Feb
18
Mud, water, snow, ice — and more mud
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If you have called or tried to visit Noah’s Ark in the past few weeks, you may have gotten the message “The habitats are closed due to flooding.” With so much rain this fall, the ground is saturated — and there is no where for the recent rains to go! But, don’t be alarmed — the animals are fine. The habitats were engineered in such a way as to accommodate high water — all of the animals have “high ground” or perches that enable them to stay high and dry. And Tiger Lily the tiger loves it when the creek comes up in the back of her habitat and she can swim!Noah’s Ark has two creeks that go through our habitat area — and we are bordered by the Towaliga River. So when it rains — and rains — and rains, as it has lately, we get soggy and muddy! And it may take us several days to dry out enough for folks to walk around without getting mired in mud, if they step off the paved path. (Our prayer is that someone with a paving company (or other resources to make it happen) will consider it a giving opportunity to extend our paths. This would enable us to stay open after heavy rains and also make more of our habitat area accessible to those in wheelchairs, etc.
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Susan
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Linda Hoover
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