Posted 2005-09-27 6:42 PM (#31064) Subject: Evacuation Pt. 2!
Member
Posts: 18
Location: Southeast Texas
Before Katrina hit, I wondered where people were going with their horses. Here comes Rita...Well, my family is from Port Arthur and thank GOD I took the horses to a friends place in College Station on Wednesday. Then I came back to Pt. Arthur and we left on Thurs. morning. It took us 17 hours to get to a relatives house - normally an 1.5 hr. trip. The traffic was unbelieveable - we would have run out of gas pulling a 3 horse trailer. We've learned some very valuable lessons this time around. We've been told the house has some damage but wouldn't you know the barn looks perfectly fine. We probably won't really know for a few weeks. It sounds like we were lucky.
Lesson # 1 - Have a plan and don't be afraid to use it.
Posted 2005-09-28 10:19 AM (#31079 - in reply to #31064) Subject: RE: Evacuation Pt. 2!
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Posts: 274 Location: Memphis, TN
Glad to hear that y'all are OK. The storms have really stirred things up around here too, as far as emergency planning goes. Problem here would be an earthquake, no warning. We live in town but lease a farm 30 miles south in Mississippi. Our plan is to go live at the barn. Plan #2 is to move into the horse trailer LQ. I think gas will be a problem and I am in the process of setting up my trailer LQ with 12v & solar panels.
Posted 2005-10-04 3:38 PM (#31317 - in reply to #31064) Subject: RE: Evacuation Pt. 2!
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Posts: 68 Location: Flagstaff, AZ
I keep things ready, must be a habit from living in hurricane country growing up. We are always in fire danger however. Does anyone know how long water can stay usable when it is stored in plastic? I don't mind if it tastes sorta funny but I don't want coliforms.
Hats off to all of you who took your animals to safety. What a sad time for so many ranchers, farmers and everyone else.
Evacuation Pt. 2!
