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To: haqihana who wrote (67703)	9/7/2004 1:18:32 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793883

So glad to hear that things turned out as well as they did for you and others down in FL, haqi..... And certainly do hope that Ivan is tamed by the time he gets to the US....no more hurricanes need apply this year.

To: haqihana who wrote (67703)	9/7/2004 1:51:17 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793883

Haqi - re: feral cats. The most humane thing you can do is trap them and have them neutered, then release, so they don't keep breeding. If you feed them, they will breed. Been there, done that, had so many of the poor things living in the bushes around my college apt. that my nickname for them was "the Viet Cong." There are vets who will neuter feral cats. And you can rent a Hav-a-hart trap from the humane society. Put some smelly fish like tuna or sardines in the trap and cover with an old blanket that has been out in the sun and the rain and no longer smells like people. We have succeeded in turning feral kittens into pets but it's not easy. Once you have tamed them, usually you can give them away, but please make sure that whoever gets them will neuter them. People who love song birds will tell you that you are doing the wrong thing by taking care of feral cats at all. We now have a tamed feral mama and her three grown kittens (we adopted the whole family) and they are terribly destructive to local wildlife but we have no rodent problems at all.

To: haqihana who wrote (67703)	9/7/2004 4:08:48 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793883

We suffered no physical damage, but the power was off for almost 48 hours, and we lost some food from the refrigerator. There was more flooding in the county than the old timers had ever seen before, and I don't know if that has subsided yet, or not. On the plus side, I heard a report on the radio to the effect that the rain from the hurricanes helps replenish the aquifers from which much of Florida gets its drinking water. This isn't to minimize the damage from the storms, but to note that they do have at least one positive effect.