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I received a new Extreme Heat Alert yesterday. Once again, high 90s, possible triple digit weather headed our way. I don’t want to have the same scare, I had earlier with my outdoor kitties. So this morning I decided to build them cooling shelters, using cinderblocks and tree limbs, pine boughs that have been knocked down and still lying around along with other storm debris.

I used the cinderblocks to make a space for the cats to go into and lay down. I used the twigs the limbs and storm debris to create a sort of rough roof structure. Then started piling the fallen branches of the pines, evergreens etc., to create a shelter for them. I made sure to cover the areas where the cinderblocks were because they do maintain heat, but I do not believe after I finished that any sunlight can get through these branches that I’ve stacked up.

The photos above show the construction of the shelters. I hope this works, it was too close for comfort last time to have these cats and such distress and be unable to do anything for them since we also had power outages on that day.