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Topic: A Necessary Evil - Emergency Preparedness (Read 1406 times)
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Shawnda
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Its funny that you mentioned this as I received a phone call today from Superior Equine Sires. They are very concerned about a possiblility of closing all borders, and so wanted to ship the frozen semen I had purchased from them as soon as possible. It will be going out on Monday. Perhaps all stallion owners with clients in Canada should keep that in mind. They did close the borders for about a month after 9/11, but by then we were all finnished breeding for the season. 
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Equine Connection
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Yes, I've heard about some of the same possibilities. On this task force, I also work with national and local mounted park police, and understandably while no one wants to think about emergency preparedness, I think about my horses and how I will be able to take care of them - because right or wrong, they will come first for us, as well as our dogs, etc. And emergency preparedness does not apply to just our current world situation, many of these suggestions can be utilized during any type of emergency - natural disaster or otherwise. It's very sad indeed, but I'm hopeful if anything does occur now or in the future, that I'm able (and that we are all able) to be able to get our beloved horses to safety.
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Warm Regards,
Renee & Happy Hour
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fuzzy
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One thing to think about, if you live near a potential target especially, is an evacuation plan. Do other folks out there have the trucks/trailers needed to haul horses to safer palces if needed? I live only four miles from a major interstate, but two hours from the nearest big city (Chicago), so might have time to get further away of I had to.
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Amanya
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Thanks for sharing those sites with us, Renee. I have sorta thought about being "emergency prepared" and what to do, but without knowing what the emergency will actually be, it is difficult. The old plan -- "if it's a fire, I'll grab my pillow and teddy bear and run" may have been adequate when we were five, but certainly doesn't cover any situations now.
So I appreciate knowing more from these sites.
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Blaufelden
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Goodness! Forget your Teddy Bear .... my main concern right now is keeping the ice off of the water buckets & to watch my mares who are due this coming week. Life either goes on or it doesn't and I'm an eternal optimist .... right will rule in the end and I am the only one who is responsible for my horses' survival at this point, whether it be to the weather or the world's conditions, we will plug along & pevail .... a "Trakehner Thing", I think!
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Wendi
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It is a sad world. We are about 30 minutes from Jacksonville, FL, don't know if anyone would strike there. It is just scary to think that we have lost some of the freedoms that people in our past and present have worked so hard for.
I am not going to stop living my life, however, I have learned to appreciate the little things, like my soon to be yearling greeting me with her special whinny, my old gelding grooming me on the back of the head ever so gently, and just being able to look out my window and see my horses milling about content with this everchanging world.
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Tamsin
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I live right in the centre of London (about 5 minutes walk from the Tower of London, Tower Bridge and the City - "financial district" - all classic targets) and I fly somewhere or other about once a week at the moment. It is always scary when terrorist things happen and there is undboubtedly the fear now that things will be on a much larger scale in future than in the past. But maybe I have a slightly different perspective - living in London we have had serious terrorist threats for many years - historically largely from the IRA (the Canary Wharf bomb broke windows across the street from where I was) - we've also had a lot of very nasty train accidents over recent years (again I travel a lot by train - and was on literally the last train out of Paddington before a horrendous crash a few yers ago) and of course now troops at every airport. It is scary, but I'm a bit of a fatalist - the risk of it getting me is very small, the risk of it getting someone i know is higher.
But the mentality here is very much "Don't let them win" - and the more your everyday life gets disrupted, the more they win. Virtually every week a major train station here will be closed for a few hours due to a bomb scare - it doesn;t even make the news any more - becuase it is only a scare - but the whole point of terrorism is to disrupt and frighten.
I'm not syaing don't take whatever precautions you can - but don't let these people dictate to you how you live your life and go about your business - becuase if you do, they have won already....
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