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Title: Hurricane Irma
Post by: smartcookie on September 07, 2017, 01:12:58 PM
My clinic started preparations for Hurricane Irma yesterday.  I have been so incredibly busy...  We are closing on Monday and running our MWF patients on Sunday for short shifts.  If we need to close on Tuesday as well, we will run everyone on Wednesday.  That means we open at 5 and close at about 9 pm.  I am not looking forward to that... Please say a prayer for everyone in the path of Irma!  This one looks bad!
Title: Re: Hurricane Irma
Post by: iolaire on September 07, 2017, 01:37:20 PM
Good luck @smartcookie, I agree it looks bad.
Title: Re: Hurricane Irma
Post by: kickingandscreaming on September 07, 2017, 04:18:56 PM
My thoughts are with you and all the others in Irma's path.  Stay safe as you help others stay well.
Title: Re: Hurricane Irma
Post by: GA_DAWG on September 07, 2017, 09:08:14 PM
Stay safe and I hope you are able to reopen on Wednesday. This storm looks really bad for southern Florida.
Title: Re: Hurricane Irma
Post by: Charlie B53 on September 08, 2017, 02:53:44 AM

Prayers that this cold high pressure front we have here in the mid-West moves farther South and causes Irma to make a hard turn ENE or at least NNE moving up off the eastern coast far enough off shore that the winds will be much much less.
Title: Re: Hurricane Irma
Post by: Simon Dog on September 08, 2017, 06:54:30 AM
I wish you the best of luck in keeping your customer base alive so you can get repeat business.
Title: Re: Hurricane Irma
Post by: Rerun on September 08, 2017, 11:33:29 AM
Thank you for putting your life at risk.  Not everyone would do that.  Prayers to you for the extreme energy you will need.  Stay safe.

 :pray;

The smoke has cleared a "little" today.  We can take a breath because it is coming back on Monday.
Title: Re: Hurricane Irma
Post by: kristina on September 08, 2017, 01:33:31 PM
My clinic started preparations for Hurricane Irma yesterday.  I have been so incredibly busy...  We are closing on Monday and running our MWF patients on Sunday for short shifts.  If we need to close on Tuesday as well, we will run everyone on Wednesday.  That means we open at 5 and close at about 9 pm.  I am not looking forward to that... Please say a prayer for everyone in the path of Irma!  This one looks bad!

Dear smartcookie,
many thanks for caring so much and I wish you all the best of luck and please stay safe.
Best wishes from Kristina. :grouphug;
Title: Re: Hurricane Irma
Post by: JVT90 on September 08, 2017, 03:16:48 PM
Adding prayers  :pray;
Title: Re: Hurricane Irma
Post by: OldKritter on September 09, 2017, 06:49:14 AM
be safe
Title: Re: Hurricane Irma
Post by: smartcookie on September 12, 2017, 07:52:19 AM
Everything turned out fine.  A few people in the area lost power, but that is about it.  Sunday went well and today has run smoothly so far.  We opened late today and will run short treatments.  We had to wait to open for technical to come in and deem the building, water room and machines safe.  So today will be a little hectic, but should go smoothly. 

Funny enough, Sunday night my hubby and I went to Petsmart to browse.  Not a smart idea when you are both animal lovers... I went back on Saturday and adopted a 4 month old tabby cat.  He is very sweet and energetic!  We named him Hugo since Irma was bearing down and Hugo is one of the worst hurricanes to come through our area.  My dog and Hugo are starting to get to know each other.  Heather, my dog, wants to play and cries when Hugo runs away.  Hugo likes to stalk Heather and bat at her paws.  I have never had a cat before, so any tips would be great!  I am loving being a cat mom so far, though!
Title: Re: Hurricane Irma
Post by: justagirl2325 on September 12, 2017, 08:00:56 AM
That's so cool, adopting a cat.  Have cat treats and distractions like strings on the go to wear him out.  Glad your clinic made it ok.
Title: Re: Hurricane Irma
Post by: iolaire on September 12, 2017, 09:33:57 AM
Glad to hear you and your center is doing well.  We are cat people but I don't have any advice other than to keep the litter clean..