Flamingos stay safe from Hurricane Ian inside a bathroom at Sunken Gardens in St. Petersburg, Florida (photo courtesy Sunken Gardens). ST.
PETERSBURG, Fla. - As Hurricane Ian came ashore Wednesday, millions of Floridians either evacuated or hunkered down at home.
That included some of St. Petersburg’s most famous feathered friends.The flamingos at Sunken Gardens waited out the winds inside a bathroom at the park, recalling a famous moment from another destructive storm, Hurricane Andrew."Our animals are safe w/staff on site to see them through the storm," Sunken Gardens tweeted Wednesday. "The flamingos are having a hurricane party in the bathroom."Sunken Gardens is a classic "old Florida" attraction that remains a popular destination in St.
Pete. The city-owned park traces its history back to 1911 and is home to some of the oldest tropical plants in the region, as well as a variety of animals like butterflies, turtles, and, of course, flamingos.FOX Television Stations has reached out to the park to see how they fared.