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22 dogs rescued ahead of Hurricane Isaias get a second chance
Nate's Honor Animal Rescue took in the dogs from storm-threatened North Florida shelters, and a fundraiser has raised more than two thousand dollars for their medical bills; the itching continues.
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- First reported by ABC7 WWSB: “22 Dogs Rescued Ahead of Hurricane Isaias Get Second Chance”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 7:33 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Chip Darnell.
- Topics: Hurricane Isaias.
- BBN covered this story before: Hurricane Isaias death toll rises to 6 in Florida (October 14).
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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTwenty-two dogs got out of North Florida before Hurricane Isaias, and they landed in Bradenton at Nate's Honor Animal Rescue late Friday night.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAmbrose Kwiatkowski wrote the book on dogs and storms. Did you see this coming?
Ambrose KwiatkowskiYes. I called it in my second chapter. Dogs flee hurricanes, and rescuers go get them. It's all in there, page forty.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut your book also says dogs stay put when a storm comes. Chapter nine, I believe.
Ambrose KwiatkowskiCorrect, and I called that in chapter five. You flee, you stay, I'm covered.
Ambrose KwiatkowskiSome of these dogs were on the road for about twenty-four hours.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA few of them came down with what the medical director called a doggie cold. Did your book get that one?
Ambrose KwiatkowskiChapter eleven. The sniffles are a feature, not a bug. Nobody believed me then either.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOne of the dogs is Betty White, a ten-year-old blind lab.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe medical director says she's an itchy girl with a skin disease and allergies. That's a long drive for a scratch.
Ambrose KwiatkowskiI assume the book's chapter twelve reads, 'A blind dog will not see the storm.' Page one. Bold.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe medical director says she is healing and on the road to recovery. And a staff member volunteered to drive a van toward the hurricane.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe trip back hit tornado warnings.
Ambrose KwiatkowskiWhich proves my thesis. I want it noted I was sitting in a pickup truck when it happened.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWhich chapter is the driver in?
Ambrose KwiatkowskiThe driver isn't in the book. Nothing in the book drives toward anything.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's a four on the mouth rating, folks: about four insect-mouths of a bite.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorRex, is a blind lab on a twenty-four-hour road trip your kind of underdog?
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The story so far
- Hurricane Isaias' devastating aftermath comes into focus in striking… · Fox News
- Western North Carolina swamped by over 8 inches of Isaias rain · WLOS
- Hurricane Isaias hit Gulf Coast, spread rain and wind inland · The Weather Channel
- Hurricane Isaias arrests: phone charger ruse, looted store · Fox News
- Florida confirms six deaths after Isaias; House map shifts · The Guardian
- Hurricane Isaias death toll rises to 6 in Florida · New York Post
- 22 dogs rescued ahead of Hurricane Isaias get a second chance (this story)
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