Willie Nelson

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The year is 1992, the place… Dade County, Florida. The summer day is hot, humid and quiet. On This August day Miami is busy with daily living in paradise… except for those who work with the National Weather Service – National Hurricane Center.  They are busy as bees, watching a storm develop in the lower Atlantic that blooms overnight with growth beyond the normal threats… into a full-fledged Hurricane. Its name is Andrew, first storm of the season.

This is more than a nightmare to some who experienced it. To some, it is a tragic lesson of what the country will need to “pay attention to, learn from, and constantly practice with planned protocols to get out of the way of Mother Nature”.

Today… some of those lessons come in the form of yearly hints. In some parts of the south, people are still learning that lesson hard from more storms like Katrina, Faye, and the list goes on. Every year America is learning the ‘hard way’ of the need to yield to warnings, practice using their sense of personal responsibility and be prepared for anything to happen when it involves storms and natural disasters.

But in rural America, there are those who get displaced by ignoring those possibilities until it actually happens to them. The real shame of it is animals are at the bottom of the priority list over and over again. Katrina proved that in several states.

Natural Disasters such as Katrina and wild fires have proven that the government needs a ‘kick in the pants’ for poor planning in the largest economic tragedies this country has seen.

But there is ONE GROUP that noticed, paid attention from personal experience, and places the right priority of helping others form a plan that works in rural areas, with human and animals of all shapes and sizes.

This group was formed by and plans to employ people from all walks of life, including experienced professionals from Law Enforcement, Fire Rescue, and Medical Professionals. This group stands tall in pride and integrity to help save horses and cattle before, and after a storm like Katrina and they are called “Healing Spirits Ranch and Rescue, Inc.“. Their chilling experiences have made them aware of the vital need for a group that functions on a multi level and is prepared to respond with proper protocol during any natural disaster.

They learned from previous experiences that many problems are avoidable, and they are doing something to ‘change’ how we deal with those problems.

Please visit their website, Healing Spirits Ranch and Rescue, Inc. and read about this group’s mission to teach others how to survive a disaster, how to prepare for a storm, how to become a volunteer trained to help others, and how to care for animals when a disaster is coming.

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