Tornado Dog?

So I was thinking when I took Sophie for a walk the other day that maybe she is a dog displaced from the tornadoes in May.  Her tail is docked, not normal for a true stray.  She is very, very well mannered.  Housebroken.  Walks on a leash very well.

When we got close to some sprinklers that were on Sophie did not like the sound.  If you think about it, the sprinklers sound like a storm, wind and rain.

So I started thinking about the paperwork we got with Sophie.  Her intake date at the shelter was 6/10/2013.  About 20 days after the tornado, well, one of them, about a week after the other one hit that area.  I really think she was either lost or ran away or her home was lost during the tornado.

I know the shelter posts animals brought into the shelter to attempt to find their owners before being put up for adoption.  I know the Moore Animal Shelter was packed with animals so it's conceivable that whoever found Sophie either was asked to take her to the OKC shelter or did just knowing Moore's was so full.

We adopted Sophie on 8/5/3013 so she had been at the shelter for just shy of 2 months.  I think she was just days away from being euthanized.  That's sad because she is such a loving dog.

It's only been a couple of days and Sophie is so attached to me.  She is always right next to me.  She still doesn't care for treats or toys, just wants to be loved.  She does enjoy her rawhide 'bones'. She will hide them several times a day, just moves it from one room to another.  When she goes in her crate at night she gnaws on it finally.

We did have some pretty strong thunderstorms last night and still not a peep from Sophie.  Doesn't mean she wasn't scared but she didn't make noise about it.

We also decided her birthday is May 5th.  The paperwork says she is 2 years 1 month at in-take so that makes it May...I don't know how they figure age but May 5th, 2011 is as good a day as any.

May 2013 Tornado

This is May 19, 2013.  This tornado hit Carney, Oklahoma.  Carney is the town Jerry's parents and grandmother live in.  Grandma's house came out fine but mom and dad's house was destroyed.  Everyone was ok and the house is being rebuilt (ahead of schedule so far) so all is good.  This picture was taken by my mother in law before they decided to go to the town shelter, they barely made it.  Every house on their street was a loss, in fact right after the storm my brother in law was looking for them (no cell service) and couldn't get down the street leading to the only entrance to their street because a house was in the street.



On May 20, 2013 the F5 tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma.  Several children were killed at one school and another school down the street was destroyed as well.  Jerry worked day and night for days helping with search and rescue and recovery.  We didn't see him for 3 days. And then we saw very little of him for a couple of weeks.


This is the tornado on May 31, 2013.  I believe this one also got to F5 status and I know it is the widest on record.  This is standing in my drive way looking north.


And here is a panoramic view of the same thing.  This is the storm that killed the storm chasers from the discovery channel. All the people killed in this storm were in a car when they were killed (or sucked out of a car and killed).


We had a storm shelter installed in March 2013, best decision ever.  This pictured storm didn't hit us but another one did touch down about 1/2 a mile from us.  We spent 2 hours in/very near the storm shelter because of 2 hours of sustained 100+ MPH winds.  The tornado that touched down near us was much smaller but there was still a lot of damage.  Our only loss was the boys wooden swing set.  The anchors worked so well that it split the monkey bar supports as the wind was trying to lift it and the anchors was holding in down.