HURRICANE SURVIVORS
On the eve of the hurricane we had completed securing the shelter. All pets were fed, watered and bedded down. Hurricane shutters were closed and sandbags were in place. Our plan was to meet back at the shelter as soon as conditions would allow. We all left to ride out the storm.
One of our staff had to return to the shelter for a crate and upon her arrival, she found Michaela, an 8 week old Lab mix puppy left in our drop pen. If not for the return of this person, Michaela would have been left outside during the storm. Instead, she was brought inside, fed, watered and placed in a warm, soft bed.
This same employee was weathering the storm at her church with her family. When she stepped out of the church that evening, she heard the soft mew of a kitten. She searched until she found Michael, a little 6 week old Siamese kitten all alone in the church shed. Although he put on his tough guy act, he was scooped up, spitting and hissing, and taken into the church for safe keeping.
Both were evacutated to Tampa and have been adopted. Two lucky survivors rescued by the same angel.
