Poor Kitty!

I came upon this scene after the Loretto Flood - in 2003? The kitten was cowering atop a utility pole, treed by this coon hound.

I was with my parents at the time, and when my dad saw the situation, he acurately predicted that the dog would never leave his post. He was right; we made a large circle through Lortto, St. Francis and Raywick, viewing the storm damage, and at least two hours later, we came back around to find poor kitty still treed!

The dog is standing where a mobile home was before the flood, and the utility pole serviced that home. A young girl of the Hartley family lived there and was washed away in the flood, but found alive - this made national news.