Horse Owners Advised to Prepare for Hurricane Earl

Hurricane Earl isn’t expected to take a swipe at Massachusetts’ east coast until Saturday, but on Tuesday boarding barn operator Dausha Campbell didn’t waste time preparing for the storm’s arrival. “We feel like we’re a great big target,” said Campbell, owner of Serendipity Stables, in Plymouth. “Fortunately, we’re on pretty high ground and
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Hurricane Earl isn't expected to take a swipe at Massachusetts' east coast until Saturday, but on Tuesday boarding barn operator Dausha Campbell didn't waste time preparing for the storm's arrival.

"We feel like we’re a great big target," said Campbell, owner of Serendipity Stables, in Plymouth. "Fortunately, we're on pretty high ground and have 40 acres of paddocks, so I've been out cleaning them up in case we have to turn the horses out."

Declared a Category 4 storm on Tuesday, Earl is expected to begin pummeling North Carolina and Southern Virginia with high winds and pelting rains late Thursday or early Friday before advancing to New England by the weekend. The storm's full impact on the Eastern U.S. coastal states is still uncertain. Even so, Jim Hamilton, DVM, director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Veterinary Response Team for the Southeast Region, said horse owners from North Carolina to Maine shouldn't waste time preparing for a possible hit.

"Really, people should be preparing for the storm 24, 36, or 48 hours before it arrives, especially if they have to evacuate their animals," said Hamilton

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Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who enjoys covering equine welfare, industry, and news. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her Tennessee Walking Horse, Sonny.

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