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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2006Tsunami = panic!
We were woken by banging on our back door at 5-30 this morning by a neighbour (remember we are right on the coast a stones throw from the beach) My neighbour yelled get out to higher ground there has been an earthquake in Tonga a Tsunami is on the way. It just showed me how ill prepared we were as I ran around, throwing on clothes, remarked to DH doesn't matter if I am not colour co-ordinated! no time to put a bra on, get the cats, get the cats, DH said we might have to forget the cats!! no way I am NOT leaving without the cats. Now there is a scramble for the cat cages, throw in the cats, get them into the car, hurry , hurry. After what seemed like hours, but was in fact only minutes, the neighbour came back and said turn on your radio the alert has been down graded but there will be further news at 6am, so we sit waiting with cats still in the car ready to go, DH made a coffee, handed me mine, I was so stressed and shaking like a leaf I dropped my HOT coffee down my front. An hour later we were given the all clear, put cats back in cage, make mental note to get more organized "just" in case this ever happens again. Purrs for jangled nerves would be appreciated. Lois  Signaturehttp://zeotropeburmese.kiwiwebhost.net.nz Burmese are like potato chips, you can't just have one! I'm really glad it was a false alarm and am also glad that it appears that no-one in Tonga (the epicentre) was hurt. Sounds like the silver lining for you might be an opportunity for you to fine-tune your evacuation plan for you and the kits. DH and I had a similar thing happen on New Year's day this year when the Sydney region had an extremely dangerous fire-weather day (45C and blowing a gale). Previously we had kinda, sorta, vaguely made a fire safety plan, but the weather on that day convinced us that we were, in fact, woefully underprepared for a real fire emergency. Since then we have got our act much more together and have made sure that, should we need to, we can get ourselves, my disabled mother, the cats and the dogs to safety. The threat of a real emergency scared the tripe out of us, but the longer-term benefit (in terms of taking it seriously and being better organised) has been worth it. Tish >We were woken by banging on our back door at 5-30 this morning by a >neighbour (remember we are right on the coast a stones throw from the beach) [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Lois > I'm really glad it was a false alarm and am also glad that it appears > that no-one in Tonga (the epicentre) was hurt. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > of us, but the longer-term benefit (in terms of taking it seriously > and being better organised) has been worth it. Despite the UK email address, I assume you are talking about Sydney Australia, right? I don't imagine its _ever_ been 45C in the UK, at least not since dinosaurs roamed the earth :-) I've never been to Australia so I'm not clear on what the danger is on a fire-weather day. Are you worried about grass fires getting out of control and setting properties in the city afire? I see news reports from Los Angeles sometimes (I'm in Canada) where grass fires get too close and start house fires. We even had a big problem with forest fires in British Columbia a couple of years back; dozens of homes were destroyed in some of the incidents. Or are you talking about something else? -- Rhino >> I'm really glad it was a false alarm and am also glad that it appears >> that no-one in Tonga (the epicentre) was hurt. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >Or are you talking about something else? Yes, I'm in Australia. Grass fires aren't too much of a concern here; forest fires (or "bushfires" as we call them) are our major problem. Every year many houses are lost to bushfire, despite the best efforts of home-owners and fire-fighters. I'd say that bushfire is southern Australia's biggest natural problem. Because of the expertise of our fire-fighters and public education, the number of human lives lost to fire has reduced greatly over the last few years, but previously it was no unusual for several lives to be lost in each major fire event. Of course, this does not include the thousands or millions of animals lives lost. Tish > Purrs for jangled nerves would be appreciated. > > Lois Purrs for jangled nerves en-route! Helen M > We were woken by banging on our back door at 5-30 this morning by a > neighbour (remember we are right on the coast a stones throw from the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Purrs for jangled nerves would be appreciated. Please accept my purrs - and those of Samba and Bebop, my cats :-) - from Canada. It must be truly terrifying to be facing a tsunami when you're at sea level and right on the ocean shore. -- Rhino > We were woken by banging on our back door at 5-30 this morning by a > neighbour (remember we are right on the coast a stones throw from the [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Lois Lots of purrs from us. How frightening that must have been for you. I've never forgotten those graphic images of the Tsunami and I truly hope it's not going to happen to you. Did you burn yourself with the coffee? Tweed KFC, Boyfie Lois, I heard the news at around five this morning and you and DH were the first people I thought of. And yes, I worried about the cats, thought how is she going to get all those cats out of the house!!! I gave away any thoughts of rushing over with cat cages, the Tsunami was supposed to strike in about quarter of an hour and I'd never make it. However when the Tsunami didn't eventuate I relaxed, and thought, thank goodness! I can't imagine you ever leaving the cats and hope you didn't get too burned with the coffee. Purrs, Bev >> We were woken by banging on our back door at 5-30 this morning by a >> neighbour (remember we are right on the coast a stones throw from the [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Tweed > KFC, Boyfie > Lots of purrs from us. How frightening that must have been for you. I've > never forgotten those graphic images of the Tsunami and I truly hope it's > not going to happen to you. Did you burn yourself with the coffee? > > Tweed > KFC, Boyfie Fortunately by the time the coffee got through my clothes I just had a "damp" feeling on my chest, just as well it is winter and not summer, I had more clothes on than needed!! Purrs Lois > Purrs for jangled nerves would be appreciated. Ugh, that's awful! On the plus side, hopefully this will get you motivated to establish a rescue plan before something like this comes up again. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > We were woken by banging on our back door at 5-30 this morning by a > neighbour (remember we are right on the coast a stones throw from the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Purrs for jangled nerves would be appreciated. Purrs for your nerves. Rusty always sleep in his room at night with the door closed. He carrier is in his room too and he sometimes sleep in it. On nights when the fire alarm went off I just grabbed and stuffed him in his carrier and off we went downstairs. I live in a highrise and the fire alarm sometimes go off at all hours. This way I have no problem locating him. Winnie > Lois > Purrs for your nerves. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Winnie Winnie, I have 7 cats/ kittens to pack up just as well I had no Mum's with babies, would have made life interesting! I have a large fold up carry cage and in my panic was having trouble getting it sorted to put the two kittens in - from now on I will leave it already assembled , I don't use it all that often so usually fold it flat after use and pop it back in the box it came in - but no use to me in there when I am in a hurry! I need a good strong brandy! Lois -- http://zeotropeburmese.kiwiwebhost.net.nz Burmese are like potato chips, you can't just have one! > Winnie, I have 7 cats/ kittens to pack up just as well I had no Mum's with > babies, would have made life interesting! That makes it a challenge to get to all of them. > I have a large fold up carry cage and in my panic was having trouble > getting it sorted to put the two kittens in - from now on I will leave it [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I need a good strong brandy! Go ahead, sound like you need it. I am glad it is just a false alarm. Just like I was always glad those fire alarms were false. I always went all the way down 15 flight of stairs with Rusty in tow whenever the alarm went off. Don't want to take a chance. Recently on the way to TED, the handle of Rusty's cardboard carrier broke. Good thing we were in the cab. Now I have to get another lightweight carrier. His sturdy plastic carrier is just too heavy with him inside. Good thing he is not fluffy. Winnie > Lois > Purrs for jangled nerves would be appreciated. > > Lois Nerve "un-jangling" purrs on the way. Happy to hear the alarm was false. SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe Purrs for jangled nerves, and a big sigh of relief that the tsunami didn't materialize. Joy > We were woken by banging on our back door at 5-30 this morning by a > neighbour (remember we are right on the coast a stones throw from the beach) [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Lois > We were woken by banging on our back door at 5-30 this morning by a > neighbour (remember we are right on the coast a stones throw from the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Lois Considering the power of the quake it's remarkable how little damage was done, even in Tonga close to the epicentre. Lots of purrs for your jangled nerves, I'm so glad that's all that was jangled. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk We had a bump!!! shakeshakeshake! earthquake yesterday evening in Tokyo as well. The epicenter was off in the Izu bay, but within minutes the very efficient warning system had told us there was no tsunami danger. However, it was startling enough to make me stand up and get ready to open the doors... When we have earthquakes the cats gather round me and look up at me as if to say, "Please make it stop!" Happy purrs that you are safe. Cantate, and the "Please Make It Stop" cats >We were woken by banging on our back door at 5-30 this morning by a >neighbour (remember we are right on the coast a stones throw from the beach) [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Lois {{{Lois}}}} I can't even imagine. Purrs on their way for your nerves and for everyone to stay safe in the future. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.moonsummer.com http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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