Conference misery::feline_v1

    
    
            A silent prayer has and will be said from the first day I saw this
    in the paper.  Is there a fund being set up for them?  The paper
    wasn't sure when I read it.
    
                                                        kim

    
    
    	My prayers are with them (along with alot of tears)
    
    	Please let us know how they are doing..
    
    	With loving thoughts
    
    	JJ
    

    I really hate this. My heart breaks for those people.
    I pray the Lord helps them through this.
    
    lp

    
    I don't know of any funds being set up for them as yet, but I intend to
    find out.  I will post whatever I find out. Last night I put a note
    in their mailbox offering what I could, blankets, clothing, food etc...
    
    I called the fire dept. too and they had no information.
    
    Thanks for joining us in the prayer.
    
    I creid many tears myself as I had made friends with the cat Mindy
    many times.  

    My prayers are with them in this time of loss.
    
    I am also crying at the terminal.  May God watch over and keep them.
    
    LL

    Oh, how devastating.............
    
    A house can be replaced. An animal cannot.  I know how I would feel
    if I lost everything (lost, hurt, angry, frustrated, etc).
    
    My prayers are with them.  I'm saying a special one for the animals.
    
    Sandi (Lightning, DejaVu, Thunder & Keisha's mom)
    
    

    This is a terrible thing to have happened.  My thoughts are with
    them.
    
    
    I often worry about what I would do to save my cats in the event
    of a fire in the apartment.  (Fire frightens me more than anything.)  
    I would like to have one of those signs to put near the front door
    that says "Fireman please save my..." and has a box next to a picture
    of a dog, cat or child where you can put the number you have in
    the home.  I can't put one up though because when I signed my rental
    agreement it said "NO PETS".  I've had my cats 3 years and even
    though I've noticed that more and more cats seem to be around and
    I've heard that the apartments are allowing cats now (with a fee),
    I've never pushed the issue.
    
    Jan
    

    
    My thoughts and prayers go to this family.
    
    This is the one thing that terrifies me to no end. The apt. I had
    in Stow, MA used to have two children in the house.  The parents
    had put up fire-watch stickers (there's a fireman holding a child
    in his arms; I guess you get them from the fire dept.) in the
    windows of the childrens rooms.  This alerts firemen exactly where
    the kids rooms are.  I put little stickers over them to say
    *cats (2)*, in hopes if there ever was a fire my kitties might be
    rescued.
    
    I think I remember seeing somewhere that you could get pet stickers
    but for the life of me I don't know where.  Has anyone else heard
    of this?
    
    Please keep us posted about a fund.
    
    Roslyn

    re:.8
    
    I have seen the stickers at the cat shows in Milford MA and the
    NH one

    Re: pet stickers
    
    The local humane society has them here.  Until I got theirs, I
    made some with a red border for visibility and a "In case of FIRE,
    please rescue 2 CATS" note in large letters in the center.
    
    
                                                

    re: pet stickers
    
    Tree House Animal Foundation sells them.   I don't have the address
    readily available but if anyone wants it send me mail and I'll
    bring it in from home.
     
    re: fund
      I'd also be interested in contributing.  Even if no fund is 
    set up officially, perhaps we could make a special Silver Lining
    gift now or some other donation on behalf of the Digital Feliners.
      Also, I have no problem in including the cats and dogs in the
    Q4 Silver Lining Memorial Fund.  Unless someone else objects, please
    get me the names of the cats and dogs and I'll add them to the list.
    
    Please pass along my sincerest sympathies and let your friends know
    that they are not alone in their grief.  Many of us are grieving
    for their lost ones too.
      Nancy DC
    

    re: pet stickers...
    
    The Digital Kennel Club just got a bunch of those stickers.  They have
    space to say how many dogs, cats, birds and others there are.  The DKC
    will sell them to non-members for (I think) $1.00.  If you'd like one,
    let me know and I'll see what the method is for distribution.
    
    Karen, Tristan, Tenzing and Max.

    Losing my cats in a fire is one of my biggest fears.  I am grieving
    for your friends also.  This is a terrible trajedy.  I am glad to
    know that your friends were able to get out of the house without
    being injured.
    
    I agree that the lost pets should be included in the Q4 Silver Lining
    Fund.  
    
    Please give your friends my sympathies.
    
    Jo

    I saw in the local paper last night that they have started a fund
    for this family. Thomas & Heather Kyte.
    
    Contributions can be sent to the Indian Head Bank in Wilton, NH
    in their name.
    
    Barbara
    
    
    

	Is the house on Mason Road, past McGettigan?  If so, I live about a 
	mile away, and drive past it twice a day.  I noticed the fire, and
	wondered if anyone was hurt.

	Beverly

    My sympathies go out to the owners....when we had our last earthquake,
    my main concern (other than wondering if the shaking would stop
    soon) is how I was going to grab both of my cats (one of which just
    sat up in the bed and looked around, most likely startled by the
    noise, and the other, which I was more worried about, since she
    had just run under the bed).  My birds are in a cage--I figured
    I could just grab it off of the stand on my way out, but the cats
    are a bigger concern.  What gets me is that I have no way to save
    the poor fish...they are always the last on everyone's list....
    
    Fortunately, I have a smoke alarm that is pretty dern sensitive...it
    beeps/screeches when something in the over broils with smoke (like
    a steak)....hopefully it would get me up in time to snatch up the
    cats.
    
                                                                   ---kim

    Re: .16
    
    Don't you have carrying cases for the cats?  Maybe a big one so
    two will fit in it while you carry the bird cage in the other hand?
    

    No, a crate is something I need to buy...still I was worrying HOW
    to get the cat while everything is shaking down around me.  :/
    
    a crate is definitely in the works, tho...
    
                                                                  ---kim

    Kim,
    
    Since this is Earthquake Awareness Month I recently heard a gentleman
    on Channel 7 News tell the audience that most people who get hurt in
    an earthquake get hurt trying to get into or out of a building during 
    the quake.
    
    He says:
    
         If you're inside, stay inside.  Try to climb under somthing
         sturdy like a table or desk.
    
         If you're outside, stay outside.  Head for wide open spaces 
         if you can, like a parking lot.
                 
    Looks like your cat that ran under the bed had the right idea. 
    That's what both of mine did too.  If I coulda fit, I woulda climbed
    under there with them.
                                                             
    Jan
       

    I've heard that door frames are very sturdy areas and good places
    to go during an earthquake too....but then, I'm from Boston and
    don't have much experience with quakes.
      Nancy DC
    

    Well,  a little off the topic of cats, but...
    
    As the windows were shaking (surprisingly enough, this quake was
    more NOISE than shaking--but the windows are old and loose and that's
    what set us--me and my cats--off), and I was typically sitting there,
    wondering a) should I find something to duck under (not too many
    choices) and b) when and if it would stop and c) that I better get
    something on my bottom half because I didn't want to be found dead
    in my underwear, I eventually DID stand in a doorway.  I reflected
    upon the fact that the doorway was about five inches wide, which
    is enough for the door, but that I am likely to be a bit wider than
    that, and that also, since I am on the second story of an older
    apartment complex, why in the world did I think a doorway was going
    to save me when chances were, if anything fell down, it would probably
    be the floor and me with it (right into the hallway of the apartment
    below me).  Granted, more people might get hurt that way (how do
    they know, anyway?), but I would rather get my animals and me OUT
    rather than tumbling some ten feet into the building below and with
    another six feet of collasped roof on top of me....  :)  Plus, I
    can't fit under my bed.
    
    Nancy, you're lucky.  They are not fun (read; I HATE THEM).  Should
    I survive so long, I wish to move OUT of California.  
    
    Still, I did manage to pull on some sweats....  ;)
    
                                                              ---kim

    I read somewhere that the easiest and quickest way to rescue your
    cat(s) from a fire or earthquake is to put them in a pillowcase.
    I know that would be quicker for me than trying to rummage through
    my closet looking for my cat carrier (which they DESPISE and fight
    to stay out of).
    
    Anyway, just an idea in case the unthinkable happens.
    
    Pam