Batten down the hatches!!

Miniature Horse Talk Forums

Help Support Miniature Horse Talk Forums:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

Emily's mom

Well-Known Member
Joined
Apr 13, 2007
Messages
617
Reaction score
0
Location
Nova Scotia, Canada
default_new_shocked.gif
My same old worry, do I put my kids in the barn, or leave them out....

They seem to follow the horse who has a storm watch spot that he will stand in, in all kinds of weather.

We haven't had a tropical storm since we've had animals, they are saying gusts up to 140km.

The horse goes crazy if the kids are out of his sight...I know my husband will make me keep them out
default_crybaby.gif
default_ohnoes.jpg
, or I will sit in the barn with the door open so he can see them from his outdoor stall .. :DOH!
 
Well, Cheryl, will be thinking good thoughts for you, your family, and animal family up there
default_pray.gif


Keep us posted!!
default_pray.gif
 
default_wub.png
All is well, my critters survived their first tropical storm!!
default_aktion033.gif
default_aktion033.gif


I made a nest on the living room floor, and kept the window open if they needed me I would hear them :DOH! , the wind really picked up about 1:30am, I tossed and turned until 3:00 when #2 son got up to go to bathroom.

We had decided to leave the animals in the pasture, so I made son ( Ethan ) go out to check on the animals with me.....well bless their little hearts, they were all standing in Cherokee's stall, reasonably dry, but a little spooked. We gave them some hay and went back in the house. I didn't get any sleep because of the wind and checked on them again at 7 and they were still in, they could have stepped out but didn't, I was so impressed.

There was some twigs on the fence wire, and my favorite apple tree, that was also my view blocker from my bedroom/sunroom, from the driveway, was blown down, I was veryvery sad
default_sad.png
default_sad.png
, now i'll have to close my blind :DOH!

But thank God it could have been much worse!!
 
Glad everyone is okay!
default_aktion033.gif
Sorry you lost your apple tree though
default_no.gif
We don't have tropical storms here in Missouri (obviously) but! We do have tornadoes. There is sometimes no warning with those, and a scary example of that is two weeks ago 2 people we knew in the area were killed (they were in a mobile home). Seems like tornadoes are getting closer and closer to our farm every time. I'm ready to dig a basement, or at least a cellar, and when that happens we'll all go "below" - critters included
default_yes.gif


It is so sweet that your animals all protected each other, and used their good instincts during the storm... bless them
default_wub.png
 
Tammy,
default_new_shocked.gif
I think I would rather a tropical storm over a tornado, they sound really scarey,
default_yes.gif
I would have to dig a really big basement I would want all the critters and chickens included, in my basement.

I hope you never have to worry, sorry to hear about your friends!
 
I am so happy to hear that everyone made it through the storm
default_wub.png
default_wub.png
I too live in Missouri and we have tornados. I am so afraid of them. We don't have a basement because of the rock and we were told we would have to dymanite. We tried to dig a basement when we build the house. I just hate to think about my poor donkeys out in a tornado.

I am so again so glad to hear that you are all ok.
default_biggrin.png
 
[SIZE=12pt]Glad to hear everyone made it through
default_yes.gif
, well except poor Mr. Appletree
default_sad.png
. we don't get very many bad storms but when there is one I don't sleep well...Nikki
[/SIZE]
 
glad to hear everyone came through the storm ok.
default_saludando.gif


we are pretty lucky here, we have HEAT in the summer but we don't have to worry about most other natural disasters... once in a while we get what they call a "microburst" which is like a mini tornado, but nothing like the midwest. and no hurricanes! fires yes but usually up north in the forests, not down here in the desert. and no earthquakes either, or blizzards or ice storms... you know, maybe that HEAT isn't so bad after all :DOH!
 
I made a nest on the living room floor, and kept the window open if they needed me I would hear them :DOH! ,
So happy you darted this storm
default_yes.gif
I sleep with my windows opened as well :DOH! they have trained me that way
default_rolleyes.gif
 

Latest posts

Back
Top