The water rising around their home was the most they had seen in their 30 years of residence.

They found Gretel standing on a car.

"She had crawled out of her kennel," Jan Watson said. "[She] bent it open enough to get out and she was standing on top of my '65 Mustang convertible."

This was not the first time Gretel escaped her kennel, but it worked out in her favor.

"She is sort of an escape artist anyway," Watson said.

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The Thanksgiving air travel period is on as passengers made their way through the airport Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. Traveling through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport during the holidays can be an ordeal. Parking shortages could disrupt your plans and security waits can be long during busy periods, causing bottlenecks. Hartsfield-Jackson is advising travelers to get to the airport at least 2½ hours before their domestic flight and at least 3 hours before their international flight. (John Spink/AJC)

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