Nicole Teutschel at Año Nuevo State Reserve, CA -- Last Friday's big storm generated huge waves that snatched at least three tiny pups from the sides of their mothers. Flood warnings, thunder and lightning, gale force winds, and even high surf warnings were in effect all over the central coast. Año Nuevo State Reserve was no different. One guest of the park remarked on how the thunder and lightening was cracking literally overhead, the animals were agitated and the rangers deemed the park unsafe for guests and closed the park.