[Gpdd] Misc; American Tornadoes

[Penny Charlesworth]

I have heard from Susi and she and her piggies are safe. She drove through 
Joplin the day before the tornado hit, on her way back from a cavy show 
which was held 50 miles NE of that town and has friends who live there, whom 
she has heard are safe too. So many people are not so lucky.

She says the weather is terrifying and, last night, she was ready to 
evacuate herself and her piggies to a shelter but the roads were so bad with 
all that rain and the lightning too that she decided to stick it out. 
Algernon Rat was safe in her purse in case he needed to escape too. His 
arrival in the US has been filled with danger!

I told her about our discussion regarding what to have to hand in an 
emergency and she says that she keeps a lidded gallon water jug filled and 
has their feed and other supplies in plastic bins with tight fitting lids. 
Carriers and towels are always to hand, ready to load piggies in any 
emergency. She has a lot of piggies and needs to be prepared.

She was writing an article about emergency supplies for the ACBA cavy 
journal when her laptop was stolen and has never finished it.

We do moan about the weather in England but, on the whole, we are fortunate. 
I have occasionally thought about what I would do in such a situation. Even 
if I were flooded, which is unlikely as I do not live anywhere near a river, 
we would be safe on the next two floors.

I have plenty of carriers, which are kept in one of my piggy rooms so they 
could all be loaded up ready for an escape, provided I had enough notice. I 
would throw a bale of hay into the back of my car and load the piggies 
around it. I can't envisage any situation in the south of England which 
would prevent me buying veggies and I would take my shears so that I could 
get grass for the herd as this is available nearly all year round. I would 
head for my Rodentologist's house, where they could all be boarded and I 
hope that she would do the same if the circumstances were reversed.

I hope that any of our members who live in tornado areas are safe.

Penny and the Piggyfriends.