Dave's Updates: Hurricane Wilma Recovery

ace1fan · Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:48 am Post subject: Meet Barney

Airfare for HAZEL Exclamation

Rally round and put some Quid in the jar mate Exclamation

When I traded foreign exchange "Quid" was the industry name for the British Pound Sterling. Now Euros will do just fine folks Shocked

I hope everyone of you gets to go to visit the Sanctuary someday. You will be quite impressed Cool

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I am so rusty on posting but this is major cool and I cant wait to tell you.. OK - Hurricane Updates Exclamation

Immediately after the storm, first you could open a door or stand up outside I went out to look at the damage lying about... OMG it was major devastation. Telephone pole after telephone pole snapped in half everywhere. The largest trees who always survived these storms laying flat on the ground with their feet in the air. It is so hard to comprehend nature's way of making us start over.

I was walking surveying the damage & well what do we have here.... all types of things mixed in with the felled trees and twisted metal. I stood with the rays of sun out finally shining on hundred of little tiny china plates & cups! That's right - mixed in with the rubble and wedged in the branches of the trees & brush - so many were unbroken it seemed a miracle. Where did they come from Question

God only knows. They only seemed to be only near my place. I confess I still love having tiny dishes plus I really NEED them for the baby animals & kittens & they were the perfect size. I looked up to the sky - THANK YOU Wink

So many animals needed help after the storm finding their way back home and especially the small baby wildlife. This little guy was hiding under a big leaf and he thought I couldnt see him stranded in the middle of the day and he was alone. For a nocturnal marsupial you know something was very wrong.
Meet Barney:

The first person I thought of was Laura - with her "Posse" she discovered in the shed only hers was larger. Left alone and he finally made his way back to the wild. This one was much too little to leave to fend for himself and I had a feeling I was going to be sent more than just dishes Exclamation

What a blessing to be able to take care of the creatures Very Happy

His name is Barney since we are on the Flintsone's plan down here lately - Wilma and all. So many jokes out there and he did not like the name Fred so Barney it is and he is eating all by himself on tiny china plates.

He has to eat every 2-3 hours & you get used to sleeping with one eye open when you are caring for the baby animals. Rubbing little tummies with warm cotton balls so everything comes out OK - Jason would be proud Exclamation

4 Days now and he is growing strong. I cant find any other babies in that area so he can have a brother or sister and I cannot find any signs of his mother. Day by day - let's hope we all find our way.

Ace

hazelmharris1 · Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:19 am Post subject:

HEHE ace...quids it still is...we havent got to the euros yet. I hope i will one day get to go to the sanctuary...I know i love it already..and am very impressed.

What a wonderful wonderful post......fantastic pictures...How heart warming is it to see something like that, to see a good thing come out of something bad that just happened to you all. Ace How wonderful of you to give this little guy another chance of life...shame for him losing his mother and all but now he has a chance to start a new life.

You know its people like you that make a difference to this world...i wish everyone was like that...this world would be a happier place.

A very touching story and thankyou ace for showing us all and sharing.

I hope you get yourself back on track soon...It must have been hard for you to see the devastation caused by wilma...all of you that have been affected by this. I consider myself very lucky indeed to live in a country that dont get hurricanes.

I bet you were as pleased as punch to find those little plates an all... Very Happy

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Alex · Top Nerd Joined: 03 May 2004 Posts: 704 Location: Florida

Ace1fan what an incredible post here! Nice to meet you Barney Very Happy

I know you are so busy with hurricane jobs but you still manage to take care of an orphan without complaint (not to mention others you care for). On top of that you found time to post this in the forum! I don't know how you do it. Very inspiring to all of us.

Thanks so much -- I speak for everyone -- we enjoy the %#^%$ out of your posts.

Very Happy

This hurricane baby is completely relevant to post more here. Please keep us up to date on how Barney is doing!

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Guest · Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:56 pm Post subject:

Hope im in the right place but had to just come on and say

THANK YOU FROM THE HEART DAVE IT IS JUST SO WONDERFUL TO SEE LOKI AND TUNDRA AGAIN YOU ARE JUST SO FANTASTIC IN WHAT YOU CAN DO AND ARE DOING SO WE CAN ENJOY ALL THE LOVELY ANIMALS AGAIN

suack · Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject:

ooooooooppppppppps its me suack Im sooo sorry the above post was me and im afraid I was so excited I forgot to log in very very sorry Alex or Donnie promise wont do it again but it was the joy and excitement Laughing

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hazelmharris1 · Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:05 pm Post subject:

OK I KNOW I POSTED UNDER FAVE TIGERS BUT DAVE WILL COME HERE FIRST........DAVE YOUR THE BESTEST EVER YET........WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANKYOU THANKYOU..........THE CAMS ARE BACK ON WELLL LOKIS AND TUNDRA ANYWAY........WE ARE ALL CRYING COZ WE SO BLOOMING HAPPY RIGHT NOW Very Happy

Ok guys im editing because some of the other cams are working too....kings and princesses the b/w lemurs we got 1 cam and sherikons and marcans are on too.....YIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.

D. H. Lawrence

Denise · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:32 pm Post subject:

I got to check in with the cams today while I was at work, and was lucky to catch King, Tundra and Loki. It was so nice to be able to see them again. Thanks to Dave for all you do Very Happy

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Becki · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:59 am Post subject:

Awwww...Ace...what a cutie Barney is!! I hope he's doing great:) Thank God for people like you. So many would probably have left him there on his own:( Poor little guy.
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seymourfur14 · Guest

I feal so bad for the people and the animals!!! i dont like huricains exuse my spelling

cheetahlover13 · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:52 am Post subject:

i heard about a hellicopter that refused to bring a dog on it when they were recueing a family from hurricane katrina i was sooooo mad Evil or Very Mad

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tigerdave · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:45 pm Post subject:

Just wanted you all to know that the Sanctuary is looking alot better ! there is still a ton for me to do with buiding all the fences again and the property line trees still need to be chainsawed but this places is looking so much better !!!

And I want to thank everyone for all there susport !!!

Tigerdave

P.S the Lions habitat is next on my list so tomorrow or Fri you will see me in there cleaning it all up !!! hehe !!!

kristiemiller79 · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 5:15 pm Post subject:

Hey Dave, I just wanted to add a little something. I wanted to say that from all the stuff you have already done it looks great. Just looking through the cams don't show us everything. You are awesome as always!!! Wink

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kitty24 · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:24 pm Post subject:

You are so right, Kristie! There is so much that we don't see on the cams, but you can bet that some kind of work is always going on! TD rocks when it comes to the sanctuary and nobody can do it any better. The cams look so much better since some of the views have changed and since he cleaned the lens on the cams, and they are just awesome now and I've seen some great pics in the gallery. It is so great of him to take the time to do all that for us, when there are so many other things that need to be done. He never stops....Hehe...I wonder if he ever even sleeps and when he does, I bet he's dreaming up ways to improve what he's already perfecting!!! Great job, TD! You are the best!!! Laughing

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tigerdave · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:48 pm Post subject:

thank you guys for all those kind words !!!!!!!

And yes I dream about impovements everynight and we have some surprices that we are working on to do with the cams and the website !!!

I never stop moving forward and neither does this team so hold on tight because like we have been saying we are on a MISSION and these 2 hurricanes are not stopping us !!! hehe !!! And for that matter none in the future either !!!

ENJOY !!!!

cheetahlover13 · Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:05 am Post subject:

Dave you have done great i can see the sancuary looks like it did when i first joined TD and it looked great then great work!!

tell everyone cheetah said hi! Very Happy

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