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Correction, Sept. 17:<\/strong> This story has been corrected to clarify that the museum has\u00a0<\/span>four red wolves, not two as originally reported. <\/em><\/p>\n

Only a few at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham remember when Hurricane Fran hit: three staff members, a couple of turtles, and Misha the red-tailed hawk.<\/span><\/p>\n

The morning after that 1996 storm, animal caretaker Sherry Samuels returned to the museum to find fences for several enclosures crushed by fallen trees and the bear house filled with water.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI swam down a road rather than walked down a road. It was that much water,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The museum had no power, and only a fraction of the staff got to work that day.<\/span><\/p>\n

The staffers who made it sprang into action. They drained the flooded enclosure and fed warm apples to the shivering bears.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, Samuels is the director of the animal department, and she\u2019s leading the museum\u2019s preparation for Hurricane Florence.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the first forecasts showed Florence heading toward the Carolinas last weekend, staffers at the museum made 80 sandbags to stack in front of areas that might flood. They stocked shelves, inventoried medicines and began planning what to do with the animals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Virginia, pictured here, and other bears at the Museum of Life and Science should fare better in this weekend’s storm because of lessons from Hurricane Fran in 1996. (Photo courtesy of the Museum of Life and Science)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere are wonderful things about living in captivity: You get access to health care and food, but you don\u2019t have space or the same choice, and in extreme weather, space and choice is critical,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Samuels said that this time around, the four black bears will be locked in their house. The lemurs and farm animals will also be kept indoors.<\/span><\/p>\n

The museum\u2019s four red wolves \u2013 two adults and their\u00a0two juvenile pups \u2013 are her primary concern. They\u2019re part of a breeding program to conserve the critically endangered species native to the southeast.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe wolves are really nervous, shy animals, so it\u2019s always a judgment call of whether to leave them where they are or crate them up and bring them inside, which is very stressful on the wolves and people,\u201d Samuels said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before the storm hits, she\u2019ll have to decide if they\u2019ll stay in their six-acre enclosure or come inside.<\/span><\/p>\n

When designing its new Explore the Wild exhibit to house the bears and wolves, the museum took into account lessons learned from Hurricane Fran.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bear house was built on a site three feet higher, and the drains were revamped to better control flooding.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEverything \u2014 from procedures to protocols to training to infrastructure \u2014 is all better now,\u201d Samuels said. \u201cDoes that mean we\u2019re going to ride out the storm and not have any issues? No, each storm has a life of its own, but we can try to prepare.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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