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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I have always wondered how birds and other animals survive storms. A few weeks back we had a typical thunderstorm that collapsed overhead. The collapsing winds obviously stop when it his the ground and then it goes sideways. We had 2.25 inches of rain in 15 minutes, and 60 to 70 MPH winds. It knocked off a few small tree limbs but no real damage, not even a power loss. The next morning I went out to check out the yard and house and the humming birds and butterflies were back at the flowers like nothing had happened. I have no idea how they survived that.

I'm sure they know that something is coming and "hunker down." They find a spot that seems shielded and stay there.

I'm sure in really extreme cases that there are animals that die, but in the aftermath of that sort of thing, no one is paying much attention to a tiny animal body compared to the rest of the carnage.