Rmoses wrote:I would be interesting to know where the owners of these three birds were coming from to get out of the path of Irma. Also where were they going to stay until returning home. The refuge is on interstate 20 in Georgia, many evacuees went north out of south Georgia and Florida to get to safety. The nearest north bound interstates close to the refuge are I95 on the east coast through South Carolina, hundreds of miles from refuge, and I75/I85 through Atlanta and that is over one hundred miles away. A follow up on this story would be interesting. I was about 40 miles west of Atlanta when Irma came through and all we got was a rainy day.
The people in the path of Irma knew they were going to get it. Irma was headed for us and we knew about a week ahead of time. The owners had time to get them to shelters ahead of the hurricane. We can only hope that the rescue is as good as Navre's shelter with a Navre in it.
Irma was a hurricane that came up right through Florida. The people who did not get the hurricane go tropical storms which are really bad. Irma was headed right for me but fizzled as it came through. Citrus county was told to evacuate. I could not do that. I could bunch up all the fur babies in my van and the Amazons but could not move a cage big enough for 11 cockatiels. I would not leave them. I did everything I could to protect them in the room they are in. There was nothing more I could do. My refugees could not be put in a shelter. They came from very dark places and had learned to depend on me.
If the hurricane stayed a 5 when it got here we may not have survived. As it came through Irma downgraded to a 3 at Tampa and a 1 when it got to me. We had a terrible storm and I stayed with my cockatiels to keep them calm.
The people who put their parrots in a shelter ahead of time were doing the only thing they could think of to protect their parrots. Many went to live with relatives who could not accomidate parrots due to their own pets. It would be hard to take care of birds in a car for the distances they had to go.
The shelters work together and move birds where they will get the most attention and care. Some shelters were overcrowded and had to move them to another.