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Originally Posted by justjim
There should adequate shelters open for pets and residents. There is no reason why there can't be enough shelters for residents and their pets in The Villages. However, mixing barking dogs in every shelter with the elderly can be problematic. Shelters are stressful environments by nature and we need to be careful not to make them more unpleasant and stressful than they already are.
Hopefully, we learn from experience and make sure there are enough designated pet shelters made available should the need for mandatory evacuation arise in the future.
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I'm sure that whoever is leading this effort is aware that state law mandates that there be some "pet friendly" shelters. I wish you success.
Just an observation: I find it hard to conceive of a situation where there would be a
mandatory evacuation in The Villages other than in the old section Mobile Homes and Manufactured Homes during predicted high winds, and that would be a relatively small group. Mandatory evacuations are in the coastal flood zones.
As I've said many times: The Center of the State is where people evacuate
TO. The Villages just experienced "The Mother of All Hurricanes" with no deaths, major destruction of property, or significant flooding. I know lots of places who would trade what happened to them for the "lots of Palm fronds on the ground" that The Villages experienced.
I wish you success in getting more of the pet friendly shelters. I know my family would not leave their pets behind.