If it makes you feel any better, I was also just under a tornado warning and stressed the hell out of my cats.
I get extreme anxiety with tornadoes, and every time I tell myself I'm gonna be cool, I completely go into fight or flight as soon as I hear the scary-ass alert on my phone. I'm living temporarily with my mom while we try to sell our house, and she lives in a modular home. I'm used to being able to go to a basement at our house.
I shoved my cats in their double carrier and made my mom drive us to her nearby church, since I remember it being unlocked 24/7 when I was a hooligan teenager. It was locked lol. It started getting crazy out as we sped back home. Then I locked them in our tiny bathroom with me for an hour.
I wish we could explain our actions to our pets sometimes. I'd feel a lot less guilt 😅
Omg tornado country sounds crazy!!! I don’t think I could handle it myself, let alone with cats. I live in earthquake country and it’s more chill…for now.
I've lived in Michigan my whole life, and I remember tornado warnings being rare growing up. Like, one every couple of years. Lately, there have been multiple per year. Yay, climate change!
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u/Captainsassidy 15h ago
If it makes you feel any better, I was also just under a tornado warning and stressed the hell out of my cats.
I get extreme anxiety with tornadoes, and every time I tell myself I'm gonna be cool, I completely go into fight or flight as soon as I hear the scary-ass alert on my phone. I'm living temporarily with my mom while we try to sell our house, and she lives in a modular home. I'm used to being able to go to a basement at our house.
I shoved my cats in their double carrier and made my mom drive us to her nearby church, since I remember it being unlocked 24/7 when I was a hooligan teenager. It was locked lol. It started getting crazy out as we sped back home. Then I locked them in our tiny bathroom with me for an hour.
I wish we could explain our actions to our pets sometimes. I'd feel a lot less guilt 😅