[Living a Fantasy]

I just got this email as a subscriber to The Village's VCDD. Please pass on this information to your neighbors in manufactured homes.
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In an effort to assist Villages residents who live in manufactured homes, The Villages community will open multiple hurricane shelters at 4 p.m. today. Emergency supplies have been requested from the state, but residents should plan to bring their own provisions just in case to the Villages Charter High Gym on CR466 and Paradise Recreation Center on Paradise Drive. Neither of these locations are pet-friendly.

For a complete listing of shelters, please visit the link for your county below.

Lake County - Emergency Management Home - Public Safety
Marion County - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT — Marion County Sheriff's Office
Sumter County— Sumter County, FL - Official Website

[Chi33]

no animals

[Villageswimmer]

There seems to be a real shortage of pet-friendly shelters to accommodate folks in the manufactured homes in the historical area unless I'm missing something. Have the churches opened as shelters? Can you imagine how scary this will be for the elderly who are alone with their pet when the winds start?

[JGVillages]

Originally Posted by Villageswimmer

There seems to be a real shortage of pet-friendly shelters to accommodate folks in the manufactured homes in the historical area unless I'm missing something. Have the churches opened as shelters? Can you imagine how scary this will be for the elderly who are alone with their pet when the winds start?

There should be areas/rooms within the charter school to accommodate pets. If they need more room why not open up the High School.

[NotGolfer]

It is the high school that they made into a shelter...there and Paradise. Neither is "pet friendly".

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Villageswimmer

There seems to be a real shortage of pet-friendly shelters to accommodate folks in the manufactured homes in the historical area unless I'm missing something. Have the churches opened as shelters? Can you imagine how scary this will be for the elderly who are alone with their pet when the winds start?

Plans for a pet's safety should have been in place days ago especially if folks live in a modular home. Many of my friends who live in manufactured homes have left to go to another place that is safer. This is a retirement community. How old is elderly? Many older people are quite independent and not frail and pitiful. Most of us have pets. We have planned as to what to do if the windows are compromised as we don't want our kitties to get out. We can't have everything perfectly safe so we must do the best we can. Many people do not feel comfortable around pets, they must be thought about as valuable too when in comes to shelters.

If one thinks that a church should open as a shelter, one should be prepared to volunteer to help at that church. Good things do not happen by magic.

As our daughter Helene often says...We can't have every thing we want in this world.

[skip0358]

If you've ever been to the high school gym that floor is beautiful. I Can't imagine what it would look like with maybe 100 or so dogs and cats running around inside. Few hotels allow pets either. Plan ahead an emergency could happen at any time. lo

[SFSkol]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

... Most of us have pets...

Most people I know do not have pets. What is the basis for your statement?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by SFSkol

Most people I know do not have pets. What is the basis for your statement?

Will you allow me to change it to "many villagers have pets".

Not everyone likes animals but I do, but I don't expect for the world to make allowances for my likes.

We all make choices. If a person chooses a modular home or an apartment on the thirtieth floor or a home on the ocean or one on a cliff on one in a jungle, then there are pluses or minuses that come with those choices. We must be willing to accept the consequences for our choices and if one lives in a manufactured home we must realize that they are dangerous during a wind event.

Many people have offered to shelter their friends in their homes during this hurricane. We have guests now at our home with their pet because they live near the ocean.

I am not trying to be mean, just to point out that lack of planning on the part of some does not constitute an emergency or a responsibility for the rest of us. Many people can and do choose to help others but that is their choice.

[JGVillages]

Originally Posted by skip0358

If you've ever been to the high school gym that floor is beautiful. I Can't imagine what it would look like with maybe 100 or so dogs and cats running around inside. Few hotels allow pets either. Plan ahead an emergency could happen at any time. lo

Pets would have to be in carriers or cages and would be kept in a different area than the residents. And to your comment about the what the floor looks like?? Sure wouldn't want to postpone a couple basketball games to save residents beloved pets. To save possibly 100's of family pets, I am sure there are enough pet lovers in this community that would gladly fund a repair, and probably the developer would help.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Villageswimmer

There seems to be a real shortage of pet-friendly shelters to accommodate folks in the manufactured homes in the historical area unless I'm missing something. Have the churches opened as shelters? Can you imagine how scary this will be for the elderly who are alone with their pet when the winds start?

I agree, a real lack of pet-friendly shelters.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

I agree, a real lack of pet-friendly shelters.

Damned if they do and damned if they don't and some would find fault no matter what they did. Our lives and our animals are our own responsibility.

Only modular homes people would need shelter now, afterward is another issue. And would need other answers which I feel sure would meet with criticism no matter what it was. Some people are never happy and some people make no plans for anything and expect other people to solve their problems.

I know I am grouchy because we are all stressed, but I get so tired of the blaming others for lack of things that should have been prepared for. Our children, our pets, our homes, our food, our money, are not other's responsibility.

I am terrified that windows will break when the wind is high so we will have our cats in the closet with us in their carrier.

[asianthree]

shelters are looking to house as many humans as possible. It could be looked at as for every 3 or 4 pet carriers is one less space for a human. if there is only so much space how do they choose, only pets below a certain size to accommodate more. Not an easy choice for anyone

[Villageswimmer]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Will you allow me to change it to "many villagers have pets".

Not everyone likes animals but I do, but I don't expect for the world to make allowances for my likes.

We all make choices. If a person chooses a modular home or an apartment on the thirtieth floor or a home on the ocean or one on a cliff on one in a jungle, then there are pluses or minuses that come with those choices. We must be willing to accept the consequences for our choices and if one lives in a manufactured home we must realize that they are dangerous during a wind event.

Many people have offered to shelter their friends in their homes during this hurricane. We have guests now at our home with their pet because they live near the ocean.

I am not trying to be mean, just to point out that lack of planning on the part of some does not constitute an emergency or a responsibility for the rest of us. Many people can and do choose to help others but that is their choice.

Sadly, there are those who no longer have the cognitive ability to take responsibility for themselves or plan ahead. They didn't choose to be this way.