Please forgive this "airing of dirty laundry" on DU.

[iscooterliberally]

Sometimes it's better to just ask of forgiveness. Anyway, Celina has finished her storm preparations and has decided to evacuate from under the minivan in the driveway to the laundry hamper. She's all set!

[Skittles]

1. pets know where to go

whenever the tornado sirens are going off, my cat is behind the toilet.....I don't fit there, so I'm right next to him in the tub

[slightlv]

4. LOL! I feel you about the tub!

I used to grab my three cats and head there, myself, when the sirens would go off! As I draped the blanket over the four or us, the cats were most chagrined! (LOL)

Today, I have an inner room I call "the panic room." It's completely away from all windows, in the middle of the house, and is all concrete blocks. The only thing that might happen is a wood roof could fall in. But I have all my cats carriers in there, and when the sirens are close enough to hear, we try to (calmly) find all the cats (there are 9 now), and put them in their carriers, and then put the dog on the leash to go in last with us. The cats are not happy, but as long as Mama is there with them, they'll put up with things.

This is much better than trying to round them up 2 and 3 at a time and put them in the basement, like we did in our old house. That was more a process of "put two in the basement, and as you put another 2 or three down there, chase the first two back up the basement stairs!" Oh, what we do for our fur babies!

[Skittles]

6. sounds like you have a plan!

since my cats are little escape artists I do keep collars on them at all times and that is important during times like those, for sure

oh I wish I had a basement but.....no such luck in Texas

[3catwoman3]

2. She looks very cozy.

A purrfect fit.

[niyad]

3. She is one smart, and beautiful, little girl.

[japple]

5. Sincerely hope you are not in the path of the storm!

Your kitteh looks like storm is the last thing on her mind!!!

[iscooterliberally]

7. We were safe. I live near Ft Lauderdale.

We only had some wind gusts. There were some tornado reports, but I haven't seen any damage down here. It's all central Florida that got hit.