I have to thank God that I am lucky enough to live in a state that doesn't really have natural disaters. But I would recommend getting in contact with your local Emergancy service center and see if they have suggestions or places that they have lined up. Also, Check with boarding facilties, fairgrounds, humane societies and overnight boarding or Equine Vet facilties in other cities and states.

I would also recommend that you have a tote of some sort with emergancy supplies: including extra halters and lead ropes and a lounge line, bandage materials, polo's and quilts, bute and or banamine, betadine scrub, triple antibiotic ointment etc. I would also make sure that you have some feed for your horse also like 1 bag of whatever grain you might feed and a type of hay pellet (These are easier to store in the trailer or a tote than a bale of hay)if possible. You may also want to look in to a water tank for your trailer that you can fill just before you have to pull out, so your horses will have water that they are use to drinking. You could also teach your horse to drink a flavored water (using gatorade, or electrolyte powders).

As far as the trailer goes:
1) Make sure your trailer is up to date on maintence and any problems are fixed before your strom season.
2) One hour of the driving or the truck running (causing vibration on the trailer) is like 20 minutes of long trotting a horse, so it is quite a workout. Knowing that it is not always safe on the side of the road to let your horse out (especially in an evacuation) just stopping and shutting the truck off for a while will give the horse the needed break. Also, you could give your horse a little bute before putting them on the trailer for a rough or long haul just to help decrease any soreness the horse might develope.

Hope this info helped.
At least you are being pro-active, having everything lined up before makes it easier in the long run.

We actulally housed some horses a few years ago that had been evacuated do to a forest fire.


I would also recommend getting in contact with your local vet and discussing your plan with them and see if the have any other suggestions to add.