When Michelle Reininger went to bed on Thursday, June 15, she wasn’t worried about the weather. But in the middle of the night, an emergency alert blared on her phone: a severe thunderstorm warning. Ms. Reininger dressed quickly in the dark. “Everywhere I went, there was a tree across the road or power lines down,” Ms. Reininger said. She and her colleagues, who were also making their way to work, soon discovered that a tree was blocking the main road to the sanctuary.

---

Persons: Michelle Reininger, Reininger, ” Ms Locations: Chimp Haven