Tropical Storm Isaac blew across Florida this past weekend before turning westward to threaten the Gulf coast. But so far the storm has not forced widespread horse evacuations.

On Aug. 26 Tropical Storm Isaac slammed into the Florida Peninsula packing 35 to 45 mile per hour winds and driving rains. Isaac caused extensive flooding at the South Florida Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Miami-Dade County, but the organization’s president, Jeanette Jordan, said the heavy weather did not force them to evacuate the 60 horses residing at the facility.

"Isaac is as big as the whole state of Texas, and on Sunday we caught the bands of storm," Jordan said. "The pastures are all flooded, but we fed everybody and checked on everybody and they are all doing fine."

By early Monday (Aug. 27), the worst of the storm was gone but the wind and rain persisted, Jordan said