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appalachiablue

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Sat Sep 15, 2018, 08:47 PM Sep 2018

"Survivors," North Carolina's Wild Horses Weathered Hurricane Florence [View all]

"The Outer Banks' Wild Horse Herd Survived Hurricane Florence." Here's how they did it. News & Observer, Sept. 15, '18.

North Carolina's wild horse herd has weathered Florence's fury. "They are survivors," herd manager Meg Puckett told The News & Observer on Friday.

Ahead of the storm, then a powerful Category 4, the Corolla Wild Horse Fund (CWHF), a nonprofit which manages the herd, posted on Facebook that the wild mustangs that make the Outer Banks their home would manage just fine without help, even in the face of heavy rain and hurricane-force winds.

"The horses have lived on this barrier island for 500 years, and they are well equipped to deal with rough weather," the CWHF wrote on Facebook ahead of the storm. "They know where to go to stay high and dry and are probably in better shape right now than most of us humans who are scrambling with final preparations. "

"[We are] so lucky to have missed the worst of the storm," Puckett said. "Feeling terrible for everyone down east." The herd had no losses "that we know of," Puckett said Friday. "We were so, so lucky." As for the wild herd, they found higher ground and grouped together against the wind and rain, Puckett said, and CWHF had people on the island keeping an eye on them. - More...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-outer-banks-wild-horse-herd-survived-hurricane-florence-heres-how-they-did-it/ar-BBNlL58?li=BBnb7Kx





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