[Felvtalk] Cat in a house on fire

[Lynda Wilson]

Amen!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dlgegg at windstream.net>
To: <felvtalk at felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat in a house on fire


>I don't even want to think about something like that happening.  It would 
>be so hard to be alive and my babies dead. Just thinking about it gives me 
>shivers. I would go back in until all were out.  I have a plan, carriers 
>for all 7 and I have an Astro van which will easily hold all of us.  I 
>would hate to loose my possessions, but they can bereplaced and my first 
>concern is my babies.  Hope this never happens to anyone else again.
>
>
> ---- GRAS <gras at optonline.net> wrote:
>> My father even burned his corneas trying to save the cats (was OK in the
>> long run). And as it turned out later, he was actually running on a
>> wall-to-wall carpet with no floor under it anymore....But he still kept
>> trying.  Another great idea is to use  pillowcases in any emergency - 
>> that's
>> always around!
>> BTW - horses do the same when a barn is on fire; they run back.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org
>> [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lorrie
>> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 5:40 PM
>> To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
>> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat in a house on fire
>>
>> What a terrible story!
>>
>> This is a lesson I learned from a friend of mine.  Her house was on fire 
>> and
>> she grabbed her cat and took him outside but he ran back inside and died 
>> in
>> the fire.  God forbid any of you ever have to rescue your cats from a
>> burning house, but cats will always run back inside because this is the
>> place they feel safe.  Always put your cats in carriers or in your car
>> outside your home.  With 13 cats this would have been terribly difficult 
>> for
>> your parents, but if there are only one or two cats this can be done.
>>
>> Lorrie
>>
>> On 12-02, GRAS wrote:
>> > In 1964, my parents' house in Chicago had a fire on a night of a huge
>> > snowstorm, 3'!  The fire department had a hard time getting there
>> > because side street were not plowed, especially not at 3 AM. They had
>> > 13 cats, and I had "just" moved back with my two cats because I
>> > couldn't afford my apartment closer to school. All the cats died in
>> > the fire, although my father was running around, grabbing them and
>> > putting them on an enclosed porch, they all ran back as he opened the
>> > door.....When the house was rebuilt, a cat was found in the basement
>> > ceiling/rafters, completely soft and pliable (not stiff!) - poor cats
>> > most probably died from smoke inhalation because they have such tiny
>> lungs.
>> >
>>
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