Wildfire evacuation

[Sunshine Flock]

P.S. I think I mentioned 20,000 bottles of hand soap at each sink at my parents' house. Well, guess what mom bought today!!

 

[Kiki]

P.S. I think I mentioned 20,000 bottles of hand soap at each sink at my parents' house. Well, guess what mom bought today!!

 

[MoparGirl89]

Fire is terrifying, and I'd be out of there way before an evacuation notice! It's just too scary. We have a basement for tornadoes, and our livestock can't be there too, and it's part of living where we are. Every place has it's risks, and some are worse than others. I do hope your animals all make it okay.
Mary

We just had a tornado a few miles from our house on Sunday. We shut all the birds in, kenneled the dogs and sat in the tornado shelter praying. Not much you can do when that hits you. Fire is something we never wait for evac notices we just go when it's close. You never know what direction a fire is going to turn they create their own weather

 

[Kiki]

This is where biosecurity is out the door. Or not depending on how you feel about this.

I haven't wanted to reach out for rescue help, once animal control went to my house and opened the chicken gate and put out more food and water. There were too many animals in urgent need of rescue, so this was a heart sickening risk I had to accept. But there are more options all these days later.

Last night someone on Twitter made some calls and found some shelter options at private homes in the area (Anderson and Cottonwood). Today someone else is coordinating with the Cowboy 911 group to goto my home and rescue the flock. They do mostly large animals, but she said they've been doing lots of chickens, too. I have one home that would be ideal for them, but no one's calling. I'm just sitting here, feeling so grateful for their help, but also frustrated not knowing where they'll take them. But wherever they end up, it's better than being wide open to fleeing predators from the fires.

My very uncertain, not for sure but extremely upsetting news:

When animal control went to my house to put out more food and water, they didn't see a rooster. He always comes out immediately whenever we get home or someone else shows up. He's super vigilant. The thought of losing him makes me sick. But they did see some chickens foraging. I'm so hoping they find some of his sons and rescue them.

Animal control may not have had time to look closely at each of the birds they saw...the person that went out may have not even know the difference between a hen and a rooster.

 

[Sunshine Flock]

We just had a tornado a few miles from our house on Sunday. We shut all the birds in, kenneled the dogs and sat in the tornado shelter praying. Not much you can do when that hits you. Fire is something we never wait for evac notices we just go when it's close. You never know what direction a fire is going to turn they create their own weather

So glad you're safe! Tornados are terrifying. I remember the drills in elementary school in Ohio.

 

[microchick]

Tell me about it. We live in tornado alley.. I don't think I could take dealing with tornadoes, earthquakes AND wildfires all in the same location.

 

[Kiki]

Tell me about it. We live in tornado alley.. I don't think I could take dealing with tornadoes, earthquakes AND wildfires all in the same location.

You left off a good one....flooding from hurricanes!

 

[Morrigan]

It's seems everyone has something scary where they live. When I lived in the SF Bay Area, it was earthquakes. Now, its wildfires. My husband's never ending project is clearing brush. He's thinking about getting some goats next year to help with that.

 

[arrowti]

It's relatively safe in Maine... I say that with caution.. it depends where you live. Live at above average altitudes away from rivers to avoid flash flooding from the rivers, and cut weakening/dying trees in fall before winter to avoid dangerous events in winter...

Occasionally we'll get massive storms like this but nothing too serious.

Reading this thread I feel both horrified and lucky. I hope all of you out there stay safe, and those with flocks and pets still potentially alive and waiting, come home to them.

 

[chickisoup]

I got home a few hours ago, all the girls are fine

Gary