of cranberry bogs and such.
You better be wearing industrial strength bug spray then! We don't want you sick!
Check out these hotels that accept horses. You may have to stay with them though. I have a friend down the road who has horses. I can ask her if you want to take them there.
http://www.horsemotel.com/Texas.html#horseshoetrading
Boy, I'd hate to even think about evacuating a hospital or a nursing home. It was so pitiful about all those nursing home patients that got left to drown in NO. That'd be a nightmare. What kind of place do you work at? Are you a nurse?
Gotta head home. Gotta get feed before the Co-Op closes. Seeya!
Actually we had a huge drought over the summer, so the mosquitos were never really bad. There was no standing water for them to breed in.
Yeah, I'm a nurse. I used to work at a nursing home though. I now work at a brand new physical rehab hospital. (2 story ceilings with lots of windows and skylights;'( The nursing homes contracted buses and the really ill went by ambulances. It was very orderly. The staff went with them.
Thanks, but you are to far. It's a hard days drive. I'm gonna asked to be excused if worse comes to worse.
Look at that site I posted. There are a couple places within driving distance that are offering hurricane shelter.
I'm sure that is a standard response for liability issues.
If she said yes and something happened she would be liable.
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