We are back and we survived our first hurricane!!
After going through 5 days with no power or Internet
we want to say a huge thank you to everyone that
worked so hard last year voting and sharing for us
in the Eagle Rare contest last year! Because of your
kindness we used ½ of the prize money and bought
a full building generator. The cats came through
this not noticing much difference except for not
having extra visitors or Chris here at night time.
We humans had to make some serious adjustments.
Knowing that we were going to be so long without
power we had to conserve propane as much as possible.
(They were telling us we would not have power until
Sunday night, 8 days later) We only ran it 8 hours a day
which meant I also did not have power in my house.
No lights, no Internet, water, etc. (I ran an extension
cord from the building to my house to plug into so I had
limited resources when the generator was running,
re-cool the refrigerator, work on the newsletter,
cook some food, but nothing when it was off) But all
and all, we did fine.
Our area had serious flooding, dams broken,
people being rescued from roof tops, et. We were
blessed to only have very with minor problems,
many lost everything. Our prayers are with them
and their families. A few pictures from our place:
Tree across the drive way, notice the power lines?
The horses pasture. There is ordinarily no water here.
It was actually knee deep in some spots. (My boots
full of water will attest to how deep it was.)
A huge thank you to my daughter Effy who kept the
Facebook page updated and answered.
A huge thank you to Gena for keeping the posts up
and letting you all know what was going on.
A huge thank you to my employees, especially
Desiree & her sons and Victor that showed up to work
the day after even though road conditions were flooded
and treacherous! I am very grateful to them!
Thank you so much to all that emailed/messaged us
to check on us!
This was filmed by Victor as he was driving home.
This is from the outer bands, 3 or 4 hours before
the worst part of the storm. This is on our
street approx ½ mile from the shelter.
Sadly Bob’s condition had deteriorated and he
was ready to go. He was such a sweet loving
fellow and so stoic to the end. He will be missed
by all that loved him
Get your raffle tickets!
Here are some of the great prizes you may
win. You may see all the prizes HERE
10/8/2016 RIP Bob
You are our hero’s
A few lessons I learned from this disaster that you might
want to put into your own disaster planning. Winter
time is coming and snow and ice storm.
Get a charging station Like this
They have them where you can charge up one item or
some up to 8. I have 2 of them, Kept my phone and
kindle charged so I could read.
You can’t read worth a fig with a flash light.
Candles are not great for reading either :)
Cold showers are awful. Get a solar shower in
the camping section of Walmart, put it in the sun for a
few hours and you have a hot shower.
Baby wipes can become your best friend if you can
not bath. Dry shampoo is nice
Do your laundry before a disaster so you have clothes.
Fill your car up the day before it is supposed to happen
because you may not be able to buy fuel.
We had one gas station that opened the next day,
(he was smart, he had a generator and ran
the pumps on the generator. Being a gas station he had
plenty of gas for his generator. The lines were blocks long
to get gas.
FEMA says plan for food, water for 3 days. Plan on a
week and you will be safer. Make sure to have gotten some
cash in case places have power back but no Internet.
Credit card machines will not work, they will be cash only.
It takes days for grocery stores to start getting fresh and frozen
foods, do not expect it sooner.
If there is a chance of flooding (and in our area
places that have never flooded were under water) have a “go”
bag ready just in case. Go on line to FEMA’s website to see
what they suggest you have packed with you. Better safe than
sorry.
Please share your stories with me of things I should add
to the list if you have had to ride out a hurricane or ice storm. I
would like to compile them and share them with everyone
Meet Angel
We are often asked which cat has been here the longest.
Angel arrive in early 2006 from a rescue in Florida. She was living
in the same foster home with Maggie. When caught with 7 more cats
than his landlord allowed and eviction hanging over his head, he
returned Angel and Maggie back to the rescue. They contacted us
asking us to take them.
Angel is a very sweet gentle cat that gets along with every one. She
lives up to her name.
The largest percentage of our blind cats were not born blind.
Most are blind from untreated upper respiratory infections/eye infections
by their first owners. Angel was actually born blind with “micro” eyes.
In 2012 she began having infections and problems with her “micro”
eyes and they were removed.
You can see her on Ustream on Thursday’s. You may watch 24 hours a
day on her MeShare camera.
We have been told she is a Norwegian Forest cat. I just know she is
a sweet loving cat.
Thank you for reading!
Did you know that if you click the previous button,
you may read older copies of the newsletters?
We are back and we survived our first
hurricane!!
You are our hero’s
After going through 5 days with no power or Internet
we want to say a huge thank you to everyone that
worked so hard last year voting and sharing for us
in the Eagle Rare contest last year! Because of your
kindness we used ½ of the prize money and bought
a full building generator. The cats came through
this not noticing much difference except for not
having extra visitors or Chris here at night time.
We humans had to make some serious adjustments.
Knowing that we were going to be so long without
power we had to conserve propane as much as possible.
(They were telling us we would not have power until
Sunday night, 8 days later) We only ran it 8 hours a day
which meant I also did not have power in my house.
No lights, no Internet, water etc. (I ran an extension cord
from the building to my house to plug into so I had limited
resources, re-cool the refrigerator, work on the newsletter,
cook some food while the generator was on, but nothing
when it was off.) But all and all, we did fine.
Our area had serious flooding, dams broken,
people being rescued from roof tops, et. We were
blessed to only have very with minor problems,
many lost everything. Our prayers are with them
and their families. A few pictures from our place:
Tree across the drive way, notice the power lines?
The horses pasture. There is ordinarily no water here.
It was actually knee deep in some spots. (My boots
full of water will attest to how deep it was.)
A huge thank you to my daughter Effy who kept the
Facebook page updated and answered.
A huge thank you to Gena for keeping the posts up
and letting you all know what was going on.
A huge thank you to my employees, especially
Desiree & her sons and Victor that showed up to work
the day after even though road conditions were flooded
and treacherous! I am very grateful to them!
Thank you so much to all that emailed/messaged us
to check on us!
This was filmed by Victor as he was driving home.
This is from the outer bands, 3 or 4 hours before
the worst part of the storm. This is on our
street approx ½ mile from the shelter.
Get your raffle tickets!
Here are some of the great prizes you may
win. You may see all the prizes HERE
10/8/2016 RIP Bob
Sadly Bob’s condition had deteriorated and he
was ready to go. He was such a sweet loving
fellow and so stoic to the end. He will be missed
by all that loved him
Meet Angel
We are often asked which cat has been here the longest.
Angel arrive in early 2006 from a rescue in Florida. She
was living in the same foster home with Maggie. When
caught with 7 more cats than his landlord allowed and
eviction hanging over his head, he returned Angel and
Maggie back to the rescue. They contacted us
asking us to take them.
Angel is a very sweet gentle cat that gets along with every
one. She lives up to her name.
The largest percentage of our blind cats were not born
blind. Most are blind from untreated upper respiratory
infections/eye infections by their first owners. Angel was
actually born blind with “micro” eyes.
In 2012 she began having infections and problems with
her “micro” eyes and they were removed.
You can see her on Ustream on Thursday’s. You may
watch 24 hours a day on her MeShare camera.
Thank you for reading!
Did you know that if you click the previous button,
you may read older copies of the newsletters?
A few lessons I learned from this disaster that you might
want to put into your own disaster planning. Winter
time is coming and snow and ice storm.
Get a charging station Like this
They have them where you can charge up one item or
some up to 8. I have 2 of them, Kept my phone and
kindle charged so I could read.
You can’t read with a fig with a flash light.
Candles are not great for reading either :)
Cold showers are awful. Get a solar shower in
the camping section of Walmart, put it in the sun for a
few hours and you have a hot shower.
Baby wipes can become your best friend if you can
not bath. Dry shampoo is nice
Do your laundry before a disaster so you have clothes.
Fill your car up the day before it is supposed to happen
because you may not be able to buy fuel.
We had one gas station that opened the next day,
(he was smart, he had a generator and ran
the pumps on the generator. Being a gas station he had
plenty of gas for his generator. The lines were blocks long
to get gas. FEMA says plan for food, water foe 3 days.
Plan on a week and you will be safer. Make sure to have
gotten some cash in case places have power back but
no Internet. Credit card machines will not work, they will
be cash only. It takes several days for grocery stores to
start getting fresh and frozen foods, do not expect it
sooner. If there is a chance of flooding (and in our area
places that have never flooded were under water) have
a “go”
bag ready just in case. Go on line to FEMA’s website to see
what they suggest you have packed with you. Better safe
than sorry.
Please share your stories with me of things I should add
to the list if you have had to ride out a hurricane or ice storm. I
would like to compile them and share them with everyone
