Friday, September 10, 2010

Hurricane season continues; are you prepared?

From my sister Patch site — Middletown Patch — comes a good reminder of safety tips during hurricane season.

Middletown is in Rhode Island, so there's good reason to be worried and cautious during this time of year.

Perhaps the most important recommendation is to not wait until the last minute to make plans. If an evacuation is required, it is important that you take pets with you, as storm damaged homes can give pets the opportunity to escape homes, suffer injury, or become lost.
Read author Sarah Fernandez's entire article here.
She goes on to say one thing to think about is before an emergency is researching hotels and motels in advance to see what their pet policies are.

Another is to have enough food and water for each pet for at least a week as well as making sure the pets have tags

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