Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Ponies OK - All Noses Counted

Officials on Assateague Island are now reporting that all of the Chincoteague ponies - those owned by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, and living on the southern portion of Assateague - are fine and that every pony has been seen.  I will assume that the ponies on the Maryland end of the island did as well as the southern herds.  I always worry about the wild creatures during any type of storm - hurricane, bad nor'easter, blizzards, extreme heat for extended periods.  Thank goodness the ponies were born with a large quantity of good sense!
  Water is still covering most of the roads on Chincoteague and Assateague.  Most damage has been caused by trees going down - the ground being so saturated with water that entire root system gave way, and/or large limbs and pine beetle killed trees falling.  True Teaguers are used to these events, and accept them as a part of the natural cycle.  Any old-timer, or youngsters that have grown up on the island, knows what to do when they hear a big storm is coming - weight, secure, tie down, and make sure your boats are moored to something high that won't float away.....

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