ORLANDO, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - 2019/09/01: People leave Gatorland following a rain shower as Hurricane Dorian approaches. The Category 5 storm is expected to come dangerously close to the Florida coast as early as tomorrow night. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
USGatorland CEO on Hurricane Dorian: If a gator is sitting in your pool, “it ain't one of ours”
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Florida park promises its gators won’t escape if Hurricane Dorian hits. Mark McHugh, president and CEO of Gatorland , posted a 2-minute video on Facebook on Saturday to update “So rest assured, you see an alligator swimming down your street or sitting in your pool , it ain ’ t one of ours , alright?”
ORLANDO, Fla. — If you are wandering around Central Florida after Hurricane Dorian passes and come across an alligator, it didn’t come from Gatorland.
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The attraction’s CEO Mark McHugh posted a video on Aug. 31 on Facebook that assured area residents TWITTER Mark McHugh is shown at Gatorland , a theme park and wildlife preserve south of “Rest assured, if you see an alligator swimming down your street or sitting in your pool , it ain ’ t
It is unclear how many of these delays and cancellations were directly related to Dorian Gatorland in Orlando posted a video on Facebook telling the public how they're preparing for Hurricane Dorian . "Rest assured, if you see an alligator swimming down your street or sitting in your pool , it ain ' t one
The attraction’s CEO Mark McHugh posted a video Saturday on Facebook that assured area residents that the park has been working to secure their animals — which include hundreds of birds, some bobcats and panthers — in anticipation of the approaching storm.
The video had racked up more than 46,000 views since it was posted early Saturday evening.
“Rest assured, if you see an alligator swimming down your street or sitting in your pool, it ain’t one of ours,” McHugh says in the video on the company’s Facebook page, which has more than 200,000 likes.
The park’s alligators will likely ride out any storm that comes through Central Florida under water, with an occasional trip to the surface to grab some air.
7-Year-Old Boy Is First Reported Hurricane Dorian Related Death, Sister Missing
The first death due to Hurricane Dorian is being reported by The Bahamas Press. © Provided by CBS Local, a division of CBS Radio Inc The Bahamas Press tweeted late Sunday night that 7-year-old Lachino Mcintosh drowned after his family tried to relocated their Abaco home. The tweet also says his sister is missing. First death recorded in Abaco following Hurrican Dorian passage on Abaco…. BP BREAKING| The first recorded death of Hurricane Dorian is now being confirmed. Seven year-old, Lachino Mcintosh, drowned after his family attempts to relocate their home. McIntosh’s sister is missing pic.twitter.
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It is unclear how many of these delays and cancellations were directly related to Dorian , but many of the Florida's Gatorland says people don't need to worry about gators getting out during storm. "Rest assured, if you see an alligator swimming down your street or sitting in your pool , it ain ' t one
The CEO and president of Gatorland posted a video on Facebook on Saturday explaining how the park is preparing for Hurricane Dorian . "If you see an alligator swimming down your street or sitting in your pool , it ain ' t one of ours ," McHugh said.
Meanwhile, park staff will stay at Gatorlando during the storm, ready to assess and repair damage to the park once winds drop below tropical-storm levels.
As for the gators, these storms are nothing new for them, McHugh said in the video.
“They have been around for 75 million years,” he said. “It ain’t their first rodeo with a nasty storm.”
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Stranded North Carolinians take stock of Dorian's damage.
As the sky cleared and floodwaters receded Saturday, residents of North Carolina's Outer Banks began to assess the damage wrought by Hurricane Dorian. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle)
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