The National Hurricane Center issued an advisory about 6 a.m. Tuesday, August 11 about a tropical depression located over the far eastern Atlantic Ocean and about 280 miles west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands.
Forecasters predict that the depression could strengthen into the first tropical storm of the season, Ana, by tomorrow. It is still too early to know whether the storm will pose a threat to land.
Why am I writing about hurricane news on a website with a focus on adoptable and lost and found pets? One only has to remember the heart wrenching photos of desperate pets abandoned when they could not be evacuated with their people during Hurricane Katrina. More recently, Hurricane Ike resulted in hundreds of lost pets and many were never reunited with their people.
So if you live in hurricane country, even though this season has been mild so far, make sure that you have an evacuation plan in place that includes your pet(s). Don’t let your pet become another lost pet posted on Pets911.com.
Take the advice of Gerry Bell, NOAA’s lead seasonal hurricane forecaster. “It only takes one to make it a bad year, so stay prepared.”