Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for February 20, 2021

What would you choose? Burn or freeze?

Cats are so helpful. They can also monitor the carrying of water from room to room! …from directly underfoot, of course.

The living blanket.

Hang blankets up in the doorways. Got enough canned goods? How about a generator? Have you got one of those hand-cranked AM/FM/Shortwave/weather band radios with a flashlight and battery charging capability and all that?

Always time for a good cuddle.

Papa Elvis to the rescue! Of course you have to do everything….those dippy incompetent man and woman obviously can’t handle the situation!

Come on, kitties! We all people will help!

❤️ Elvis who truly does everything.

That afghan! I wonder if someone made that for Georgia! Back in the late 70s my mother made one for me just like it – avocado green, brown and orange. It’s a fright but I love it.

There’s a family legend about my sister kicking the blankets off when she was a small baby during a very cold night, and our parents woke to find their cats (I think it was three of them, all ’Mesers) in her crib sleeping on either side of her and one wrapped around the top of her head.♥

As expected, Elvis is taking care of his girl

Not everything, Elvis. Just the most important thing.

I’m not sure about Elvis on top of the Girl. I had a Siamese, and when he decided to sleep on my chest, I could barely breathe. And I was an adult.

I do love Goldie the reporter.

Why, if it wasn’t for the cats being so on the ball, everyone would freeze! ❤

Of course the Girl is Elvis’s main priority!

Dude, Goldie’s right there! You’re NOT doing everything yourself!

Elvis has got his priorities straight and is taking charge of the situation as the People try to get organized. Elvis is a take charge kind of at and has rightfully determined that the welfare of the children come first!

I wish Loaner Cat would sleep with us. She just won’t. She’ll come in the room, look around wistfully, meow a couple times and leave. I’ve put her on the bed and she flees. I’ve made stairs for her (our bed is quite high) tempted her with her favorite treats…nothing. She can’t wait for me to sit down in the morning with my coffee, she’s all over me. But sleep with us? Nope sigh

Yes Elvis, you must do everything! You are the only competent being in the room.

I am told that placing a candle under a clay pot generates a surprising amount of heat.

You all knew that Elvis would be the cat of action.

You need another one for the feet, no?

Hi Georgia,

You have an uncanny knack for picking and drawing about topics weeks before they become reality. The power outage during a cold-snap is the latest example.

Of course I’m not saying you have a Time-Turner, although I believe you would make an excellent Witch. But, if Star Trek has taught us anything, its that some beings have temporal abilities. So, if you happen to draw a strip where Elvis tells us who wins the PGA Master’s championship or Goldie meows out who wins the Kentucky Derby in 2021 before the race is ran…I’m just thinking we could make a little money.

Cheers!

Interesting that the man’s first thought is to save the computer and TV from a possible power surge while the woman’s first concern is making sure the children are warm. A power surge after an outage last fall fried my DVR even though it was plugged into a surge protector.

ELVIS HAS A BATH ROBE :D

Get an alternate power source brick for the electronics. They keep power from surging and offer enough to give you time to cut computers off safely. Most for homes run from $60 up so they are worth the money.

Elvis is always on the alert for his girl.

Fill the bathtub with water. Many areas use water pumps which need power to operate. Drain water from pipes where possible.

Humans aren’t the only ones suffering from the extreme cold in Texas:

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/17/968719492/volunteers-in-texas-are-saving-thousands-of-cold-stunned-sea-turtles-from-the-st

Shout out to @Bill Jackson: Are you safe? Are you warm? Do you have power? Did that broken tooth ever get fixed? Folks worry when you don’t report in for 2 whole weeks. Sending warm thoughts your way.

Good job, Elvis.

Someone clue me in – why unplug the tv and computer? Power surge when it comes back on?

Elvis has a soft spot for kittens of many species. He’s a complex cat.

They are lucky to have a fireplace. All the heat in my house comes from electricity. When my power went out, I bought a couple of propane heaters, but everyone had already sold out of propane!

adore this one. it’s just right!

Times like these the cats crawl between the blanket and the comforter. Drift off to sleep with purrs.

Uh, Elvis, I think you’re the reason the man says the aparment is warm enough. He knows you’ll do more than your part to keep the kids warm.

We can always count on Elvis.

Nope! Born in 1973. Old enough to remember news stories about John Wayne Gacy.