Ridecamp: Re: [RC] tornados hit horse barn

This is so sad, Deanna. If a fund of some sort is started, please let me
know. Perhaps if there is a list of items that are needed, Ride Campers may
be able to send some their way. Please be sure to keep us posted. I will
help however I can.
Pat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Deanna German" <finishis2win@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:30 AM
Subject: [RC] tornados hit horse barn


> I feel so oblivious! I just got off the phone with a fellow horse owner
> whose name I keep in my daytimer as a good contact for anything related to
> horses. I called her yesterday on an unrelated topic and she returned my
> call today, rather shaken. One of the tornados that swept through Union
> County, Ohio on Sunday hit the barn where she keeps her horse. I saw the
> devastation shot from a helicoptor on the local news and didn't make the
> connection. The place was flattened. I could see the foundation of the
house
> and the barn and then just parts and pieces of barn, equipment, cars, etc.
> etc. There was a bunch of hay scattered and somone had managed to pile a
> bunch together and clear a safe open spot -- lots of sharp and spintered
> debris lying around the cleared spot. 5 horses stood stock still around
the
> pile munching with a horse killed by the tornado lying on the ground about
> 20 feet away. No fences in sight and one lonely figure despondently
sorting
> through the wreck. Another horse was under the wreckage, crushed.
>
> My acquaintance was in the barn when it exploded around them. I know her
> because she called me about 2 months ago to find out about dog therapy
which
> is something I'm involved with. The barn owner is a child development
> specialist by profession and uses the horses for therapy for children with
> autism and ADD. They were working with some clients and the horses when
the
> tornado hit. No humans were seriously injured.
>
> As you can imagine someone who has just gone through that two days ago
might
> be, she was still pretty shaken and in shock. Everything is gone. They
have
> found a place for the horses, but that's about it. She told me how one of
> the most staid horses balked at being loaded into the stock trailer
because,
> with the other horses in it and rattling around a bit, it sounded exactly
> like the barn before it exploded. The horse turned and bolted away from
the
> trailer.
>
> The farm property is insured, but it's that ol' "act of God" thing. The
> owners lack health insurance and are already facing bills from unrelated
> health care issues. The vet bills, of course, aren't covered. But besides
> that, everything is gone. Tack, feed, basic horse care items.
>
> Any ideas on how to help these people get back on their feet? Like I said,
> the woman I talked to is pretty shaken up -- she was headed out to the
site
> again and hopefully will have more info later. Anyone who lived through
fire
> or floods out there who can offer some advice on how to help or how they
> should deal with this?
>
> Thanks for reading.
>
> Deanna (Ohio)
>
>
>
>
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