Hurricane Florence nears the Carolinas

Cheryl Browning, whose son has terminal cancer, and her family are staying behind in Richlands, North Carolina, because she couldn't find anywhere else to go, she told CNN.

She said many hotels would not accept her family's pets: Three dogs and three parrots.

“Either no rooms are available or we are denied because the breed or size of dogs,” Browning told CNN. “Many that will accept them only allow one per room and since we have 3 dogs and 3 parrots they’re requesting us to purchase 2-6 rooms.”

She said she found just one hotel that would take them: And each room cost about $1700.

“Since my husband retired and my health declined, we have his retirement as an income. He is the only caregiver to me and my son," she said. “So, since we can find anything within our means and staying nearby, we’ve opted to stay."

She said the family will stay put “until the weather calms down a bit.”

“We may leave once the rain slows a bit IF there are roads and not pools. I’m not going to lie, I’m scared but I think it’ll be OK,” she told CNN.

This is what it looks like outside her family's home right now:

Let's block ads! (Why?)