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As Hurricane Florence approached the East Coast last week, one man began planning an elaborate evacuation. Tony Alsup decided to drive a big yellow school bus from his home in Greenville, Tennessee, toward South Carolina and into the path of the impending storm — but there was a reason behind his odd route.
Later that day, Alsup got the emergency notice on his phone that everyone in the area received: "Residents must leave all zones under mandatory evacuations." With an evacuation order in place, Alsup knew it was crunch time. He worked quickly to evacuate pets from four South Carolina towns in about 24 hours. He then made his way to North Carolina, where he made his rounds to shelters there.
To date, Alsup has loaded 64 animals — 53 dogs and 11 cats — into his bus to escape the flooding, the Greenville News reports. According to his Facebook posts, he is still traveling around to pick up more animals and bring them to safety.
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Photos and videos from his long journey show Alsup's hollowed-out bus filled with pet kennels as he drove through the pounding rain. It's something he has has done before, the Greenville News reports.
He bought the old school bus last year so he could drive to hurricane-ravaged Texas and Florida and save animals there, he told the paper. He also flew to Puerto Rico to help animals after Hurricane Maria. Alsup says sometimes he hauls supplies in to hurricane zones — and he always hauls dogs and cats out. Rescuing animals has become his calling, he said.
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Later that day, Alsup got the emergency notice on his phone that everyone in the area received: "Residents must leave all zones under mandatory evacuations." With an evacuation order in place, Alsup knew it was crunch time. He worked quickly to evacuate pets from four South Carolina towns in about 24 hours. He then made his way to North Carolina, where he made his rounds to shelters there.
To date, Alsup has loaded 64 animals — 53 dogs and 11 cats — into his bus to escape the flooding, the Greenville News reports. According to his Facebook posts, he is still traveling around to pick up more animals and bring them to safety.
Continued further down in the article:
Photos and videos from his long journey show Alsup's hollowed-out bus filled with pet kennels as he drove through the pounding rain. It's something he has has done before, the Greenville News reports.
He bought the old school bus last year so he could drive to hurricane-ravaged Texas and Florida and save animals there, he told the paper. He also flew to Puerto Rico to help animals after Hurricane Maria. Alsup says sometimes he hauls supplies in to hurricane zones — and he always hauls dogs and cats out. Rescuing animals has become his calling, he said.
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