Animal shelters such as Cat Depot in Sarasota, Florida, were vulnerable during Hurricane Ian, given tough evacuation process — but some managed to escape the worst of the storm.
SARASOTA, FLORIDA –, managed to take care of over 100 cats and a four-day-old kitten even amid the wrath of Hurricane Ian.
"All of this was just, ‘Collect and then mop, collect and then mop' — just standing in here and coming by about every 10 minutes," he added. Ryan Simonson tends to one of the animals at Cat Depot, a nonprofit shelter in Sarasota, Florida. He and the rest of the staff stayed overnight to care for the animals during Hurricane Ian.
Insulation on the roof partly came off, some materials inside like dishes and laundry facilities were lost and the hot water and power in the building went out.The staff got little-to-no sleep the night Ian hit.
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