Rounding up a few hundred and corralling them inland for a week would not have been overly burdensome.
I have attended the Chincoteague pony roundups a number of times. It is a major actvity with a lot involved. I was wondering what the ponys there did to survive, but the answer was in the article. There are elevated areas and forests to hide in or on so they usually survive.
Were you being sarcastic?
Don’t forget the word “wild” as in undomesticated; trust me burdensome doesn’t even begin to describe what a challenge that would be. Wild horses will panic when people mess with them, many would be injured and possibly die in the process.
I would be willing to bet far more would have been injured or died in that process than will be injured or die from the hurricane. Not to even mention the very real possibility of injuries or worse to the people that took part in such a process.
When wild horses are gathered and moved that takes some real planning on the part of those doing it; and it takes many people with experience dealing with wild horses. It is not something that just happens.
save the Raccoons too.
Plenty of high ground and wooded areas to “ride it out”...might do more damage trying an impromptu roundup.