My name is Baby Lisa I am a 4 year old Albino Ferret. I live in the Ferret Friends of Indian River County International Shelter. In 1992 I was living in the Miami Ferret Club Shelter on Culter Ridge in Miami Florida. My Shelter was hit by Hurricane Andrew - at that time my shelter mom and dad were not prepared and my shelter was destroyed (all us ferrets made it though). It was just awful. Last week another Hurricane came along -but shelter mom and dad were prepared and they had a plan and we were evacuated (they even took one of the double decker cages - but they forgot the RAISINS!!). This time I didn't get hit by any glass and I didn't get wet - and nothing bad happened to me. From a ferret point of view - it's extremely important for mom's and dad's to have plans for all type of emergencies i.e. fires, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes all disasters. So please all you parents have a plan for us and - never ever leave us behind - always take us with you when you evacuate. Thank you for listening to me Baby Lisa [Posted in FML issue 1277]