By Robert DeWitt
When hurricane season begins, Gulf Coast residents always keep a wary eye on the weather. But none more than Patti Hall.
“For 20 years, from June 1 to November 1, I have a knot in my stomach that no medicine, neither over-the-counter nor therapeutic alcohol, will solve,” Hall said good-naturedly.
The director of the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo in Gulf Shores has more than 500 lives to protect, and getting the zoo’s animals out of harm’s way is a herculean undertaking. The zoo’s staff stands ready to evacuate if necessary.Friday morning, with Tropical Storm Nate tracking for a Gulf Coast landfall, Hall and her staff prepared to ride out the storm with the zoo animals.
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