What happened to wild life when a hurricane hits?

[Jammie]

Our lives have become too easy and we've become soft and aren't in tune with nature anymore. Our ancestors had the survival instincts, but we've lost a lot of them.

[bale002]

Originally Posted by Jammie

Our lives have become too easy and we've become soft and aren't in tune with nature anymore. Our ancestors had the survival instincts, but we've lost a lot of them.

Another way of saying basically the same thing is that some 200 years ago with the Industrial Revolution we began to uproot ourselves from the land and we really mangled the cut.

People in cities as diverse as Miami and Montreal can pass entire days, from their house to their personal garage to their cars to garage parking in an office building to their work offices, without ever having their feet touch natural ground, even without breathing natural air.

Think about it.

[gizroc]

Many birds are killed outright by hurricanes. This is especially true of seabirds, which have nowhere in which to seek shelter from these storms. Beaches may be littered with seabird carcasses following major storm events. Most Atlantic hurricanes occur in late summer and early fall—and fall storms coincide with bird migration and may disrupt migration patterns severely.

Many birds get caught up in storm systems and are blown far off course, often landing in inhospitable places or simply arriving too battered and weakened to survive. Others, while not killed or displaced by storms, may starve to death because they are unable to forage while the weather is poor. The number of birds that die as a result of a major hurricanes may run into the hundreds of thousands.

[NWNJ]

I went outside earlier today and I saw a large amount of birds heading northeast, almost seemed like they knew it was coming. I guess they have that instinct where they can tell when approaching storms are near.

[Oildog]

Thought I read that birds can sense the change in air pressure when a storm approaches and thats how they know where to fly away. Hurricanes are low pressure so the birds stay in higher pressure areas.

[Mightyqueen801]

I'm in NJ about three miles inland from the Atlantic. Still without power, and trees are down everywhere, but when I went for a ride to look around earlier, I saw three groundhogs out and about apparently looking for food. One seemed to have found it. I guess there are plenty of acorns on the ground today.

Am wondering about the deer who live in the woods at the end of my condo complex, how they fared.

[texdav]

Anuimals sense lower pressure as it drops and most often seek higher ground or shletered area. Alot die tho and I saw a deer i this one on TV i the surge apparnetlky trying to reach land acroos flooded water.Dmoestic animals will do the same but often will drink sea water when thristy which kills alot of aniaml like cattle with surge effected watyer. Thousnads where killed this way in both Rita and Ike surge effected areas.