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Just curious as America are currently preparing for an awfull storm and I really do feel for them but what would you do with your horses if you were told today we in the UK were to be hit buy one?

Me I dont what I would do? Would they be better in or out?
 
stacey_lou said:
Just curious as America are currently preparing for an awfull storm and I really do feel for them but what would you do with your horses if you were told today we in the UK were to be hit buy one?

Me I dont what I would do? Would they be better in or out?
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bring them indoors or underground if you had access.
 
My horse is not kept in a big american style barn but even a hurricane would have a go at ripping that aprart, I know either way I would want to stay with her.
 
I was thinking about this last night and I came to the conclusion that I would turn them loose up a mountain and then go and catch them when the storm had passed. Saying that I live in Norfolk so not many mountains around here!!
 
I'm torn on this one.

If you bring them in, the building could collapse on them. I think I'd leave them out but with access to their barn so that hey could choose for themselves. I'm sure one of them would have a good idea!

Luckily they're at home so I can watch them all day.

We had a horrendous hail storm a few years ago (in August) and our daughter ran about with a horse rug over her head, rounding the horses up and putting them in the barn. I think she was more worried than they were - they gave her very funny looks until she dished up the hay!
 
When I was at uni in Southern California there were terrible bush fires. The barn that I rode at built temporary corrals so that people could evacuate their horses to it and they were putting them in the arena and everything.
One of my housemate's friends kept his horses at home and his parents were away. He spent the last few hours before the fires arrived at his home evacuating his horses and dogs not photographing the property like the insurance company had advised. Fortunately he got all the animals out safely but he escaped with his truck and the clothes on his back and the insurance wouldn't pay out for a lot of their stuff. The house yes, the tv and stuff no because they said he couldn't prove that it had been there as all the paperwork and everything had been lost in the fires and he had breached the conditions by not taking the photos. :mad:
Dunno what I'd do in a hurricane. I've been in a cyclone before and it's mostly sideways rain so she'd cope with that quite well. I'd want to stay with her in a nice strong concrete building probably if not underground. Maybe in a tube station? Do you think I could get her down an escalator?
 
I worked on the Isle of Dogs in London during the last hurricane of the 80s and it was terrifying. The winds blew down scaffolding and threw it around like so much matchwood. Walking in the streets was dicing with death and several cars were wrecked by falling masonry. In country areas trees were uprooted and tossed around, along branches, bits of roofs etc. I don't think it would be safe for horses to be outside but perhaps they'd be safer than in buildings that were likely to collapse. Thank goodness such weather conditions aren't normal here, not yet anyway. Not sure what they do with zoo animals. In the 19th Century a barge carrying gunpowder exploded on the Regents Canal, near London Zoo and a lot of the animals escaped, I expect it was a tad worrying for the locals.
 
monkeybum13 said:
Why would you go underground in a hurricane?
A hurricane is big wind and big rain.

Or am I being really thick here? I've got my mind on hundreds of things atm
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You certainly wouldn't want to be above ground. The high winds can and do rip buildings apart, pick things up like trucks, cars, animals and deposit them 100s of yards away.

So if the wind doesn't get you, the debris in it probably will.

It's not just big wind, it's destructive and life threatening wind.
 
My OH is an Ozzie and he said they let them loose in a Cyclone as there barn or field can get flooded and the drown.

As for a hurricane unless you can get them underground then i would let them loose.
 
Out, no question at all about it, in as much space as you have access to.

They have a better chance of looking after themselves outside than locked in a building.
 
When I lived in the Caribbean we had Ivan and Emily hit us, all horses (and any other farm animals) were turned loose on higher ground as possible, as obviously its not only the high winds that are a danger but the storm surges that accompany it, which are a big threat on an island. A lot of building and debris damage, landslides etc, but all livestock came off the mountains fine after being rounded up.
 
I don't remember what magazine it was but years ago there was an article about a girl who moved her horses to the other side of America when they said there was a hurricane coming so that they could be safe. If we were having it and Ireland wasn't I would probably take my boy to my parents. Seeing as they live in the middle of nowhere he would probably be safer there as less buildings around for him to be hit by things. We are very lucky that we don't get things like that here
 
monkeybum13 said:
Why would you go underground in a hurricane?
A hurricane is big wind and big rain.

Or am I being really thick here? I've got my mind on hundreds of things atm
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big wind is a slight understatement lol, just heard on radio winds of over 100mph expected:eek:
After pooping my pants i would clear the paddocks and yard of loose stuff like buckets and wheelbarrows and then just hope for the best, although being not far from Corsham i wonder if i could hide me and the horses in here http://www.burlingtonbunker.co.uk/ ;):)
 
Friends of mine are currently getting the brunt of the hurricane. They own a livery yard and have gone through several hurricanes before- many far worse than this one. They always say that it's better to leave the horses out, they seem to know where to go and have the freedom to do what they feel is best for themselves. My friends don't leave though they stay and watch the animals. So far *fingers crossed* the horses and they are fine.
 
Squeeze them all into the truck and head far inland and higher up. Truck has living accomodation and I'm sure farmers in land would be more than welcoming to graze some horses for a few days. May have trouble with the cat though! I can't imagine what it would be like to be at the mercy of winds and rains like they are expecting. I had a tornado go through my place a few years ago but at least it was passing through, not hanging around it took out roofs and fences, my neighbours garden shed and took some tiles off the roof but it was isolated.

I feel for the people in Christchurch who are still recovering from their terrible earthquakes and then have snow added to their stress. Some are still living in caravans, temporary toilets in the street and the power also went out. They had no warning for the earthquakes. Most horses dealt with it all OK some though were very stressed out.
 
When the 1987 hurricane struck southern england , I was farming on Reigate hill , basicly the centre of where the hurricane struck . My friends at the met office said that the estimated wind speed was 160 mph. They calculated this from the highest reading from the annemometer on the post office tower (same altitude )just before it got ripped off the roof.:eek:They saidthat there was probably a "venturi " effect from the hill which might have added to it.
A number of odd things happend that week. The strangest of which was that on the eve of the hurricane ,EVERY SHHEP I OWNED decided to break out and head for the barn . Normally wild horses (fleagle and starlight) couldnt get them to go there. But they were fighting to get in. We all had an odd feeling that S++t was about to happen on a big scale! and it did! The Dutch barn blew to bits, various brick built sheds simply flattend. The aforementioned Fleagle and Starlight were quite happy in their heavily built Brick indoor stables and were no doubt quietly pursuing their own personal vendetta as to who was top horse ,while the whole world fell appart outside.I watched the window on my mobile home (fortunately in a hollow ) buckle by abot 3 inches from the wind pressure. If it had cracked then the mobile home would have simply blown appart.
In the end I simply curled up and went to sleep.There is only so much Sh+t you can take. The following morning was SO QUIET ! At first I thought it was just my farm ,then gradually it became clear that it was the whole of the south east that had been wrecked. You had to have been there to understand!
 
I thought the official action for disasters such as hurricanes, tornados, bush fires, volcanos, nuclear war, meteor strike etc etc was to bend over, put your head between your knees and kiss your ar$e goodbye!
 
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