There is complete silence

[LabelleMichele]

There was complete silence here in Cape Coral until I heard a Code Enforcement Officer removing a Garaga Sale sign from the median in front of the house. What a joke this city is.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!

[otowntiger]

I don't know why all the animals are quiet because from the looks of it at this point I don't think Ft Myers is going to get that much of a storm. Maybe they are gearing up for a party later!

[Scorpion]

Very quiet here as well.

[SouthFloridawx]

Up here in char. co. we i hear no birds or anything and it's weird,

[Scorpion]

Although before Rita there were no birds either and we didnt get anything from that.

[tracyswfla]

I don't know why all the animals are quiet because from the looks of it at this point I don't think Ft Myers is going to get that much of a storm. Maybe they are gearing up for a party later!

Tell that to our EOC. Ft. Myers is not far from Collier County.

[no advance]

Mockingbirds are singing. I guess we are in the clear.

[Scorpion]

Mockingbirds are singing. I guess we are in the clear.

[WhirlWind]

Here in Eastern Colier County it is perfectly still. Nothinbg is moving, it is dead quite, and seriously my dog who never runs out the door when it is opened took off down the drive way and out onto the road. Now that is a sight in the morning, me running down the road chasing this 4 pound dog.
Waitting and Watching, trying not to get frustrated
WhirlWind

[stormie]

I read an article and it said always walk your dog on a leash when a storm is coming because their instincts are to run away and you will end up out in the storm trying to find your animal. I told the neighbor next door last year before Charley because he lets his dog out by himself in the fenced in area. Did he put the dog on a leash, no. Did the dog jump the fence and run away, yes. Was he out in the storm trying to find his dog, yes. I tried.

Did he find his dog?

[johngaltfla]

There is complete silence outside. I just went out, no birds at all... Usually they are chirping away. It is eerily silent outside....

BOHICA.

[TampaFl]

There is complete silence outside. I just went out, no birds at all... Usually they are chirping away. It is eerily silent outside....

This sounds more like a precursor to an earthquake to me. Before earthquakes occur, rocks emit ozone which some animals can smell.

[jlauderdal]

Animals are smarter than people. They don't need an evacuation order to know what to do.

I am an animal so i guess i a m smart...

[dixiebreeze]

ClearwaterBeach here and not a bird to be heard this mornin.

The birds were going crazy early this a.m., but things are quiet now.

[9:48]

It was that quiet in Orlando Friday morning, August 13, 2004.

[gtalum]

There are tons of birds in my yard, as usual.

[LAwxrgal]

I don't know if it helps or not but...days before Katrina showed up, the birds were outta here. There were none to be seen anywhere.

[Stephanie]

I don't know if it helps or not but...days before Katrina showed up, the birds were outta here. There were none to be seen anywhere.

I believe that animals can "sense" when a storm is coming or there's a change in the atmosphere.

[djtil]

these are my favorite.

[gatorcane]

ClearwaterBeach here and not a bird to be heard this mornin

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That says something. Before Charley there were many pelicans and other sea birds to be found up there even hours before the storm was "supposed" to hit.

Tampa Bay could be seeing some major impacts.