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Utah Cat Safe After Couple Accidentally Ships Her To California: Apocalypse Meow

Author Carla Rea
Utah Cat Ok After Couple Accidentally Ships Her To California

Amazon’s ‘try before you buy” is a great  option. Because you can try a bunch of items on, pick the ones that fit, then send the ones that don’t, back. Along with your cat.

A Utah Cat Is Safe After Couple Accidentally Ships Her To Amazon

A couple in Utah has now been reunited with their cat Galena, who they accidentally shipped to Amazon. The cat was hiding in a box that they returned. She will be okay, she was in the box for six days without food and water.

A couple is thrilled to be reunited with their cat, who they thought mysteriously disappeared two weeks ago.  They looked all over for her. for days. Even put up signs all over their neighborhood. But it turned out, Galena didn’t run away.

If you aren’t a cat owner, or aren’t familiar with cats, they love curling up in boxes. Well, Galena was apparently inside a box of work boots that was going back to Amazon. It was all packed up, they dropped it off, and off it went.

The Utah cat is safe, after being in the box for six days without food and water, before being discovered by an Amazon employee named Brandy – in California. She immediately started caring for the cat, and took her to the vet, where they scanned her microchip.

It Could Have Been A Cat-Astrophe But All Is Well

Galena’s owner Carrie Clark says she was stunned to get a call that her cat had traveled from Utah to California. It took her a bit to process what had happened, but then she immediately made a trip to California to get her kitty back.

Galena is safe, and ok, and is recovering from her adventure without any serious repercussions. But several things helped this story have a happy ending.

Galena, the Utah cat, was in a big box. They weren’t just shipping one pair of boots, but five pairs were in the box, because they were doing Amazon’s “try before you buy” program. Also, the weather was good. Not too hot, not too cold. And the box was partially split open at one seam, so Galena was able to breathe just fine.

Also, Brandy the Amazon worker who found the cat, knows all about cats. Because she helps rescue them on the side.

So why don’t cats like Amazon? Because they prefer Cat-alogues. Or maybe, purr-fer. I could go on and on – but I won’t.

Watch Carrie and Galena’s – the Utah Cat – reunion below. Courtesy of USA Today.

Carla Rea is the morning show co-host on “The Mike and Carla Morning Show" on 96.3 KKLZ, in Las Vegas. She has been working with her partner and friend Mike O'Brian for the past 25 plus years. At KKLZ for 12 years. Carla Rea is a Gracie Award winner. She started out in talk radio, "when talk radio was still fun" Rea says. Prior to, and along with doing the morning show, Carla is also a comedian. You may have seen her on Conan O'Brien, Evening at The Improv, Showtime, or several comedy clubs across the country. Carla also worked as a light feature reporter at KSNV/NBC Las Vegas, going behind the scenes at various shows, and restaurants on the Las Vegas strip. As a content creator 96.3 KKLZ, Carla writes in a sarcastic, cheeky, unapologetic way on Las Vegas, movies, TV, celebrities, and this thing we call life.

Weird Las Vegas Street Names And Where They Came From

Las Vegas street names – where did they come from, and why?

Las Vegas is a place of extremes. We probably have the brightest artificial light in the known universe shining from the Luxor pyramid every night – to the extent that pilots can’t fly directly over it for fear of piercing a retina. We have the tallest building between Chicago and the west coast., with the Stratosphere Tower. We have more hotel rooms per capita than – well, probably anywhere. More shows, more casinos, more restaurants in a three mile stretch of road on the strip, than most cities have in a lifetime.

We have to eventually run out of street names, right? Which is not good, because street names help you get you where you’re going.

Weird Street Names In Las Vegas

Naming streets in Las Vegas was easy – at first. Early downtown Las Vegas named streets going one direction after Nevada pioneers like Clark, Fremont and Carson. The cross streets got numbers, starting with First Street, which was just one block east of Main Street. Main Street was next to the railroad on the spot where the city began. In the original North Las Vegas the streets were mostly named after people, – simple enough.

Henderson was founded as a company town as a part of the war effort during World War Two.

The street names include Basic, which is the name of the company where the water for Basic Industries flows (now underground,) and a whole lot of mineral names: Lead, Silver, and Perlite. State names, ocean names (Atlantic and Pacific) and to top it off, Army, Navy, Major and Minor.

During an early optimistic period what is now the industrial development west of the Strip used names of stars, like Polaris, Procyon, Regulus, Capella, Sirius, Rigel, Pollux, and Aldebaran. Not bad.

Then there are the celebrity streets. You know, Joe W. Brown Drive, Frank Sinatra Drive, Dean Martin Drive, Wynn Road, Elvis Presley Street, and many that are actually minor streets but still are named after famous Las Vegas people.

There’s still a lot of building going on in Las Vegas – what are YOUR suggestions for road names?

And here are some weird street names from other cities in the state of Nevada

-Carla Rea

  • GOA Way – Gardnerville, NV

    Goa Way. Get it – Go A-way.   Gardnerville is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, (Northern) Nevada, adjacent to the county seat of Minden. The population was 6,211 at the time of the 2020 Census. U.S. Route 395 runs through the center of Gardnerville. State Route 207, known as Kingsbury Grade, connects Gardnerville to Stateline and U.S. Route 50.

     

    Goa Way, Nevada 89460

    Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

  • Hells Bells Road – Carson City, NV

    Hell’s Bells Road.  Carson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the sixth largest city in Nevada.

    Hells Bells Rd, Carson City, NV 89701

    Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

  • Wegotta Way – Carson City

    Wegotta Way – perhaps to go along with the street in Gardnerville.

    Wegotta Way, Carson City, NV 89706

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  • Memory Lane – Las Vegas

    I know a lot of cities have this street, but still – you gotta love it! Some of us even stole that street sign in the city we grew up in. (I plead the fifth)

     

     

  • Break-A-Heart Road – Silver Springs, NV

    Break-A-Heart Road. Just in time for Valentine’s Day. Silver Springs is a census-designated place in Lyon County, Nevada, at the intersection of US 50 and US 95A. The population was 5,296 at the 2010 census. Lahontan Reservoir, Lahontan State Recreation Area and historic Fort Churchill State Historic Park are all located nearby. If you ever get a chance to go to Lahontan, do it – it’s a lot of fun!

     

    Break-A-Heart Rd, Nevada 89429

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  • Windy Butte Way – Las Vegas

    Windy Butte Way. It’s childish – but you know you laughed, Beavis.

     

    Windy Butte, Sunrise Manor, NV 89156

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  • My Way – Pahrump, NV

    Over the hump, in Pahrump, is an ode to Frank Sinatra!

     

    My Way St, Pahrump, NV 89060

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