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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  First off I hope everyone who was hit with the bad storm Friday night/Saturday morning is doing ok. We lost power from about 11pm to around 3am so it wasn't that bad still a bit hot but we did not have Tv, Internet, or Phone until an hour ago. We got some bad damage around here I think maybe even worse then when the hurricane came through last year. My house is fine other then a few huge limbs and leaves and our patio chairs flipped over and moved around one even folded its self up but one neighbor did have a tree go through there bedroom then a town right next to use had many many electric poles down. Callie did great. When we heard the wind start we got into the hallway and she was very happy to lay and sit in the hallway (that's where she always goes when it storms). Ever sense a she had a summer that she wore the thunder shirt every time it stormed she does not shake, pant or pace now when it storms and I don't put it on her much anymore sense she does so well now but one thing she did made me feel so sad and like I wish I could explain the storm to her. When we had a huge roll of thunder she laid down and rolled over on her back like ok I give up storm you can stop now. |
Oh, were you completely baked without any A-C? Must have been miserable to be without any power this long. I would be soooo scared at night with only battery power. Course the ADT still works in power outages for a while but just sitting in a mostly dark house after dark is spooky to me!
That damage I saw on the news in your area & others from that storm was unreal! Looked like a tornado had struck some places. And to think of those that didn't get actual damage sitting in the heat without even a room fan to cool them is heartbreaking. Think of the children, dogs & old people & those really ill right now! Must be terrible.
Glad to hear Callie did well during all the sounds & pressure changes, lightening & wind. That's a big step to have her handle it so well now if she had to wear a thunder shirt before! She learned how to deal with it I guess & realizes it won't hurt her, it's just loud & there are changes in lighting that are freaky. I hear those things can be absolute miracle-workers for some dogs!
I'll bet it's good to have TV & music, etc. on again, but especially the A-C. If we ever had a power outage of any length in the summer in Texas, Tibbe & I would have to go to a hotel that had a generator or drive to one where power was on and they would have to take dogs! I couldn't tolerate trying to sleep in 88 degree weather at night! Worse, over 100 in the daytime with no moving air of any kind.
Glad you all are seemingly back on track & you all weren't hurt in the storm.